Process and apparatus for manipulating a boundless data stream in an object oriented programming system
Patent 5202981 Issued on April 13, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date: 
April 13, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
April 13, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesHigher order language-directed computer System for animating program operation and displaying time-based relationships System for merging virtual partitions of a distributed database Patent #: 4853843 InventorApplicationNo. 425813 filed on 10/23/1989US Classes:707/1, DATABASE OR FILE ACCESSING707/200FILE OR DATABASE MAINTENANCEExaminersPrimary: Kulik, Paul V.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 015/40G06F 015/403 AbstractA process and apparatus for manipulating boundless data streams in an object oriented programming system provides a stream class of objects which includes as attributes an ordered list of object references to selected ones of the data objects stored in the data storage device. Methods for manipulating the object include move to first, move to last, move to next and move to previous which provide a bi-directional data stream. The data appears to the user as though it resides entirely in memory, even though it does not. The stream class implements a "sliding window" in an object oriented programming system which permits manipulation of any number of lists of virtually unlimited size when remaining within the physical limitations of finite storage.Other References
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