Patents by Inventor Joan Teng

Joan Teng 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).

  • Employing local data stores to maintain data during workflows
    Patent number: 7114037
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for limiting the number of central data store accesses required when performing a series of steps, such as a workflow. A local data store is coupled between a central data store and a system carrying out a workflow. Alternatively, a Transfer Engine is coupled between the local data store and the central data store to transfer data between the local data store and central data store. The Transfer Engine allows the data formats in the central data store and local data store to be independent of each other. During a workflow step, the system stores attributes related to the workflow in the local data store—updating modified attribute values and creating entries for newly added attributes. The system determines whether any attributes in the central data store need to be updated with attribute information from the local data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Sachin Agarwal, Thomas Remahl, Joan Teng
  • Employing local data stores to maintain data during workflows
    Publication number: 20040010665
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for limiting the number of central data store accesses required when performing a series of steps, such as a workflow. A local data store is coupled between a central data store and a system carrying out a workflow. Alternatively, a Transfer Engine is coupled between the local data store and the central data store to transfer data between the local data store and central data store. The Transfer Engine allows the data formats in the central data store and local data store to be independent of each other. During a workflow step, the system stores attributes related to the workflow in the local data store—updating modified attribute values and creating entries for newly added attributes. The system determines whether any attributes in the central data store need to be updated with attribute information from the local data store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Sachin Agarwal, Thomas Remahl, Joan Teng