Patents by Inventor Donald Allan Weil

Donald Allan Weil 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 and apparatus for recording and managing data object relationship data
    Patent number: 10783122
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for recording and maintaining stored information system object relationship information. Information contained within a stored information system (including system catalogs, referential constraints, triggers, table hierarchies, column references, indexes, stored program packages, system catalogs, stored procedures, stored queries, log/trace files of dynamically executed code, etc.) are searched to identify dependency relationships between objects. This object relationship information is stored and maintained in an information base. Information within the information based may be organized based upon subsets of objects that support a common application, service, or capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SERVICENOW, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Frank Farber, Teresa Lynn Leamon, David Ray Schwartz, Bryan Frederick Smith, Donald Allan Weil
  • Implementing versioning support for data using a two-table approach that maximizes database efficiency
    Patent number: 8010887
    Abstract: A method, system, and storage medium for providing versioning of data by associating a version number having a value with a data item, establishing a table for storing a most recent version of the data item, establishing a second table for storing all versions of the data item other than the most recent version, storing the current version of the data item in the first table, storing all other versions of the data item in the second table, and determining the version of said database data item based on the version number and storage location of the database data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Soria, Jr., Donald Allan Weil, Gerald Edward Kozina, Chenhuei J. Chiang, Lynda Arnold Hansen, Mayank Vipin Shah, Thomas S. Lee
  • Method and apparatus for recording and managing data object relationship data
    Patent number: 7290007
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for recording and maintaining stored information system object relationship information. Information contained within a stored information system (including system catalogs, referential constraints, triggers, table hierarchies, column references, indexes, stored program packages, system catalogs, stored procedures, stored queries, log/trace files of dynamically executed code, etc.) are searched to identify dependency relationships between objects. This object relationship information is stored and maintained in an information base. Information within the information based may be organized based upon subsets of objects that support a common application, service, or capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Frank Farber, Teresa Lynn Leamon, David Ray Schwartz, Bryan Frederick Smith, Donald Allan Weil
  • Method and apparatus for recording and managing data object relationship data
    Publication number: 20030217027
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for recording and maintaining stored information system object relationship information. Information contained within a stored information system (including system catalogs, referential constraints, triggers, table hierarchies, column references, indexes, stored program packages, system catalogs, stored procedures, stored queries, log/trace files of dynamically executed code, etc.) are searched to identify dependency relationships between objects. This object relationship information is stored and maintained in an information base. Information within the information based may be organized based upon subsets of objects that support a common application, service, or capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Joel Frank Farber, Teresa Lynn Leamon, David Ray Schwartz, Bryan Frederick Smith, Donald Allan Weil
  • Implementing versioning support for data using a two-table approach that maximizes database efficiency
    Publication number: 20030061245
    Abstract: A method, system, and storage medium for providing versioning of data by associating a version number having a value with a data item, establishing a table for storing a most recent version of the data item, establishing a second table for storing all versions of the data item other than the most recent version, storing the current version of the data item in the first table, storing all other versions of the data item in the second table, and determining the version of said database data item based on the version number and storage location of the database data item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Soria, Donald Allan Weil, Gerald Edward Kozina, Chenhuei J. Chiang, Lynda Arnold Hansen, Mayank Vipin Shah, Thomas S. Lee