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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1991
Susan G Wolber, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Douglas C Beethe, Loveland, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A system that allows a user of an iconic programming system to specify data input constraints on any terminal of any icon of an iconic network program defined within the system. When adding connecting lines between icons during program creation, the iconic programming system verifies that any input constraints defined for an input terminal match the data type and shape of the data being sent by an output terminal. If a mismatch occurs, the system will allow a connection only if a method is available for converting the type and shape of the data. During the execution of the iconic network program, the constraints for each input terminal are compared to the type and shape of data being received on the terminal. Processing will continue only if the constraints match or the data can be converted.