Patents by Inventor Timothy W. Mullins

Timothy W. Mullins 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).

  • Generic run-time binding interpreter
    Patent number: 6263376
    Abstract: A method for calling and executing a program is disclosed. A command having zero or sequentially independent parameters values is received. The command corresponds to a program with a number of recognized parameters equal to or greater than the number of parameter values in the command. The parameter values are parsed based at least in part on demarcations in the command. The parameter values are associated with the corresponding parameters recognized by the program. Any parameter which did not have corresponding parameter values are set to default values. The program is executed to perform one or more tasks using the parameter values and the default values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Hatch, Kamika L. Fisher, Brent W. Thurgood, Robert Jeffrey Vincent, Timothy W. Mullins