Richard L Demers

US Patent:

55577768, Sep 17, 1996

Filed:

Aug 4, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/286498

Inventors:

Marsha A. Brown - Manassas VA
Richard A. Demers - Rochester MN
James A. Diephuis - Rochester MN
Lorenzo Falcon - San Jose CA
Thomas E. Frayne - San Jose CA
Sunil S. Gaitonde - Rochester MN
Elaine S. Patry - Warrenton VA
William A. Remay - Warrenton VA
Kenneth M. Sissors - Centreville VA
Ejuana D. Vasquez - Raleigh NC
David J. Weber - Rochester MN
Koichi Yamaguchi - Los Gatos CA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 300

US Classification:

395500

Abstract:

The ADL system provides a way in which computer programs written in different programming languages can share data. The ADL system comprises the ADL language and the facilities necessary to perform the data sharing function. The ADL language uses the concept of a data description and conversion module. A data description and conversion module, or more simply, an ADL module is composed of declarations and plans. Each declaration is an ADL description of how a particular program environment represents data. The plan portion of the ADL module contains ADL statements that instruct the computer system to convert the data representations of the source program environment into the data representations of the target program environment.

US Patent:

60553707, Apr 25, 2000

Filed:

May 24, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/655336

Inventors:

Marsha Ann Brown - Manassas VA
Richard Aime Demers - Rochester MN
James Alan Diephuis - Rochester MN
Lorenzo Falcon - San Jose CA
Thomas E. Frayne - San Jose CA
Sunil Sharadchandra Gaitonde - Rochester MN
Elaine Szafir Patry - Warrenton VA
William Remay - Warrenton VA
Kenneth Mark Sissors - Centreville VA
Ejuana D. Vasquez - Raleigh NC
David Joseph Weber - Rochester MN
Koichi Yamaguchi - Los Gatos CA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 945

US Classification:

395705

Abstract:

The ADL system provides a way in which computer programs written in different programming languages can share data. The ADL system comprises the ADL language and the facilities necessary to perform the data sharing function. The ADL language uses the concept of a data description and conversion module. A data description and conversion module, or more simply, an ADL module, is composed of declarations and plans. Each declaration is an ADL description of how a particular program environment represents data. The plan portion of the ADL module contains ADL statements that instruct the computer system to convert the data representations of the source program environment into the data representations of the target program environment.

US Patent:

49301519, May 29, 1990

Filed:

May 16, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/352515

Inventors:

Paul B. Walton - Silver Spring MD
James Keough - Rockville MD
Richard L. Demers - Dale City VA
Leland A. Denny - Frederick MD
Robert E. Kaiser - Rockville MD
Cornellius Moses - Silver Spring MD
Vijay N. Wagh - Derwood MD

Assignee:

General Electric Company - NY

International Classification:

H04M 1106
H04M 354

US Classification:

379 94

Abstract:

A call forwarding device includes a plurality of selectively interconnectable channel switches, each having a rotary port connected to a different outlet port of a telephone rotary switch and a modem port connected with a different modem of a facility answering site. An inbound call on any channel switch rotary port is initially directed to the modem port of the same channel switch for answer by the connected modem. If this modem fails to timely answer, the call is automatically re-routed internally of the answering site to the modem port of another, available channel switch for answer by its connected modem or is automatically re-routed to the rotary port of another, available channel switch and call forwarded externally to a backup answering site for answer by a modem thereat.