Patents by Inventor William Hurwood

William Hurwood 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).

  • Method and system for guiding drilling in a report generated by a reporting system
    Patent number: 6801910
    Abstract: A method and system for guiding drilling into a report are disclosed. Through the use of the invention, a user can drill within a first report dimension or from the first report dimension into a second report dimension. Additionally, a drill map providing a plurality of drilling paths is associated with each report. The system of the invention includes drill transformation tools and drill map management tools for assisting a user in navigating through report instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: MicroStrategy, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Bedell, Scott Cappiello, L. Douglas Everhart, William Hurwood, Benjamin Z. Li, Fabrice Martin, David B. Sherwood, Steven S. Trundle
  • Centralized maintenance and management of objects in a reporting system
    Patent number: 6772137
    Abstract: An object management system in a reporting system. The system includes an object data repository and an object server in a reporting system. The object data repository may maintain a definition and other information for at least one object accessible by a plurality of user interfaces. The server may provide a single access point for enabling users at a plurality of user sites to access objects stored in the object data repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: MicroStrategy, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hurwood, Benjamin Z. Li, Barry R. Lovalvo, Abhimanyu Warikoo
  • Method and system for performing advanced object searching of a metadata repository used by a decision support system
    Patent number: 6697808
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for use in searching a metadata repository used to store metadata objects relating to data stored in a storage device of a decision support system. In embodiments of the invention, a search object is submitted to an object server by a requestor. The object server may search itself for objects meeting the search criteria. If unsuccessful, the search object may be sent to a metadata server which uses a metadata search engine to search the metadata repository. Results of the search may be returned to the requestor by the object server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: MicroStrategy, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hurwood, Benjamin Z. Li, Abhimanyu Warikoo