Patents by Inventor Merle Thomas Proulx

Merle Thomas Proulx 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).

  • Index relational processor
    Patent number: 6334123
    Abstract: A method of relational processing is disclosed where a query of one or more databases of records returns the query result in the form of one or more threads of parallel words. A collection generator generates one or more intermediate vectors of serial bit streams from the one or more threads, and processes the one or more intermediate vectors with a relational processor. The relational processor is operable to perform one or more logical operations thereon in a single pass, and outputs a contiguous serial bit stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Whamtech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Bruce Ross, Merle Thomas Proulx