Wayne Elmo Vicknair, Age 66Round Rock, TX

6694506, Feb 17, 2004

Oct 16, 1997

08/951937

Karalee Brown LeBlanc - Austin TX
Wayne Elmo Vicknair - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 944

717108, 717109, 717114, 717116, 717111, 707 1, 709332

A computer controlled object oriented programming system for distributive program development over networks such as the internet with implement for interfacing a plurality of programming objects with each other to provide combination objects combining programming functions of said objects, each object including predetermined interface data defining a required common interface with the other programming objects as well as a framework of events and attributes and methods for manipulating the attributes. These objects may be combined with each other via their common interfaces to form combination objects, and such combination objects may in turn be further combined with other objects and combination objects to form objects of increasing complexity which function as complete programs. General purpose operations and functions are added to existent object oriented programs in an object attribute independent process. Also, this addition may be done dynamically to such existent programs.

6754072, Jun 22, 2004

Sep 24, 2001

09/961958

Craig Henry Becker - Austin TX
Jimmy Ming-Der Hsu - Austin TX
Wayne Elmo Vicknair - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 120

361687, 361707, 165 804, 174 161

A heat sink provides a flat surface on which a portable computer can be placed and a finned surface for heat dissipation. An attached cushioning material protects a user from the finned surface, while micro-fans pull air through the space enclosed between the two materials. The fans are powered through the computers universal serial bus (USB) and power management features reduce power drain from the portable.

6816882, Nov 9, 2004

May 31, 2000

09/583961

Michael Haden Conner - Austin TX
Wayne Elmo Vicknair - Austin TX
Craig Henry Becker - Austin TX
Stewart E. Nicholas - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 1300

709203, 709217, 709219

A user contracts with an application service provider for hosting a needed application. By contracting with a service provider the user may interact with the application by using only a thin client rather than maintaining a thick client. The user rents an application from either the service provider or an independent application provider. If the user procures the application from an application provider, the application provider negotiates hosting terms with the service provider prior to installing the application into the service providers warehouse. The application provider also checks that the services provided by the service provider meet the minimum requirements of the application. Once installed, the service provider may offer the application to other users along with services for the application. The user may procure additional services from the service provider for supporting the application. A user can then dynamically download the application âon-demandâ.

6915898, Jul 12, 2005

Mar 20, 2003

10/394323

Craig Henry Becker - Austin TX, US
Wayne Elmo Vicknair - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

B65D085/57
B65D085/28

206310, 206303, 2063081

A media storage device for retaining media, such as optical disk media. The device includes a base and a spindle projecting from the base. The spindle is configured to receive optical disks around the outer surface of the spindle. The spindle also includes an opening to a channel within the spindle. This opening allows a marking device to pass through the opening into the channel and allows the marking device to be retained in the spindle.

7200818, Apr 3, 2007

Jun 28, 2002

10/185779

Craig Henry Becker - Austin TX, US
Stewart Earle Nickolas - Austin TX, US
Wayne Elmo Vicknair - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 7/10
G06F 13/14
G06F 13/00

715804, 715513, 715738, 715760, 709203, 719329

A method, computer program product and system for handing messages in a Web application. Messages in a Web application may be handled by inserting a writeable block in a window in a first page of the Web application where the writeable block for receiving a message may be generated by the Web application. In a second page of the Web application, a message script may be inserted if a message is generated by the Web application for display in response to an execution of the second page. In response to the message script, the message handler is invoked.

7426545, Sep 16, 2008

Jun 28, 2002

10/184330

Craig Henry Becker - Austin TX, US
Stewart Earle Nickolas - Austin TX, US
Wayne Elmo Vicknair - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15/16

709219, 709217, 709203

A method, computer program product and system for accessing a Web application. The Web application may be accessed by receiving a request for the Web application where the request includes an identifier of the Web application. In response to the identifier of the Web application, one of a local and a remote target of the Web application may be determined. The request may be dispatched to a target in response to input data identifying the Web application and, alternatively, form selection input.

7444379, Oct 28, 2008

Jun 30, 2004

10/881974

Craig Henry Becker - Austin TX, US
Wayne Elmo Vicknair - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 13/00

709206, 709227, 715758

A method is presented for managing user chat status in a chat application. The chat application automatically detects user activity and/or user inactivity external to the chat application and then automatically sets a user chat status value within the chat application based on the detected user activity and/or the detected user inactivity. The chat application may automatically set the user's current chat status at a given time, for example: based on retrieved schedule information that reflects the user's activity at that given time; based on application usage information that reflects the user's activity at that given time with other applications; based on telephone usage information that reflects the user's telephone activity at that given time; based on information about the ambient environment that reflects the user's activity or inactivity in the ambient environment at that given time; or some other automatically gathered information.

7483938, Jan 27, 2009

Sep 27, 2001

09/965014

Wayne Elmo Vicknair - Austin TX, US
Stewart E. Nickolas - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15/16
G06F 9/45

709200, 717143

A circular VTOL aircraft with a central vertically mounted turboprop engine , driving contra-rotating co-axial propellers , above a central jet engine (or engines) , horizontally mounted on a turntable pod which is steerable through 360 degrees. The turboprop provides vertical thrust from contra-rotating propellers compressing air from an upper circular intake downward through a circular shaped rotor-chamber to a circular vent at the base of the craft. The resulting column of compressed air supports the craft during take-off and landing operations and provides a cushion of air in normal flight. The horizontally mounted jet turbine provides main thrust for horizontal flight and vectored thrust for VTOL. The passenger cabin is circular and is situated in the main body of the disc-shaped craft. Fuel tanks are situated around the circumference of the craft to maximise fuel capacity.