Patents by Inventor Alan Benjamin Swanson

Alan Benjamin Swanson 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).

  • Modification of a saved database query based on a change in the meaning of a query value over time
    Patent number: 10599692
    Abstract: An apparatus and method modify a saved query based on a change in a query value meaning that changes over time. In preferred embodiments a graphical query interface displays an option to adjust query values of a saved database query. A query adjustment mechanism then adjusts the value of the query to compensate for the change in the meaning of the query value since the query was created such that the adjusted query will have the same basic meaning as when the query was originally created. Preferred Embodiments allow the user to specify to adjust the query to the current date or to a specified date in the past.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Dean Dettinger, Daniel Paul Kolz, Kyong Jin Shim, Alan Benjamin Swanson, Marie Renee Wilkening
  • MODIFICATION OF A SAVED DATABASE QUERY BASED ON A CHANGE IN THE MEANING OF A QUERY VALUE OVER TIME
    Publication number: 20080301110
    Abstract: An apparatus and method modify a saved query based on a change in a query value meaning that changes over time. In preferred embodiments a graphical query interface displays an option to adjust query values of a saved database query. A query adjustment mechanism then adjusts the value of the query to compensate for the change in the meaning of the query value since the query was created such that the adjusted query will have the same basic meaning as when the query was originally created. Preferred Embodiments allow the user to specify to adjust the query to the current date or to a specified date in the past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Dean Dettinger, Daniel Paul Kolz, Kyong Jin Shim, Alan Benjamin Swanson, Marie Renee Wilkening
  • MODIFICATION OF A SAVED DATABASE QUERY BASED ON A CHANGE IN THE MEANING OF A QUERY VALUE OVER TIME
    Publication number: 20080301131
    Abstract: An apparatus and method modify a saved query based on a change in a query value meaning that changes over time. In preferred embodiments a graphical query interface displays an option to adjust query values of a saved database query. A query adjustment mechanism then adjusts the value of the query to compensate for the change in the meaning of the query value since the query was created such that the adjusted query will have the same basic meaning as when the query was originally created. Preferred Embodiments allow the user to specify to adjust the query to the current date or to a specified date in the past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Dean Dettinger, Daniel Paul Kolz, Kyong Jin Shim, Alan Benjamin Swanson, Marie Renee Wilkening
  • MODIFICATION OF A SAVED DATABASE QUERY BASED ON A CHANGE IN THE MEANING OF A QUERY VALUE OVER TIME
    Publication number: 20080301109
    Abstract: An apparatus and method modify a saved query based on a change in a query value meaning that changes over time. In preferred embodiments a graphical query interface displays an option to adjust query values of a saved database query. A query adjustment mechanism then adjusts the value of the query to compensate for the change in the meaning of the query value since the query was created such that the adjusted query will have the same basic meaning as when the query was originally created. Preferred Embodiments allow the user to specify to adjust the query to the current date or to a specified date in the past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Dean Dettinger, Daniel Paul Kolz, Kyong Jin Shim, Alan Benjamin Swanson, Marie Renee Wilkening