Patents by Inventor Kuppayi K. Rajendran

Kuppayi K. Rajendran 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 loading data from a spreadsheet to a relational database table
    Patent number: 7685152
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method for transferring data from a specified spreadsheet, having a name, rows and colunms, to a relational database table. The method includes the steps of receiving the spreadsheet at a given location, assigning a name to the relational database table that is derived from the spreadsheet name, and creating names for colunms of the table from the contents of a first row of the spreadsheet. Data types for respective colunms of the table are derived from the contents of a second row of the spreadsheet. After creation of the table, data is loaded into locations of the table from respectively corresponding cells of the specified spreadsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Balakrishna Chivukula, Kuppayi K. Rajendran