Patents by Inventor Wesley R. Wardell

Wesley R. Wardell 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 providing language-specific extensions to the compare facility in an edit system
    Patent number: 7149680
    Abstract: An extension of any n-file compare and/or merge utility in an edit system includes services provided by a parser attached to the edit system for the particular file type. A compare command in the edit system is enabled by an extension-registration process to query, upon activation, for any compare extensions supported by the parser. Selected files are displayed to a user with non-comparing elements highlighted according to a compare strategy selected with reference to the compare extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian Storisteanu, Wesley R. Wardell
  • System and method for providing language-specific extensions to the compare facility in an edit system
    Publication number: 20020143522
    Abstract: An extension of any n-file compare and/or merge utility in an edit system includes services provided by a parser attached to the edit system for the particular file type. A compare command in the edit system is enabled by an extension-registration process to query, upon activation, for any compare extensions supported by the parser. Selected files are displayed to a user with non-comparing elements highlighted according to a compare strategy selected with reference to the compare extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian Storisteanu, Wesley R. Wardell