Patents by Inventor Thomas V. Carlock

Thomas V. Carlock 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).

  • Publication number: 20120117045
    Abstract: A database searching, and more particularly, to a technique that utilizes a result from matching an inquiry to data in a first database, and based thereon, prepares an inquiry for a search of a second database. In this regard there is provided a method that includes (a) receiving a first inquiry, (b) matching the first inquiry to first data in a first database, (c) preparing a second inquiry based on the first data, (d) transmitting the second inquiry to a search engine that searches a second database and returns second data, and (e) returning the second data in a response to the first inquiry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas V. Carlock