Patents by Inventor Charles Piercey

Charles Piercey 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).

  • Apparatus and method for facilitating trusted business intelligence through data context
    Publication number: 20070255574
    Abstract: A computer readable medium with executable instructions to analyze a report value, includes executable instructions to select a report value and identify the formula evaluated to produce the report value. Formal parameters associated with the formula are determined. The actual parameters used to compute the report value are located. The formula, the formal parameters and the actual parameters are then displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Business Objects
    Inventors: Ricardo Polo-Malouvier, Sebastien Ducaule, Jean-Yves Cras, Pierre Saurel, Charles Piercey
  • Apparatus and method for facilitating trusted business intelligence
    Publication number: 20070106577
    Abstract: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to form a report; process trust values, where each trust value characterizes the accuracy of an attribute of the report; combine trust values to provide an aggregate trust value associated with the report; and supply a user with the report and the aggregate trust value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: Business Objects
    Inventors: Steve Kopp, Charles Piercey, Ricardo Polo-Malouvier, Michael Thompson, Stephen Williams
  • Apparatus and method for generating reports from versioned data
    Publication number: 20060143243
    Abstract: A computer-readable medium includes a report generator configured to process a current version of a data set to generate a report including a data item. The computer-readable medium also includes a report data change tracker configured to identify a change in the data item with respect to a previous version of the data set. The computer-readable medium further includes a report data change presenter configured to superimpose an indication of the change onto the report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Ricardo Polo-Malouvier, Jean-Yves Cras, Michael Thompson, Charles Piercey