Patents by Inventor Theodore R. Rice

Theodore R. Rice 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).

  • Patent number: 9009313
    Abstract: A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for phased rollout of an upgraded version of a web-based business information system are described. URLs associated with client requests remain the same even where the target subscriber accounts have been upgraded. Client requests for both upgraded and non-upgraded accounts are received by a common set of web servers. Client requests representing external entry points are trapped, and the receiving web server accesses a login router database to determine whether the target subscriber account is upgraded or non-upgraded, and then transfers the request to an appropriately-versioned application server. Application server sets are mapped to database sets according to system version, allowing the upgraded system database schema to be substantially different than the non-upgraded database schema. An early adopter program business method leveraging the abilities of such web-based business information system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: NetSuite Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore R. Rice, Steven Ellis Rolls, Christian Marenbach
  • Publication number: 20140067780
    Abstract: A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for phased rollout of an upgraded version of a web-based business information system are described. URLs associated with client requests remain the same even where the target subscriber accounts have been upgraded. Client requests for both upgraded and non-upgraded accounts are received by a common set of web servers. Client requests representing external entry points are trapped, and the receiving web server accesses a login router database to determine whether the target subscriber account is upgraded or non-upgraded, and then transfers the request to an appropriately-versioned application server. Application server sets are mapped to database sets according to system version, allowing the upgraded system database schema to be substantially different than the non-upgraded database schema. An early adopter program business method leveraging the abilities of such web-based business information system is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: David Lipscomb, Christopher T. Blum, Theodore R. RICE
  • Patent number: 8484346
    Abstract: A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for phased rollout of an upgraded version of a web-based business information system are described. URLs associated with client requests remain the same even where the target subscriber accounts have been upgraded. Client requests for both upgraded and non-upgraded accounts are received by a common set of web servers. Client requests representing external entry points are trapped, and the receiving web server accesses a login router database to determine whether the target subscriber account is upgraded or non-upgraded, and then transfers the request to an appropriately-versioned application server. Application server sets are mapped to database sets according to system version, allowing the upgraded system database schema to be substantially different than the non-upgraded database schema. An early adopter program business method leveraging the abilities of such web-based business information system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Netsuite Inc.
    Inventors: David Lipscomb, Christopher T. Blum, Theodore R. Rice
  • Publication number: 20110307458
    Abstract: A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for phased rollout of an upgraded version of a web-based business information system are described. URLs associated with client requests remain the same even where the target subscriber accounts have been upgraded. Client requests for both upgraded and non-upgraded accounts are received by a common set of web servers. Client requests representing external entry points are trapped, and the receiving web server accesses a login router database to determine whether the target subscriber account is upgraded or non-upgraded, and then transfers the request to an appropriately-versioned application server. Application server sets are mapped to database sets according to system version, allowing the upgraded system database schema to be substantially different than the non-upgraded database schema. An early adopter program business method leveraging the abilities of such web-based business information system is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NetSuite, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lipscomb, Christopher T. Blum, Theodore R. Rice
  • Patent number: 7970901
    Abstract: A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for phased rollout of an upgraded version of a web-based business information system are described. URLs associated with client requests remain the same even where the target subscriber accounts have been upgraded. Client requests for both upgraded and non-upgraded accounts are received by a common set of web servers. Client requests representing external entry points are trapped, and the receiving web server accesses a login router database to determine whether the target subscriber account is upgraded or non-upgraded, and then transfers the request to an appropriately-versioned application server. Application server sets are mapped to database sets according to system version, allowing the upgraded system database schema to be substantially different than the non-upgraded database schema. An early adopter program business method leveraging the abilities of such web-based business information system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Netsuite, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lipscomb, Christopher T. Blum, Theodore R. Rice
  • Publication number: 20090265425
    Abstract: A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for phased rollout of an upgraded version of a web-based business information system are described. URLs associated with client requests remain the same even where the target subscriber accounts have been upgraded. Client requests for both upgraded and non-upgraded accounts are received by a common set of web servers. Client requests representing external entry points are trapped, and the receiving web server accesses a login router database to determine whether the target subscriber account is upgraded or non-upgraded, and then transfers the request to an appropriately-versioned application server. Application server sets are mapped to database sets according to system version, allowing the upgraded system database schema to be substantially different than the non-upgraded database schema. An early adopter program business method leveraging the abilities of such web-based business information system is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: NetSuite, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lipscomb, Christopher T. Blum, Theodore R. Rice
  • Patent number: 7558843
    Abstract: A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for phased rollout of an upgraded version of a web-based business information system are described. URLs associated with client requests remain the same even where the target subscriber accounts have been upgraded. Client requests for both upgraded and non-upgraded accounts are received by a common set of web servers. Client requests representing external entry points are trapped, and the receiving web server accesses a login router database to determine whether the target subscriber account is upgraded or non-upgraded, and then transfers the request to an appropriately-versioned application server. Application server sets are mapped to database sets according to system version, allowing the upgraded system database schema to be substantially different than the non-upgraded database schema. An early adopter program business method leveraging the abilities of such web-based business information system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: NetSuite, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lipscomb, Christopher T. Blum, Theodore R. Rice
  • Patent number: 5325098
    Abstract: A filtering system used in the tracking of a maneuvering target is provid A first filter estimates a partial system state at a time k in terms of target position measurements. A plurality of second filters are each provided with an acceleration model hypothesis from a prior time (k-1) free of position and velocity constraints. Each second filter generates an acceleration estimate at time k and a likelihood at time k that the acceleration model hypothesis is correct. The likelihoods from the second filters are summed to generate a probability vector at time k. A third interaction mixing filter generates the acceleration model hypotheses from prior time (k-1) using the probability vector from prior time (k-1) and the acceleration estimates from prior time (k-1). The third filter also provides an error covariance to the first filter to reflect the uncertainty in the acceleration model hypotheses from prior time (k-1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: William D. Blair, Gregory A. Watson, Theodore R. Rice
  • Patent number: 5214433
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for tracking maneuvering and non-maneuvering targ in the presence of stochastic acceleration are provided. The apparatus and method utilize a two-stage Kalman estimator, the first stage of which is a bias-free filter providing target position and velocity estimates, and the second stage of which is a bias filter providing estimates of target acceleration. These two filters act together to provide parallel processing calculations thereby achieving high speed target state determination. During target maneuvers, the output of the second stage is used to correct the output of the first stage. In the absence of maneuver, the second stage is turned off and the first stage provides the target position and velocity estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Ali B. T. Alouani, William D. Blair, Theodore R. Rice