Patents by Inventor Charles Barton

Charles Barton 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 for streaming XPath processing with forward and backward axes
    Patent number: 7171407
    Abstract: A system and method for processing documents, such as XML documents, wherein the method includes the steps of: receiving a query comprising search criteria; receiving at least a portion of a document; modifying the search criteria such that constraints specifying a backward relation may be reformulated into constraints specifying a forward relation; processing the document using the modified criteria; and locating one or more nodes that satisfy the search criteria; and, emitting the selected nodes as output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Barton, Philippe Charles, Deepak Goyal, Mukund Raghavachari
  • Method for streaming XPath processing with forward and backward axes
    Publication number: 20040068487
    Abstract: A system and method for processing documents, such as XML documents, wherein the method includes the steps of: receiving a query comprising search criteria; receiving at least a portion of a document; modifying the search criteria such that constraints specifying a backward relation may be reformulated into constraints specifying a forward relation; processing the document using the modified criteria; and locating one or more nodes that satisfy the search criteria; and, emitting the selected nodes as output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Barton, Philippe Charles, Deepak Goyal, Mukund Raghavachari