Richard Lee Verburg, 7810701 Callanish Park Dr, Austin, TX 78750

6931130, Aug 16, 2005

Oct 7, 1999

09/414333

George Kraft, IV - Austin TX, US
Richard Lee Verburg - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H04K001/00

380258, 380270, 380 59, 713154, 713162, 455428, 455429

A method, system, and computer program product for dynamically adjusting the encryption level based on the geographic location of a software program are disclosed. The method includes an initial step of determining a geographic location associated with the software program. An encryption level is selected based upon the determined geographic location. The software program is then executed utilizing the selected encryption level. In one embodiment, determining the geographic location is achieved by determining the geographic location of a computer system on which the software program will be executed, preferably through the use of a Global Positioning System. The Global Positioning System may comprise an I/O device of the computer system on which the software executes. In one embodiment, the selected encryption level may be overridden by a Smart Card or other secure device connected to the computer system. In one embodiment, the available encryption levels include, at a minimum, a U. S.

4987550, Jan 22, 1991

Sep 22, 1987

7/099469

Anne G. Leonard - Austin TX
Richard L. Verburg - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 314

364521

The system and method of this invention processes a data stream based on the structure of a font file which can be varied by a user or application of the processing system. The font file not only contains the pel patterns for a range of graphical symbols, but it also contains the rules for interpreting a data stream having a particular syntax. The rules for interpreting a data stream are referred to as the processing model for the data stream. The structure of the font file contains an index array to the range of graphical symbols. Each byte in the data stream is used to generate an index into the index array. In each element of the index array there is a value and control bits. The control bits indicate whether the value is an offset to a graphical symbol or whether the value is a modifier. If the value is a modifier, it is used to increment the next sequential data byte in the data stream through the range of graphical symbols. The modifiers can be used recursively to access an unlimited number of graphical symbols.

6058424, May 2, 2000

Nov 17, 1997

8/972053

Peggy PakFan Dixon - Austin TX
Danling Shi - Austin TX
Richard Lee Verburg - Austin TX
Donald Edwin Wood - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 1300

709226

The present invention allows a multimedia session to be transferred from one application server to another in the event that the original application server fails, and also allows a session to be cooperatively transferred from one application server to another, even though the original application server is still available for use. The new application server may be in the same multimedia computer (i. e. the same physical machine) as the original application server, or the new application server may be in a different computer. The session is transferred without losing existing resources, and callbacks that occur during the session takeover process are not lost. An application server which owns a multimedia session may enable that session for takeover, by using an Application Programming Interface (API). The API returns session takeover data which must be available to a new application server in the event of a takeover. The new application server uses the session takeover data to reconstruct information, including access information, regarding all resources necessary to keep the session executing.

5673403, Sep 30, 1997

Nov 13, 1992

7/975753

Michael Wilfrid Brown - Austin TX
Lester Brooks Hickerson - Austin TX
Colin Victor Powell - Highland Beach FL
William Chapel Tims - Austin TX
Robert Leonard Tycast - Boca Raton FL
Richard Lee Verburg - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 314

395335

Two or more interconnected computer systems, each having a different operating system. For example, a client system may be running the OS/2 operating system and a second, server computer the AIX system. The server system that allocates display screen space for application windows running on the server system and supports window management. Further, the window management places GUI borders around the application window which allow a user to interact with the client application. The functions in these GUI borders include a menu bar, scroll bar, sizing features, pull down windows, and the like. The client application is mapped into a form which enables the application commands to be recognized by a library of functional calls associated with the server system. The server system, displays the client application in the designated window along with the server GUI. In this manner a user can interact with a client application using the server graphical user interface.

5491813, Feb 13, 1996

Nov 18, 1994

8/341858

Gregory L. Bondy - Austin TX
John A. Cook - Austin TX
Richard L. Verburg - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 314

395500

A programming interface is provided in a computer graphics system which allows plural hardware display adapters to be upgraded and enhanced without correspondingly upgrading and rewriting display specific device driver code for each separate program application using the graphics system. A resource library with a standard programming interface, but specific to each display adapter is included, as well as display driver code for each adapter. Functions necessary to service the graphics model embodied in the program application are configured as device driver models and also are included within the interface of the present invention. Initially, the functions provided in the resource library are dynamically bound to expose the functionality of the desired display adapter. A second level of dynamic binding is implemented to bind the program application with the display specific code and graphic models being utilized. In this manner, numerous combinations of program applications and display adapters can be used without providing an interface for each possible combination.

5996025, Nov 30, 1999

Oct 31, 1997

8/961704

Michael Norman Day - Round Rock TX
Peggy PakFan Dixon - Austin TX
Thanh-ha Pham - Austin TX
Lance Warren Russell - Hollister CA
Danling Shi - Austin TX
Richard Lee Verburg - Austin TX
Donald Edwin Wood - Austin TX
Leo Yue Tak Yeung - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

G06F 1300

709302

A system, method and computer program are provided for a control server in a client/server environment wherein an API framework facilitates scalable, network transparent, integrated multimedia content loading and data streaming. Concurrent real time content loading and data streaming are possible and techniques are included for admitting new streams only when they can be serviced without negatively affecting current system performance.

5257351, Oct 26, 1993

Jul 16, 1990

7/553470

Anne G. Leonard - Austin TX
Richard L. Verburg - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G09G 100

395150

The system and method of this invention processes a data stream based on the structure of a font file which can be varied by a user or application of the processing system. The font file not only contains the pel patterns for a range of graphical symbols, but it also contains the rules for, interpreting a data stream having a particular syntax. The rules for interpreting a data stream are referred to as the processing model for the data stream. The structure of the font file contains an index array to the range of graphical symbols. Each byte in the data stream is used to generate an index into the index array. In each element of the index array there is a value and control bits. The control bits indicate whether the value is an offset to a graphical symbol or whether the value is a modifier. If the value is a modifier, it is used to increment the next sequential data byte in the data stream through the range of graphical symbols.

5774720, Jun 30, 1998

Aug 18, 1995

8/516578

Kenneth W. Borgendale - Boca Raton FL
Ian Michael Holland - Boca Raton FL
Kelvin Roberick Lawrence - Boca Raton FL
Colin Victor Powell - Highland Beach FL
Richard Lee Verburg - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15163

395682

A graphics management system resident in a computer operating system provides a generic graphics interface which allows application programs written to operate with various specific graphical user interfaces, to operate on a non-native graphical user interface. The graphics management system includes a common graphical user interface (GUI) which receives graphics related application programming interface (API) calls from the application programs, and transforms the various types of graphics API calls native to a particular GUI, into a generic format compatible with a personality neutral graphics engine. The personality neutral calls are then passed from the CGUI to the personality neutral graphics engine which services the calls, and controls the drawing of lines, circles and other drawing tasks for each of the windows presented on the display. The present invention allows users to "port" application programs written for one GUI, to a computer system operating a different GUI.