Patents by Inventor Walter R. Bodwell

Walter R. Bodwell 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).

  • System and method for selecting a best-fit form or URL in an originating web page as a target URL for replaying a predefined path through the internet
    Patent number: 7849162
    Abstract: A system and method for replaying a predefined path through a set of web pages. The system and method comprises selecting in chronological order a saved request in a request history. The saved requests correspond to a set of user requests made at a web page from the set of web pages. Furthermore, the present invention comprises determining whether the saved request is a form request, and if so finding a best fit form on the web page from the set of web pages and sending a replay request to the best-fit form. If the saved request is not a form request, making the replay request to a best-fit URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Clay Davis, Walter R. Bodwell, Michael C. Klobe
  • System and method of mediating a web page
    Patent number: 7631102
    Abstract: A system and method for mediating a web page at an intermediate server. The system and method can include receiving a web page from a target web server, ensuring that the web page is not cached and changing links in the web page to refer to the intermediate server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter R. Bodwell, Clay Davis, Michael C. Klobe
  • System and method of mediating a web page
    Patent number: 6954783
    Abstract: A system and method for mediating a web page at an intermediate server. The system and method can include receiving a web page from a target web server, ensuring that the web page is not cached and changing links in the web page to refer to the intermediate server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter R. Bodwell, Clay Davis, Michael C. Klobe
  • System and method for server-side communication support in a distributed computing environment
    Patent number: 6951021
    Abstract: A system for server-side communication support in a distributed computing environment is provided that includes a local reference (202) to a server object (110) on a server system (104). The local reference (202) provides a location of the server object (110) and a type of the server object (110). The local reference (202) resides within a server-side object request broker (114). A type object (204) is accessible by the local reference (202) using the type of the server object (110) from the local reference (202). The type object (204) represents a class of the server object (110). One or more specialized function objects (206) are linked to the type object (204) and correspond in number to one or more methods (190) of the server object (110). The one or more specialized function objects (206) provide wrapper functionality for each method (190) of the server object (110). Each specialized function object (206) provides access to a corresponding one of the one or more methods (190) of the server object (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Recursion Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter R. Bodwell, Rhett D. Guthrie
  • System selects a best-fit form or URL in an originating web page as a target URL for replaying a predefined path through the internet
    Patent number: 6901438
    Abstract: A system and method for replaying a predefined path through a set of web pages. The system and method comprises selecting in chronological order a saved request in a request history. The saved requests correspond to a set of user requests made at a web page from the set of web pages. Furthermore, the present invention comprises determining whether the saved request is a form request, and if so finding a best fit form on the web page from the set of web pages and sending a replay request to the best-fit form. If the saved request is not a form request, making the replay request to a best-fit URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: BMC Software
    Inventors: Clay Davis, Walter R. Bodwell, Michael C. Klobe