Patents by Inventor Steven Soria, Jr.

Steven Soria, Jr. 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).

  • Implementing versioning support for data using a two-table approach that maximizes database efficiency
    Patent number: 8010887
    Abstract: A method, system, and storage medium for providing versioning of data by associating a version number having a value with a data item, establishing a table for storing a most recent version of the data item, establishing a second table for storing all versions of the data item other than the most recent version, storing the current version of the data item in the first table, storing all other versions of the data item in the second table, and determining the version of said database data item based on the version number and storage location of the database data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Soria, Jr., Donald Allan Weil, Gerald Edward Kozina, Chenhuei J. Chiang, Lynda Arnold Hansen, Mayank Vipin Shah, Thomas S. Lee