Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
78 words
A method for maintaining entities of information in a computer process control environment, said entities having process control attributes and data structures, comprising: recording said process control attributes by operation of an entity manager; recording said data structures separate from said process control attributes by operation of said entity manager; and processing said entities in said process control environment, said processing further comprising using said recorded data structures and said recorded process control attributes when accessing said entities.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of Claim 1 further comprising: storing said entities of information in a file, referencing said entities of information by multiple processes, wherein only a single copy of said entity of information is maintained for reference by said multiple processes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said multiple processes customize their respective views of said single copy of said entity of information by saving process specific process control attributes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of Claim 3 wherein said process specific process control attributes which are saved by each respective multiple process are limited to only those process specific process control attributes which are different from said process control attributes of said entities of information.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
96 words
A method for allowing access to an object in a computer environment by both an internal and an external process, said object having internal attributes and external attributes associated with each respective internal and external process, comprising: recording said internal and external attributes associated with said object apart from said object; maintaining an internal link between said object and said internal attributes; maintaining an external link between said object and said external attributes; accessing said object by said internal process using said internal link; and accessing said object by said external process using said external link.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of Claim 5 wherein said internal attributes are inherited from another object.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of Claim 5 or 6 wherein said external attributes are inherited from another object.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of Claim 5, 6 or 7 wherein said objects are maintained in a file.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of Claim 8 wherein said file is machine readable.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
115 words
A computer system for incorporating software development tools and data into a multi-leveled integrated environment, comprising means providing each of: a user interface level having objects therein, said objects having attributes, methods, links, and data structures; a process control level in communication with said user interface level and having an object manager which records process control attributes relating to said objects; and an internal structure level in communication with said process control level which records said object data structures by the operation of said object manager, wherein said objects at any level of integration can be maintained externally by one or more external processes to allow free access of said objects to said external processes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
127 words
A computer system for incorporating software development tools and data into a multi-leveled integrated environment, comprising means providing each of: a user interface level having objects therein, said objects having attributes, methods, links, and data structures; a process control level in communication with said user interface level and having an object manager which records process control attributes relating to said objects; a client level in communication with said user interface level; a kernel level having a kernel ipc, a communication subsystem, a file subsystem, a process manager, and a display subsystem, all of which interface with a computer hardware system; and a communication level in communication with and between said client level and said kernel level, for providing communications between said client level and said kernel level.