Patents by Inventor Troy A. Webre

Troy A. Webre 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 for graphically displaying a UNIX directory structure
    Patent number: 5973695
    Abstract: A method for graphically displaying a UNIX directory includes the steps of identifying a base UNIX directory (44), and obtaining a listing of entries in the base UNIX directory, including all files, all subdirectories, and all files and subdirectories in the subdirectories (46, 64). For each entry, determining parameters including whether the entry is a file or a subdirectory, a level of indentation, and a uniform resource locator to the file (72, 74). An entry name and its associated parameters are then stored in a data structure (78, 82). An HTML document is then built for displaying all the entries in the data structure in a hierarchical graphical directory structure pane in a web page (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. Walsh, Troy A. Webre