Patents by Inventor Wayne O. Evans

Wayne O. Evans 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).

  • Dynamically adapting multiple versions on system commands to a single operating system
    Patent number: 5317722
    Abstract: Multiple versions of a given system command are run on a single operating system by using one command processing program per command irrespective of its version. Each version of the command has a command definition which has the same format for all counterparts of the command. A command analyzer program transforms the parameters of a command character string into the correct data form for its command processing program based on the command definition for that version of the command. Multiple sets of command definitions are placed in separate storage directories called libraries. The libraries are searched based on a version identifier to find the command definition for a command. The version identifier may be specified as a program attribute, entered interactively or entered by the system. Multiple programs written with different versions of commands may be run in conjunction with each other and the system will dynamically adapt to the version of each program as it is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Wayne O. Evans
  • Dynamically adaptive environment for computer programs
    Patent number: 5179703
    Abstract: Multiple versions of a given system command are run on a single operating system by using one command processing program per command irrespective of its version. Each version of the command has a command definition which has the same format for all counterparts of the command. A command analyzer program transforms the parameters of a command character string into the correct data form for its command processing program based on the command definition for that version of the command. Multiple sets of command definitions are place in separate storage directories called libraries. The libraries are searched based on a version identifier to find the command definition for a command. The version identifier may be specified as a program attribute, entered interactively or entered by the system. Multiple programs written with different versions of commands may be run in conjunction with each other and the system will dynamically adapt to the version of each program as it is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Wayne O. Evans