Patents by Inventor Timothy P. Griffith

Timothy P. Griffith 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).

  • Complex query handling
    Patent number: 11361008
    Abstract: Processing a query for a database includes: receiving a portion of a query from a client device in a server implemented by at least one processor, the portion of the query comprising an incomplete component; determining that the incomplete component is one of multiple predefined types with the server; providing the incomplete component to an auto-complete function specific to the determined type of the incomplete component; receiving in the server a suggestion for completing the query from the auto-complete function, the suggestion being specific to the type of the incomplete component; and providing the suggestion from the server to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy P. Griffith, Ian M. Shore, Samuel J. Smith, Martin J. Smithson
  • COMPLEX QUERY HANDLING
    Publication number: 20180075040
    Abstract: Processing a query for a database includes: receiving a portion of a query from a client device in a server implemented by at least one processor, the portion of the query comprising an incomplete component; determining that the incomplete component is one of multiple predefined types with the server; providing the incomplete component to an auto-complete function specific to the determined type of the incomplete component; receiving in the server a suggestion for completing the query from the auto-complete function, the suggestion being specific to the type of the incomplete component; and providing the suggestion from the server to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy P. Griffith, Ian M. Shore, Samuel J. Smith, Martin J. Smithson
  • Complex query handling
    Patent number: 9892191
    Abstract: Processing a query for a database includes: receiving a portion of a query from a client device in a server implemented by at least one processor, the portion of the query comprising an incomplete component; determining that the incomplete component is one of multiple predefined types with the server; providing the incomplete component to an auto-complete function specific to the determined type of the incomplete component; receiving in the server a suggestion for completing the query from the auto-complete function, the suggestion being specific to the type of the incomplete component; and providing the suggestion from the server to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy P. Griffith, Ian M. Shore, Samuel J. Smith, Martin J. Smithson
  • COMPLEX QUERY HANDLING
    Publication number: 20160132509
    Abstract: Processing a query for a database includes: receiving a portion of a query from a client device in a server implemented by at least one processor, the portion of the query comprising an incomplete component; determining that the incomplete component is one of multiple predefined types with the server; providing the incomplete component to an auto-complete function specific to the determined type of the incomplete component; receiving in the server a suggestion for completing the query from the auto-complete function, the suggestion being specific to the type of the incomplete component; and providing the suggestion from the server to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy P. Griffith, Ian M. Shore, Samuel J. Smith, Martin J. Smithson