Patents by Inventor Joe Mariconda

Joe Mariconda 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, system and program for managing geographic data stored in a database
    Patent number: 7539666
    Abstract: A method, a data processing system and an article of manufacture for managing geographic identifiers stored in a database is described herein. The geographic identifiers each identify a respective geographic feature displayed on a surface map space partitioned by a mosaic of non-rectilinear shaped cells. The data processing system includes an accessing module for accessing a geographic look-up table and an index for the geographic look-up table, the geographic look-up table and the index being stored in the database, an identification module for identifying, from the index, stored row identifiers associated with a subset of the mosaic of non-rectilinear shaped cells, and a retrieving module for retrieving, from the geographic look-up table, stored geographic identifiers associated with the identified stored row identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Ashworth, Joe Mariconda
  • Method, system and program for managing geographic data stored in a database
    Publication number: 20050223044
    Abstract: A method, a data processing system and an article of manufacture for managing geographic identifiers stored in a database is described herein. The geographic identifiers each identify a respective geographic feature displayed on a surface map space partitioned by a mosaic of non-rectilinear shaped cells. The data processing system includes an accessing module for accessing a geographic look-up table and an index for the geographic look-up table, the geographic look-up table and the index being stored in the database, an identification module for identifying, from the index, stored row identifiers associated with a subset of the mosaic of non-rectilinear shaped cells, and a retrieving module for retrieving, from the geographic look-up table, stored geographic identifiers associated with the identified stored row identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Ashworth, Joe Mariconda