Patents by Inventor Fred Zemke

Fred Zemke 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).

  • Performing spreadsheet-like calculations in a database system
    Patent number: 6985895
    Abstract: A method and system for performing spreadsheet-like operations in a database system is described herein. As explained, a database language is extended to introduce new clauses (“spreadsheet-like clauses”), for defining and executing spreadsheet-like operations on data contained within a RDBMS. According to one aspect of the invention, in response to receiving a database query that specifies an operation for manipulating data, data from a relational structure is retrieved and stored in a non-relational structure that can be addressed as a multi-dimensional array. The operation specified in the database query is the performed on then data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Witkowski, Gregory Dorman, Fred Zemke, Martin Roth, Cetin Ozbutun
  • Performing spreadsheet-like calculations in a database system
    Publication number: 20020059203
    Abstract: A method and system for performing spreadsheet-like operations in a database system is described herein. As explained, a database language is extended to introduce new clauses (“spreadsheet-like clauses”), for defining and executing spreadsheet-like operations on data contained within a RDBMS. According to one aspect of the invention, in response to receiving a database query that specifies an operation for manipulating data, data from a relational structure is retrieved and stored in a non-relational structure that can be addressed as a multi-dimensional array. The operation specified in the database query is the performed on then data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Andrew Witkowski, Gregory Dorman, Fred Zemke, Martin Roth, Cetin Ozbutun