Patents by Inventor Walter Nielsen

Walter Nielsen 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).

  • Patent number: 5905892
    Abstract: A software conversion tool that facilitates automated conversion of a software program from one operating environment to another. More particularly, a computer program is compiled using a compiler for a software environment other than a software environment assumed by the computer program. As a result, the compiler produces an error message, and, in response to the error message, source code within the computer program is automatically modified in order to remove a condition causing the error. The software conversion tool acts in concert with the compiler, which may be a standard compiler, to form in effect an error-correcting compiler, i.e., a compiler that instead of only detecting errors and presenting them to the user, is able to actually correct errors such that they do not occur during recompilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Nielsen, James Holmlund