Patents by Inventor Zvi P. Weiss

Zvi P. Weiss 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).

  • Window restoration methods for halted debugee window applications
    Patent number: 5515493
    Abstract: A first method manages a display screen window of an application program that is halted and includes the following steps: in responsive to an application program being halted, (a) copying the informational content of a window of the halted application program; (b) creating a second window, referred to as a shadow window, to be in registration with the window of the halted application program such that the window of the halted application program is hidden from the view of an observer of the display screen; (c) painting the second window with the copy of the informational content of the halted application program; and (d) in response to a message to re-paint the second window, re-painting the second window with the copy of the informational content of the halted application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Boston, Donald P. Pazel, Zvi P. Weiss