David M 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:

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.

US Patent:

62759833, Aug 14, 2001

Filed:

Aug 26, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/140523

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 Corp. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 945

US Classification:

717 5

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.