Alan Jerry Tannenbaum

US Patent:

51573849, Oct 20, 1992

Filed:

Apr 28, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/344879

Inventors:

Evon C. Greanias - Chevy Chase MD
Guy F. Verrier - Reston VA
Gordon W. Arbeitman - Gaithersburg MD
Alan R. Tannenbaum - Washington Grove MD
Yu L. An - Vienna VA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

340706

Abstract:

An advanced user interface for use with a computer system operating on an integrated operating environment. The integrated operating environment allows a plurality of application programs to be running simultaneously, one of which is designated the active application program to which all input data is directed. The advanced user interface allows a user to select among user-friendly input devices to operate any application program according to his individual preferences without change to the application program code. The advanced user interface includes alternate input modules which translate the input signals transmitted from the various input devices into input messages useable by the rest of the interface. The advanced user interface also includes interface profiles which contain mappings of the input messages against corresponding commands useable by the application programs, the integrated operating environment or other modules of the advanced user interface itself. An environment link module refers to the interface profiles and matches the input message against the corresponding command for the application program active at the time the input signal was transmitted and send the corresponding command to that application program.

US Patent:

44569734, Jun 26, 1984

Filed:

Apr 30, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/373544

Inventors:

Richard G. Carlgren - Gaithersburg MD
Walter S. Rosenbaum - Bethesda MD
Alan R. Tannenbaum - Washington Grove MD

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1521

US Classification:

364900

Abstract:

A system for proofreading a text document and automatically detecting and replacing text words in the document which exceed a predetermined understandability level for the documents intended audience. Text words and synonyms are stored in a dictionary which includes an understandability code for each word based statistically on textbook grade levels. The operator enters a grade level code into the system for the intended document audience. The system scans the document for words which exceed the desired grade level, highlights those words on the system display and prompts the operator with synonyms which can be used to replace the highlighted word. The operator may select a desired replacement synonym by placing the system cursor underneath the word and depressing and enter key from the system keyboard.

US Patent:

43843298, May 17, 1983

Filed:

Dec 19, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/218222

Inventors:

Walter S. Rosenbaum - Bethesda MD
Alan R. Tannenbaum - Washington Grove MD

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1540

US Classification:

364300

Abstract:

A storage method and control system for storing and interactively accessing a large data base of related linguistic expressions such as synonyms and antonyms. The data base structure includes a stored ordered vocabulary of the linguistic expressions and a stored N. times. N binary matrix defining the relationship between the expressions in the vocabulary. Address indexes are associated with the vocabulary and binary matrix to enhance access times. The control system controls a programmable digital processor to receive an input linguistic expression and access the binary matrix to generate linkages to the related linguistic expressions in the vocabulary. The related linguistic expressions in the vocabulary are concatenated and displayed for operator review.

US Patent:

59366141, Aug 10, 1999

Filed:

Mar 7, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/612480

Inventors:

Yu Larry An - Vienna VA
Gordon W. Arbeitman - Gaithersburg MD
Peter A. Lee - Houston TX
Alan R. Tannenbaum - Washington Grove MD

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345173

Abstract:

A computer system enables a user to design touch activated keyboards for use on a display surface without writing code. The computer system enables the user to resize and move the keyboard image anywhere on the display to allow the concurrent display of other applications running in an integrated operating environment. Computer system actions can be assigned by the user to each key. An execution unit displays the selected keyboard, determines whether a key has been touched and executes the appropriate action for each key touch.

US Patent:

55282660, Jun 18, 1996

Filed:

Jun 8, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/073261

Inventors:

Gordon W. Arbeitman - Gaithersburg MD
Frank L. Stein - Vienna VA
Alan R. Tannenbaum - Washington Grove MD
Robert L. Donaldson - Annapolis MD

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345173

Abstract:

Improvements in the art of sensor and display technology now make the implementation of a workpad concept feasible. While prior art touch displays are acceptable for short, casual use tasks, they may not be feasible or suited for intensive use tasks. Recent improvements in the optical qualities (brightness, contrast, viewing cone) of flat panel displays, such as LCDs, allow implementing a touch screen for use in a horizontal orientation. This greatly improves the human factors for applications involving extensive pointing, drawing, or writing.

US Patent:

47681497, Aug 30, 1988

Filed:

Aug 29, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/770541

Inventors:

Bradly J. Konopik - Gaithersburg MD
David J. Bradley - Boca Raton FL
Martin A. Reed - Rockville MD
Alan R. Tannenbaum - Washington Grove MD
Michael R. Turner - Boca Raton FL

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 946

US Classification:

364200

Abstract:

A system is disclosed for managing a plurality of interrupt handlers in a linked-list data structure, for servicing a plurality of input/output devices sharing a common interrupt line in a microcomputer. The system provides for an orderly method to link a newly loaded interrupt handler routine into a linked-list data structure consisting of previously loaded interrupt handler routines. The system further provides for an orderly method to share a common interrupt line among a plurality of input/output devices being serviced by the interrupt handlers. The system further provides for an orderly means to unlink a particular interrupt handler routine from the linked-list data structure when a corresponding input/output device is to be deactivated. The system finds special utility in a multitasking operating system environment where input/output devices can be deactivated in a different sequence from that in which they were originally activated.

US Patent:

52529517, Oct 12, 1993

Filed:

Oct 21, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/779702

Inventors:

Alan R. Tannenbaum - Washington Grove MD
John M. Zetts - Falls Church VA
Yu L. An - Vienna VA
Gordon W. Arbeitman - Gaithersburg MD
Evon C. Greanias - Boca Raton FL
Guy F. Verrier - Reston VA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345156

Abstract:

An advanced user interface for use with a computer system operating on an integrated operating environment. The integrated operating environment allows a plurality of application programs to be running simultaneously, one of which is designated the active application program to which all input data is directed. The advanced user interface allows a user to select among user-friendly input devices to operate any application program according to his individual preferences without change to the application program code. The advanced user interface includes alternate input modules which translate the input signals transmitted from the various input devices into input messages useable by the rest of the interface. The advanced user interface also includes interface profiles which contain mappings of the input messages against corresponding commands useable by the application programs, the integrated operating environment or other modules of the advanced user interface itself. An environment link module refers to the interface profiles and matches the input message against the corresponding command for the application program active at the time the input signal was transmitted and send the corresponding command to that application program.

US Patent:

58023887, Sep 1, 1998

Filed:

Dec 19, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/767137

Inventors:

John Mark Zetts - Falls Church VA
Mario Jose Galliano - Boynton Beach FL
Alan R. Tannenbaum - Lighthouse Point FL
William J. Tracey - Boyton Beach FL
Keun J. Lee - Boca Raton FL
Moe R. Desrosiers - Viera FL

Assignee:

IBM Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 300

US Classification:

395804

Abstract:

A data processing system corrects handprinted character input represented as a sequence of points described by a writing path of a pointing device. The system receives a writing path signal from a pointing device in the data processing system, describing a first hand printed character input. The system performs character recognition on the writing path signal to provide a first character string. The system then displays the first character string in an edit pad area. The system then receives a correcting writing path signal in the edit pad area from the pointing device, describing a correction to the first hand printed character input. The system then performs character recognition on the correcting writing path signal to provide a second character string.