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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6182123 | Interactive computer network and method of operation A distributed processing, interactive computer network and method of operation is described. The network is designed to provide very large numbers of simultaneous users access to large numbers of applications which feature interactive text/graphic session... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5649105 | Collaborative working in a network A programmable workstation for collaborative working in a network comprises a conventional operating system and a network control program layer. Additionally, the workstation includes a collaborative application support subsystem for interfacing with appl... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5594910 | Interactive computer network and method of operation A distributed processing, interactive computer network and method of operation is described. The network is designed to provide very large numbers of simultaneous users access to large numbers of applications which feature interactive text/graphic session... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5342727 | Copolymers of 4-hydroxystyrene and alkyl substituted-4-hydroxystyrene in admixture with a photosensitizer to form a photosensitive composition A copolymer of (a) an unsubstituted 4-hydroxystyrene monomer and (b) a substituted 4-hydroxystyrene monomer of the formula ##STR1## wherein A, B, C, and D are independently H or C1 to C4 alkyl and wherein at least one of B and D... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5291597 | Method to provide concurrent execution of distributed application programs by a host computer and an intelligent work station on an SNA network A method for processing distributed application programs in SNA type networks employing LU 6.2 protocols, including an information processing system having a host processor, a virtual machine type Operating System, and a plurality of Intelligent Work Stat... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5278838 | Recovery from errors in a redundant array of disk drives Fault tolerance in a redundant array of disk drives is degraded when error conditions exist in the array. Several methods for rebuilding data of the array to remove the degradation are described. Data rebuilding for entire disk drives and partial data reb... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5261063 | Pipeline apparatus having pipeline mode eecuting instructions from plural programs and parallel mode executing instructions from one of the plural programs A pipeline data processor is simultaneously operable in a pipeline mode, a parallel mode and a vector mode which is a special case of the pipeline mode. Each pipeline stage has its own stage program counter. A global program counter is incremented in the ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5063500 | System for executing segments of application program concurrently/serially on different/same virtual machine A method to preserve system resources during the execution of distributed application programs in an SNA type data processing network that supports program to program communication between an Intelligent Work Station (IWS) and a host processor in accordan... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5062037 | Method to provide concurrent execution of distributed application programs by a host computer and an intelligent work station on an SNA network A method for processing distributed application programs in SNA type networks including a host system having a virtual machine type Operating System and an Intelligent Work Station (IWS) provided with an Operating System that is capable of running two dis... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5023851 | Method for presenting electronic calendar information in an interactive information handling system A method of simultaneously displaying day calendar information in first and second view ports, each of which displays it's calendar data in a different format. The information in the two simultaneously displayed view ports is functionally interrelated to ... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5001697 | Method to automatically vary displayed object size with variations in window size A method to maintain all of the information that is originally displayed in a window on the display screen in an interactive information handling system, as the size of the window is decreased. A plurality of character sets which have different appropriat... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4991089 | Method for establishing current terminal addresses for system users processing distributed application programs in an SNA LU 6.2 network environment A method is described which permits a user of an Intelligent Work Station (IWS) in an SNA type network in which communication with the host processor employs LU 6.2 advanced program to program protocols and in which the host processor does not assign a de... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4977520 | Method to facilitate a reply to electronic meeting invitation in an interactive multi-terminal system employing electronic calendars An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system which includes a plurality of interactive terminals which are interconnected to permit an end user at each terminal to interchange information with each other and to maintain an electron... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4969092 | Method for scheduling execution of distributed application programs at preset times in an SNA LU 6.2 network environment A method for scheduling time initiated tasks from an Intelligent Work Station (IWS) of an SNA network in which a host processor has created a plurality of run ready virtual machines which are assigned under control of a Virtual Machine Pool Manager in res... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4949254 | Method to manage concurrent execution of a distributed application program by a host computer and a large plurality of intelligent work stations on an SNA network A method for processing a distributed application program in a SNA type network having a host processor executing a virtual machine type operating system and a relatively large plurality of terminals, in which a plurality of run ready virtual machines are... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4782193 | Polygonal wiring for improved package performance A connection arrangement includes a plurality of sets of wiring planes, wherein any connection uses one and only one set of the planes. Each plane is a principal wiring direction. Various economies are affected by arranging the relationship between pairs ... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4762994 | Compact optical scanner driven by a resonant galvanometer A compact optical scanner includes a base unit and a scan unit. The base unit includes an optical source such as a laser and an optical path directing a beam emitted by the laser to a scan mirror which is located in and supported by the scan unit. As the ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4676426 | Solder leveling technique A method of solder leveling in printed circuit boards or other circuitized substrates. Flux is first applied to the surface of the substrate to be soldered. Molten solder is then applied to the fluxed surface after which the soldered substrate is cooled t... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4447152 | Method and apparatus for detecting defects in apertured plates A method and apparatus for detecting defects in apertures plates such as masks. The plate is illuminated by a collimated light beam and defects or irregularities are signalled by a bright spot of light. A modified microfilm reader or the like can be used ... | 05/08/1984 |
