IBM Patented Data Sharing System

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)