Timothy J Magee

US Patent:

7017057, Mar 21, 2006

Filed:

Sep 12, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/951098

Inventors:

Timothy David Magee - Lexington KY, US
Rohit R. Sahasrabudhe - Louisville KY, US

Assignee:

Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD. - Singapore

International Classification:

G06F 1/32

US Classification:

713320, 713300, 4554042, 4554561

Abstract:

A personal computer that enters sleep mode to conserve electrical energy is responsive to a proximity detector and a proximity timer. As long as a user is near the computer, as determined by the proximity detector, the computer is controlled by an activity timer, and enters sleep mode upon being idle for a predetermined period of time. When the proximity detector determines that the user has left the computer unattended, the proximity detector starts the proximity timer. When the proximity timer expires, the computer enters sleep mode. Because the proximity timer operates only when the user has left the computer unattended, the proximity timer may be set to expire earlier than the activity timer. Consequently, the computer may enter sleep mode earlier than would otherwise be possible, and thereby consumes less energy.

US Patent:

60787341, Jun 20, 2000

Filed:

Jul 23, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/899444

Inventors:

William Augustus Carter - Georgetown KY
Alan Roeder Elderon - Mountain View CA
Timothy David Magee - Lexington KY
Mark David Nicholas - Georgetown KY
Henry Y. Saade - San Jose CA
Grant Sutherland - Cottesloe, AU
William Nicholas John Tindall - San Martin CA
Jeffrey Ramesh Urs - Nicholasville KY
Timothy Edward Weinmann - Lexington KY
Michael Thomas Wheatley - San Jose CA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 945

US Classification:

39550002

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes. A compiler option provides for the generation of debugger hooks for each statement that has been affected by modified declarations, which may be used with a suitably equipped debugger or other run-time analysis tool.

US Patent:

61855715, Feb 6, 2001

Filed:

Apr 17, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/062216

Inventors:

William Augustus Carter - Georgetown KY
Alan Roeder Elderon - Mountain View CA
Timothy David Magee - Lexington KY
Mark David Nicholas - Georgetown KY
Henry Y. Saade - San Jose CA
Grant Sutherland - Cottesloe, AU
William Nicholas John Tindall - San Martin CA
Jeffrey Ramesh Urs - Nicholasville KY
Timothy Edward Weinmann - Lexington KY
Michael Thomas Wheatley - San Jose CA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707103

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes. A compiler option provides for the generation of debugger hooks for each statement that has been affected by modified declarations, which may be used with a suitably equipped debugger or other run-time analysis tool.

US Patent:

60028734, Dec 14, 1999

Filed:

Nov 14, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/971119

Inventors:

William Augustus Carter - Georgetown KY
Alan Roeder Elderon - Mountain View CA
Timothy David Magee - Lexington KY
Mark David Nicholas - Georgetown KY
Henry Y. Saade - San Jose CA
Grant Sutherland - Cottesloe, AU
William Nicholas John Tindall - San Martin CA
Jeffrey Ramesh Urs - Nicholasville KY
Timothy Edward Weinmann - Lexington KY
Michael Thomas Wheatley - San Jose CA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 945

US Classification:

395705

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes. A compiler option provides for the generation of debugger hooks for each statement that has been affected by modified declarations, which may be used with a suitably equipped debugger or other run-time analysis tool.

US Patent:

60816554, Jun 27, 2000

Filed:

Nov 14, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/971178

Inventors:

William Augustus Carter - Georgetown KY
Alan Roeder Elderon - Mountain View CA
Timothy David Magee - Lexington KY
Mark David Nicholas - Georgetown KY
Henry Y. Saade - San Jose CA
Grant Sutherland - Cottesloe, AU
William Nicholas John Tindall - San Martin CA
Jeffrey Ramesh Urs - Nicholasville KY
Timothy Edward Weinmann - Lexington KY
Michael Thomas Wheatley - San Jose CA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 945

US Classification:

39550002

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes. A compiler option provides for the generation of debugger hooks for each statement that has been affected by modified declarations, which may be used with a suitably equipped debugger or other run-time analysis tool.

US Patent:

62371401, May 22, 2001

Filed:

Oct 20, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/421721

Inventors:

William Augustus Carter - Georgetown KY
Alan Roeder Elderon - Mountain View CA
Timothy David Magee - Lexington KY
Mark David Nicholas - Georgetown KY
Henry Y. Saade - San Jose CA
Grant Sutherland - Cottesloe, AU
William Nicholas John Tindall - San Martin CA
Jeffrey Ramesh Urs - Nicholasville KY
Timothy Edward Weinmann - Lexington KY
Michael Thomas Wheatley - San Jose CA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 945
G06F 700

US Classification:

717 5

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes. A compiler option provides for the generation of debugger hooks for each statement that has been affected by modified declarations, which may be used with a suitably equipped debugger or other run-time analysis tool.

US Patent:

62337289, May 15, 2001

Filed:

Apr 17, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/062021

Inventors:

William Augustus Carter - Georgetown KY
Alan Roeder Elderon - Mountain View CA
Timothy David Magee - Lexington KY
Mark David Nicholas - Georgetown KY
Henry Y. Saade - San Jose CA
Grant Sutherland - Cottesloe, AU
William Nicholas John Tindall - San Martin CA
Jeffrey Ramesh Urs - Nicholasville KY
Timothy Edward Weinmann - Lexington KY
Michael Thomas Wheatley - San Jose CA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 944

US Classification:

717 4

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes. A compiler option provides for the generation of debugger hooks for each statement that has been affected by modified declarations, which may be used with a suitably equipped debugger or other run-time analysis tool.

US Patent:

60648171, May 16, 2000

Filed:

Nov 14, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/971072

Inventors:

William Augustus Carter - Georgetown KY
Alan Roeder Elderon - Mountain View CA
Timothy David Magee - Lexington KY
Mark David Nicholas - Georgetown KY
Henry Y. Saade - San Jose CA
Grant Sutherland - Cottesloe, AU
William Nicholas John Tindall - San Martin CA
Jeffrey Ramesh Urs - Nicholasville KY
Timothy Edward Weinmann - Lexington KY
Michael Thomas Wheatley - San Jose CA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 945

US Classification:

395705

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler or interpreter support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles or interprets the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes. A compiler or interpreter option provides for the generation of debugger hooks for each statement that has been affected by modified declarations, which may be used with a suitably equipped debugger or other run-time analysis tool.