System and method for defining and managing reusable groups software constructs within an object management system
November 9, 2018. 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 ReferencesSystem and method for providing a visual application builder framework Software development tool for combining software components/modules Device for building programs employing objects linkage information Hierarchical encapsulation of instantiated objects in a multimedia authoring system including internet accessible objects Filtering an object interface definition to determine services needed and provided Visual composition tool for constructing application programs using distributed objects on a distributed object network Patent #: 5991535 InventorsApplicationNo. 188514 filed on 11/09/1998US Classes:717/108, Object oriented717/113VisualExaminersPrimary: Choules, Jack M.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 009/44AbstractA system for maintaining an object repository within an object management system where the objects are software constructs and the system provides a set of tools for creating packages of the objects that can be reused as well as monitored as they are changed or recombined. The packages themselves become new objects for the repository to store. The set of relationships within a package is also stored as are any relationships between any of the objects within the object management system object repository. | |
