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IBM Patented Data Sharing System

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International Business Machines (IBM) has been assigned a patent (7,937,670) for a data sharing system, method, and software tool developed by four co-inventors, Brendan P. Arthurs, Stanley Kieran Jerrard-Dunne, Kieran Joseph O'Mahoney, and Charles Robert Edward Smith. The patent, filed on September 15, 2005, provides a method for communicating data between components in a client computer system. The system includes a property broker that maintains a registry of linked source and destination data fields, enabling seamless data sharing and updates.

Key Takeaways:

  • The patented system, developed by four IBM co-inventors, enables data sharing and updates between components in a client computer system.
  • The system utilizes a property broker that maintains a registry of linked source and destination data fields.
  • The property broker notifies components of the start and end of a communication phase, allowing for efficient data exchange.
  • The system renders content for display after the communications phase has ended.
  • The patent application was filed on September 15, 2005, with the full-text available at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  • The co-inventors, Brendan P. Arthurs and colleagues, developed the system to facilitate seamless data sharing and updates between components.
  • The system provides a method for communicating data between components in a client computer system.
  • The property broker is a critical component in managing linked source and destination data fields.
  • The system's architecture enables efficient data exchange and updates.

Statistics:

  • Patent number: 7,937,670
  • Date of patent assignment: May 4 (no year specified)
  • Date of patent application: September 15, 2005
  • Number of co-inventors: 4
  • Location of co-inventors: Malahide, Ireland; Leopardstown, Ireland; Killarney, Ireland; and Celbridge, Ireland.
  • Number of components in the client computer system: plural

Sources:

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Patft.uspto.gov
  • 11/227,845
  • IBM (International Business Machines)

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