Method and apparatus for automatic generation of external interface specifications

Patent 5924109 Issued on July 13, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 3, 2017. 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.

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Inventors

Application

No. 806130 filed on 03/03/1997

US Classes:

715/531, Text707/10, Distributed or remote access715/511, Version management715/530, Edit, composition, or storage control719/328APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE (API)

Examiners

Primary: Hafiz, Tariq R.
Assistant: Sattizahn, Brian

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Mcgowan; Michael J., Lall; Prithvi C., Kasischke; James M.

International Class

G06F 017/21

Abstract

A method and apparatus for the automatic generation of interface specifications includes a communications network for enabling users of the apparatus to inter-communicate and to write files to pending, reference and interface data bases. The files written to the data bases are formatted and automatically received to reduce errors in the specification data in the files. A document generator responsive to commands accesses document template files in a document template data base to prepare defined documentation reflecting the external interface specification from the files in the data bases.

Other References

Method for Computer Generation of Interface Wiring Diagrams and Associated ngineering Documentation, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 344-345, Jun. 198