Patents by Inventor Philip Blackwood

Philip Blackwood 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).

  • Managing temporal views of data
    Patent number: 11461346
    Abstract: An apparatus that stores historical data, wherein the historical data comprises a plurality of values for an attribute in which each of the plurality of values are associated with a respective information timestamp and historical timestamp. The system further filters the historical data based on a query, wherein the query is associated with one or more network elements and comprises a designated time. The system further derives values for the one or more network elements at a designated time based on the filtered historical data using at least the respective information timestamps and the historical timestamps. The system further includes based on the derived values, providing a query result, wherein the query result comprises a sequence of events associated with each of the plurality of values for the attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Philip Blackwood
  • MANAGING TEMPORAL VIEWS OF DATA
    Publication number: 20210303565
    Abstract: An apparatus that stores historical data, wherein the historical data comprises a plurality of values for an attribute in which each of the plurality of values are associated with a respective information timestamp and historical timestamp. The system further filters the historical data based on a query, wherein the query is associated with one or more network elements and comprises a designated time. The system further derives values for the one or more network elements at a designated time based on the filtered historical data using at least the respective information timestamps and the historical timestamps. The system further includes based on the derived values, providing a query result, wherein the query result comprises a sequence of events associated with each of the plurality of values for the attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Philip Blackwood