Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Spence

Thomas M. Spence has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Compiler including retargetable data generation
    Patent number: 5355491
    Abstract: A retargetable data generation method for a compiler program which may be executed on a general purpose information handling system such as an IBM System 370 includes the following steps, ordering the data according to a storage class, mapping the ordered data into sections in accordance with established criteria, ordering the sections into a number of parcels in accordance with one or more data attributes, determining format for an item in a parcel, and formatting each such item in each such parcel according to the determined format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Francis D. Lawlor, Thomas M. Spence