Patents by Inventor Charles St. John Herbert, III

Charles St. John Herbert, III 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).

  • Method of modifying a populated database structure by modifying metadata describing the database structure
    Patent number: 6366917
    Abstract: A method of modifying a database structure requires firstly modifying metadata that describes the relevant database structure. Thereafter, the relevant database structure is automatically modified to conform to the modified metadata. The step of modifying the metadata comprises modifying a description of a database object characteristic in a metadata object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: WebPutty, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles St. John Herbert, III
  • Constructing a bifurcated database of context-dependent and context-independent data items
    Patent number: 6018742
    Abstract: A method of constructing a multi-lingual database includes the step of defining metadata to describe fields of a record as being either language-dependent or language-independent. The fields of the record are so described by flagging descriptions of columns associated with the fields in the metadata. A composite table, including a parent table and a child table, is then automatically generated. The parent table includes columns for the language-independent fields of the record, while the child table includes columns for the language-dependent fields of the record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Perigis Corporation
    Inventor: Charles St. John Herbert, III