Patents by Inventor Bruce A. Wobbe

Bruce A. Wobbe 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 apparatus for transparently mapping a request to open a data file
    Patent number: 7664725
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that transparently maps a request to open a data file. First, the system receives a request from a user or client application to open the data file. Next, the system determines from file meta information that the file is a relational data file, and proceeds to transparently map the file open operation to a corresponding relational database operation by discovering a database service configured to manage the relational data file and then sending a request to open the relational data file to this database service. By transparently mapping the file open operation to the corresponding relational database operation, the system allows an underlying data file to be changed to a relational data file without changing the way the user interacts with the client application and/or data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Calum Murray, Roy Goldman, Bruce A. Wobbe
  • Method and apparatus for transparently mapping a request to open a data file
    Publication number: 20080021911
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that transparently maps a request to open a data file. First, the system receives a request from a user or client application to open the data file. Next, the system determines from file meta information that the file is a relational data file, and proceeds to transparently map the file open operation to a corresponding relational database operation by discovering a database service configured to manage the relational data file and then sending a request to open the relational data file to this database service. By transparently mapping the file open operation to the corresponding relational database operation, the system allows an underlying data file to be changed to a relational data file without changing the way the user interacts with the client application and/or data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Calum Murray, Roy Goldman, Bruce A. Wobbe