Patents by Inventor Colin Luck

Colin Luck 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).

  • Patent number: 7213015
    Abstract: A database system carries out a technique for use in delivering data of a user-defined type to a requesting system. The system first receives a request from the requesting system for data of the user-defined type. The system then identifies a storage location for the requested data, as well as a storage location for program code designed to allow manipulation of the requested data on the requesting system. The system then retrieves both the requested data and the program code from their respective storage locations and delivers both the requested data and the program code to the requesting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Colin Luck, Pierre Colin
  • Patent number: 5873083
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing access to object data stored in an object server in response to a database query. The method comprises the steps of receiving a database query comprising a relational operation with a data surrogate identifying object data stored in an object server, transforming the database query into relational database commands, transmitting the relational database commands to the relational database management system, receiving a response table from the relational database management system, compiling an answer set from the response table comprising an object locator responsive to the database query, and transmitting the answer set to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: William Phillip Jones, Arthur F. Kaufmann, Colin Luck, Jukka I. Saukkonen
  • Patent number: 5689698
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing access to object data stored in an object server in response to a database query. The method comprises the steps of receiving a database query comprising a relational operation with a data surrogate identifying object data stored in an object server, transforming the database query into relational database commands, transmitting the relational database commands to the relational database management system, receiving a response table from the relational database management system, compiling an answer set from the response table comprising an object locator responsive to the database query, and transmitting the answer set to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: William Phillip Jones, Arthur F. Kaufmann, Colin Luck, Jukka I. Saukkonen