Patents by Inventor Clayton T. Boyd

Clayton T. Boyd 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).

  • XML presentation of general-purpose data sources
    Patent number: 6901403
    Abstract: A system and method for presenting one or more general-purpose application-accessible data sources as an XML representation is discussed. Information that describes the way data is structured or organized in the data source is accessed from the data source. A virtual file system representation comprising a plurality of hierarchical folders is provided to represent the structural information. Optionally, the virtual file system representation may be modified, either manually or according to rules sets. After any desired modification, the XML representation is generated based on the virtual file system representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Quovadx, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony P. Bata, Clayton T. Boyd