David J Goldsmith

US Patent:

6351778, Feb 26, 2002

Filed:

Nov 5, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/186419

Inventors:

Debra Lyn Orton - San Jose CA
Eugenie Lee Bolton - Sunnyvale CA
Daniel F. Chernikoff - Palo Alto CA
David Brook Goldsmith - Los Gatos CA
Christopher P. Moeller - Los Altos CA

Assignee:

Object Technology Licensing Corporation - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 940

US Classification:

709310

Abstract:

An apparatus for enabling an object-oriented application to access in an object-oriented manner a procedural operating system having a native procedural interface is disclosed. The apparatus includes a computer and a memory component in the computer. A code library is stored in the memory component. The code library includes computer program logic implementing an object-oriented class library. The object-oriented class library comprises related object-oriented classes for enabling the application to access in an object-oriented manner services provided by the operating system. The object-oriented classes include methods for accessing the operating system services using procedural function calls compatible with the native procedural interface of the operating system. The computer processes object-oriented statements contained in the application and defined by the class library by executing methods from the class library corresponding to the object-oriented statements.

US Patent:

6606742, Aug 12, 2003

Filed:

Aug 20, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/377752

Inventors:

Debra Lyn Orton - San Jose CA
Eugenie Lee Bolton - Sunnyvale CA
Daniel F. Chernikoff - Palo Alto CA
David Brook Goldsmith - Los Gatos CA
Christopher P. Moeller - Los Altos CA

Assignee:

Taligent, Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 945

US Classification:

717140, 717136, 717153

Abstract:

An object-oriented interface is disclosed for conferring portability for object-oriented programming to diverse operating systems on diverse hardware platforms in a computer system. The object-oriented interface is executable on a plurality of different computer platforms and includes classes of object-oriented methods. The interface is responsive to the object-oriented programming which instantiates its objects from its own classes and invokes the object oriented methods of the interface. Operating system specific, procedural program logic is compiled for use on a given computer platform that includes given computer hardware and a given procedural operating system which is executable on the hardware. A determination is made if the object-oriented methods of the interface to be invoked during runtime execution are present in the program memory of the computer hardware. A runtime loader selectively loads into the program memory any required object-oriented methods of the interface during runtime before their invocation by the object-oriented programming.

US Patent:

6684261, Jan 27, 2004

Filed:

Aug 29, 1995

Appl. No.:

08/521085

Inventors:

Debra Lyn Orton - San Jose CA
Eugenie Lee Bolton - Sunnyvale CA
Daniel F. Chernikoff - Palo Alto CA
David Brook Goldsmith - Los Gatos CA
Christopher P. Moeller - Los Altos CA

Assignee:

Object Technology Licensing Corporation - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 945

US Classification:

709328, 717116, 717136

Abstract:

An apparatus for enabling an object-oriented application to access in an object-oriented manner a procedural operating system having a native procedural interface is disclosed. The apparatus includes a computer and a memory component in the computer. A code library is stored in the memory component. The code library includes computer program logic implementing an object-oriented class library. The object-oriented class library comprises related object-oriented classes for enabling the application to access in an object-oriented manner services provided by the operating system. The object-oriented classes include methods for accessing the operating system services using procedural function calls compatible with the native procedural interface of the operating system. The computer processes object-oriented statements contained in the application and defined by the class library by executing methods from the class library corresponding to the object-oriented statements.

US Patent:

7424704, Sep 9, 2008

Filed:

Aug 27, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/648471

Inventors:

Debra Lyn Orton - San Jose CA, US
Eugenie Lee Bolton - Sunnyvale CA, US
Daniel F. Chernikoff - Palo Alto CA, US
David Brook Goldsmith - Los Gatos CA, US
Christopher P. Moeller - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

Object Technology Licensing Corporation - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/45

US Classification:

717136

Abstract:

An apparatus for enabling an object-oriented application to access in an object-oriented manner a procedural operating system having a native procedural interface is disclosed. The apparatus includes a computer and a memory component in the computer. A code library is stored in the memory component. The code library includes computer program logic implementing an object-oriented class library. The object-oriented class library comprises related object-oriented classes for enabling the application to access in an object-oriented manner services provided by the operating system. The object-oriented classes include methods for accessing the operating system services using procedural function calls compatible with the native procedural interface of the operating system. The computer processes object-oriented statements contained in the application and defined by the class library by executing methods from the class library corresponding to the object-oriented statements.

US Patent:

20080250432, Oct 9, 2008

Filed:

Jun 19, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/142626

Inventors:

Debra Lyn Orton - San Jose CA, US
Eugenie Lee Bolton - Sunnyvale CA, US
Daniel F. Chernikoff - Palo Alto CA, US
David Brook Goldsmith - Los Gatos CA, US
Christopher P. Moeller - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

APPLE INC. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/00

US Classification:

719328

Abstract:

An apparatus for enabling an object-oriented application to access in an object-oriented manner a procedural operating system having a native procedural interface is disclosed. The apparatus includes a computer and a memory component in the computer. A code library is stored in the memory component. The code library includes computer program logic implementing an object-oriented class library. The object-oriented class library comprises related object-oriented classes for enabling the application to access in an object-oriented manner services provided by the operating system. The object-oriented classes include methods for accessing the operating system services using procedural function calls compatible with the native procedural interface of the operating system. The computer processes object-oriented statements contained in the application and defined by the class library by executing methods from the class library corresponding to the object-oriented statements.

US Patent:

20080250433, Oct 9, 2008

Filed:

Jun 19, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/142641

Inventors:

Debra Lyn Orton - San Jose CA, US
Eugenie Lee Bolton - Sunnyvale CA, US
Daniel F. Chernikoff - Palo Alto CA, US
David Brook Goldsmith - Los Gatos CA, US
Christopher P. Moeller - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

APPLE INC. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/00

US Classification:

719328

Abstract:

An apparatus for enabling an object-oriented application to access in an object-oriented manner a procedural operating system having a native procedural interface is disclosed. The apparatus includes a computer and a memory component in the computer. A code library is stored in the memory component. The code library includes computer program logic implementing an object-oriented class library. The object-oriented class library comprises related object-oriented classes for enabling the application to access in an object-oriented manner services provided by the operating system. The object-oriented classes include methods for accessing the operating system services using procedural function calls compatible with the native procedural interface of the operating system. The computer processes object-oriented statements contained in the application and defined by the class library by executing methods from the class library corresponding to the object-oriented statements.

US Patent:

54558549, Oct 3, 1995

Filed:

Oct 26, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/108877

Inventors:

Michael R. Dilts - Saratoga CA
Steven H. Milne - Palo Alto CA
David B. Goldsmith - Los Gatos CA

Assignee:

Taligent, Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

H04M 342
H04M 1100
G06F 100

US Classification:

379201

Abstract:

A method and system for enabling a set of object interface application elements and telephony system elements. Particular objects may be chosen depending on which elements of the telephony system will need to be interfaced. A particular object is capable of interfacing with one or more elements of the telephony system. The elements of the telephony system may be any identifiable aspect of the telephony system. For example, the objects could represent a handset or a line. Less tangible elements can also be represented, such as signals or procedures, including call progress tones, call setup, call hold, conference calls, or other call features.

US Patent:

55553680, Sep 10, 1996

Filed:

Dec 30, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/176145

Inventors:

Debra L. Orton - San Jose CA
David B. Goldsmith - Los Gatos CA

Assignee:

Taligent - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 314

US Classification:

395157

Abstract:

A view system is provided for each application program in a computer system in order to display application-generated information on a display. To increase graphic speed, the view system transfers graphic information directly into the screen buffer into a screen buffer area defined by a visible area definition. In order to handle concurrently-operating view systems, each of which modifies the displayed contents of one of the multiple views, a concurrency control controls access to the visible area definitions. The concurrency control is also used to control access to update requests which are generated when a change to one view affects other views. This mechanism supports animation, tracking feedback and updating invalid areas of the display by multiple threads of execution. This mechanism also provides a framework to support unrelated threads drawing in separate views within a single window.