Patents by Inventor Matthew Barton Durgin

Matthew Barton Durgin 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).

  • Methods and systems for creating and utilizing a field structure
    Patent number: 8832160
    Abstract: A method and system for creating a name structure is provided. According to at least one embodiment, the method includes, for each data type of a plurality of data types, receiving an indication of a desired ordinal value of the data type and receiving an indication of a desired character length to associate with the data type. Based on the desired ordinal value and the desired character length of each data type of the plurality of data types, the method includes constructing a field structure that comprises a plurality of fields. Each field of the plurality of fields represents a unique data type of the plurality of data types and each field of the plurality of fields has a character length equal to the desired character length of the data type the given field represents. Additionally, each field of the plurality of fields is positioned in the field structure according to the desired ordinal value of the data type the given field represents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Barton Durgin, Vladislav Vilensky
  • Methods and Systems for Creating and Utilizing a Field Structure
    Publication number: 20120239426
    Abstract: A method and system for creating a name structure is provided. According to at least one embodiment, the method includes, for each data type of a plurality of data types, receiving an indication of a desired ordinal value of the data type and receiving an indication of a desired character length to associate with the data type. Based on the desired ordinal value and the desired character length of each data type of the plurality of data types, the method includes constructing a field structure that comprises a plurality of fields. Each field of the plurality of fields represents a unique data type of the plurality of data types and each field of the plurality of fields has a character length equal to the desired character length of the data type the given field represents. Additionally, each field of the plurality of fields is positioned in the field structure according to the desired ordinal value of the data type the given field represents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Barton Durgin, Vladislav Vilensky