Stephen W Rogers

US Patent:

7152116, Dec 19, 2006

Filed:

Aug 13, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/374740

Inventors:

Paul Austin - Austin TX, US
David Fuller - Austin TX, US
Kurt M. Carlson - Austin TX, US
Chris Mayer - Austin TX, US
Stephen Rogers - Austin TX, US
Joe Savage - Cedar Park TX, US
Brian Sierer - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

National Instruments Corporation - Austin TX

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709245

Abstract:

A system and method for automatically generating URLs which reference one or more data sources or data targets connected to a computer. The data sources/targets may be of any type including files, http servers, ftp servers, hardware devices, etc. The generated URLs may be used together with a system such as the Data Socket system to seamlessly read data from disparate data source types or write data to disparate data target types without having to manually perform configuration, connection operations, data format conversion, etc. The URLs are generated automatically and contain all the information necessary for accessing the data source/target. This greatly abstracts a user or application from the I/O process.