Patents by Inventor Alejandra Sanchez-Frank

Alejandra Sanchez-Frank has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Iconic table of database information
    Patent number: 5485567
    Abstract: A method, system and program for displaying database information via a table containing icons and other summary information which clearly and concisely convey particular aspects of a database to a user. The table display acts as a window into a database when it is selected by a user. A user can also make changes to the database via the window of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Banning, George P. Erwin-Grotsky, Shih-Gong Li, Alejandra Sanchez-Frank, Theodore Shrader
  • Selecting and locating graphical icon objects to define and configure the workstations in data processing networks
    Patent number: 5394522
    Abstract: A system and method for configuring communication and database networks in a user friendly graphical environment and automatically generating related configuration files. In a preferred practice, the user defines multiple network workstation nodes using icons, specifies the resources associated with each icon, defines connections between icons using specified protocol constraints, validates the network so defined, and generates the associated configuration files for the respective workstation nodes. The workstations have requester/server capability for communication and database network operation. The configuration files for the respective workstations in the network are preferably distributed and installed using the network resources. The network topology information so created can be stored, retrieved and modified as necessary to suit the needs of an evolving network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alejandra Sanchez-Frank, Martin J. Sirkin
  • Selecting and locating graphical icon objects to define and configure the workstations in data processing networks
    Patent number: RE36444
    Abstract: A system and method for configuring communication and database networks in a user friendly graphical environment and automatically generating related configuration files. In a preferred practice, the user defines multiple network workstation nodes using icons, specifies the resources associated with each icon, defines connections between icons using specified protocol constraints, validates the network so defined, and generates the associated configuration files for the respective workstation nodes. The workstations have requester/server capability for communication and database network operation. The configuration files for the respective workstations in the network are preferably distributed and installed using the network resources. The network topology information so created can be stored, retrieved and modified as necessary to suit the needs of an evolving network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alejandra Sanchez-Frank, Martin J. Sirkin