Patents by Inventor Tien N. Le

Tien N. Le 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).

  • Method and system for providing multiple instances in a single multiple-instance object
    Patent number: 5561740
    Abstract: A method and system for providing representation of multiple entities in a single multiple-instance object is disclosed and provides a powerful and economical way of representing objects in an object oriented knowledge based data processing system. A multiple-instance object contains slots and slot values which enable the access and modification of all entities represented by the multiple-instance object. The instance unique data, the context which defines an instance state, and the procedure to instantiate the multiple-instance object are all stored in the multiple-instance object. The processing or reasoning of the knowledge based system occurs as though objects exist for entities represented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin L. Barrett, Ajit T. Dingankar, Tien N. Le