Patents by Inventor Donald F. Box

Donald F. Box 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).

  • Modeling graphs as XML information sets and describing graphs with XML schema
    Publication number: 20040239674
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modeling graphs as XML information sets and describing them with XML schema. An edge labeled directed graph is converted to an edge labeled directed tree representing some of the edges directly and some of the edges indirectly. A graph is completely traversed such that all nodes are visited and all edges are traversed. Nodes are included by value initially and then by reference. A schema is provided that describes the structure of an XML tree than contains graph data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Ewald, Donald F. Box, Keith W. Ballinger, Stefan H. Pharies, Martin Gudgin