Inventor
VAN HOFF ARTHUR A
US25 patents
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC
16 patentsUS5959623ASep 28, 1999
System and method for displaying user selected set of advertisements
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC356 citations99
US5822539AOct 13, 1998
System for adding requested document cross references to a document by annotation proxy configured to merge and a directory generator and annotation server
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC454 citations99
US5802530ASep 1, 1998
Web document based graphical user interface
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC307 citations99
US6226654B1May 1, 2001
Web document based graphical user interface
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC89 citations98
US5778231AJul 7, 1998
Compiler system and method for resolving symbolic references to externally located program files
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC137 citations98
US5761513AJun 2, 1998
System and method for exception handling in dynamically linked programs
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC102 citations98
US5761421AJun 2, 1998
System and method for secure peer-to-peer communication between downloaded programs
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC182 citations98
US5802291ASep 1, 1998
System and method to control and administer distributed object servers using first class distributed objects
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC205 citations96
US5758361AMay 26, 1998
Document editor for linear and space efficient representation of hierarchical documents
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC46 citations96
US5727147AMar 10, 1998
System and method for resolving symbolic references to externally located program files
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC60 citations96
US5701470ADec 23, 1997
System and method for space efficient object locking using a data subarray and pointers
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC65 citations96
US6073144AJun 6, 2000
Document editor for linear and space efficient representation of hierarchical documents
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC32 citations92
US5950008ASep 7, 1999
System and method for resolving symbolic references to externally located program files
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC39 citations92
US6161147ADec 12, 2000
Methods and apparatus for managing objects and processes in a distributed object operating environment
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC37 citations91
US6640255B1Oct 28, 2003
Method and apparatus for generation and installation of distributed objects on a distributed object system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC44 citations89
US6473806B1Oct 29, 2002
Methods and apparatus for managing objects and processes in a distributed object operating environment
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC14 citations82
BMC SOFTWARE INC
3 patentsUS7287068B1Oct 23, 2007
System and method for updating devices that execute an operating system or application program directly from nonvolatile storage
BMC SOFTWARE INC93 citations97
US6976133B1Dec 13, 2005
System and method for updating devices using limited amounts of random access memory
BMC SOFTWARE INC13 citations84
US7996501B2Aug 9, 2011
System and method for updating devices that execute an operating system or application program directly from nonvolatile storage
BMC SOFTWARE INC3 citations62