Patents by Inventor Colin P. Britton

Colin P. Britton 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: 11347804
    Abstract: The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of searching an RDF triples data store of the type in which the triples are maintained in accord with a first storage schema. The method includes inputting a first query specifying RDF triples that are to be identified in the data store. That first query assumes either (i) that the triples are stored in a schema-less manner (i.e., with no storage schema) or (ii) that the triples are maintained in accord with a second storage schema that differs from the first. The method further includes generating, from the first query, a second query that specifies those same RDF triples, yet, that reflects the first storage schema. That second query can be applied to the RDF triples data store in order to identify and/or retrieve the desired data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ObjectStore, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Ashok Kumar, David Bigwood, Anthony J. DeFusco, Howard Greenblatt
  • Publication number: 20190258680
    Abstract: The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of searching an RDF triples data store of the type in which the triples are maintained in accord with a first storage schema. The method includes inputting a first query specifying RDF triples that are to be identified in the data store. That first query assumes either (i) that the triples are stored in a schema-less manner (i.e., with no storage schema) or (ii) that the triples are maintained in accord with a second storage schema that differs from the first. The method further includes generating, from the first query, a second query that specifies those same RDF triples, yet, that reflects the first storage schema. That second query can be applied to the RDF triples data store in order to identify and/or retrieve the desired data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: ObjectStore, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Ashok Kumar, David Bigwood, Anthony J. DeFusco, Howard Greenblatt
  • Patent number: 10275540
    Abstract: The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of searching an RDF triples data store of the type in which the triples are maintained in accord with a first storage schema. The method includes inputting a first query specifying RDF triples that are to be identified in the data store. That first query assumes either (i) that the triples are stored in a schema-less manner (i.e., with no storage schema) or (ii) that the triples are maintained in accord with a second storage schema that differs from the first. The method further includes generating, from the first query, a second query that specifies those same RDF triples, yet, that reflects the first storage schema. That second query can be applied to the RDF triples data store in order to identify and/or retrieve the desired data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: ObjectStore, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Ashok Kumar, David Bigwood, Anthony J. DeFusco, Howard Greenblatt
  • Patent number: 10255303
    Abstract: A method for enterprise application integration that uses “connectors” that can be instantiated via downloading (e.g., using Java® or other such technologies) to provide interfaces to respective disparate database systems. The databases systems may comprise any variety of now or heretofore known systems, e.g. SAP, Oracle, and so forth. The connectors can, for example, translate between a native language (or API) of the respective database systems and an internal language/protocol of the enterprise application integration system. To this end, the connectors can utilize a scripting language to access the respective database systems. Data retrieved from the database systems can be stored in a central data store in the form of RDF triplets, from which directed graphs can be generated for to generate presentations consolidated from the multiple database systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Object Store, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Amir Azmi, Ashok Kumar, Noah W. Kaufman, Chandra Bajpai, Robert F. Angelo
  • Publication number: 20170083634
    Abstract: The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of searching an RDF triples data store of the type in which the triples are maintained in accord with a first storage schema. The method includes inputting a first query specifying RDF triples that are to be identified in the data store. That first query assumes either (i) that the triples are stored in a schema-less manner (i.e., with no storage schema) or (ii) that the triples are maintained in accord with a second storage schema that differs from the first. The method further includes generating, from the first query, a second query that specifies those same RDF triples, yet, that reflects the first storage schema. That second query can be applied to the RDF triples data store in order to identify and/or retrieve the desired data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: ObjectStore, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Ashok Kumar, David Bigwood, Anthony J. DeFusco, Howard Greenblatt
  • Patent number: 9547673
    Abstract: A method for enterprise application integration that uses “connectors” that can be instantiated via downloading (e.g., using Java® or other such technologies) to provide interfaces to respective disparate database systems. The databases systems may comprise any variety of now or heretofore known systems, e.g. SAP, Oracle, and so forth. The connectors can, for example, translate between a native language (or API) of the respective database systems and an internal language/protocol of the enterprise application integration system. To this end, the connectors can utilize a scripting language to access the respective database systems. Data retrieved from the database systems can be stored in a central data store in the form of RDF triplets, from which directed graphs can be generated for to generate presentations consolidated from the multiple database systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: ObjectStore, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Amir Azmi, Ashok Kumar, Noah W. Kaufman, Chandra Bajpai, Robert F. Angelo
  • Patent number: 9529937
    Abstract: The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of searching an RDF triples data store of the type in which the triples are maintained in accord with a first storage schema. The method includes inputting a first query specifying RDF triples that are to be identified in the data store. That first query assumes either (i) that the triples are stored in a schema-less manner (i.e., with no storage schema) or (ii) that the triples are maintained in accord with a second storage schema that differs from the first. The method further includes generating, from the first query, a second query that specifies those same RDF triples, yet, that reflects the first storage schema. That second query can be applied to the RDF triples data store in order to identify and/or retrieve the desired data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: ObjectStore, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Ashok Kumar, David Bigwood, Anthony J. DeFusco, Howard Greenblatt
  • Publication number: 20140052779
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to the invention provide a surveillance, monitoring and real-time events platform to (i) enable the integration and communication of information between government agencies and organizations specifically tasked with ensuring the security and safety of our nation and its communities, (ii) to integrate information systems from federal, state and/or local agencies (from disparate data sources if necessary) in order to obtain a single, real-time view of the entire organization, and (iii) to extract more complete, actionable information from their existing systems, thereby dramatically improving decision making speed and accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Howard Greenblatt, Alan Greenblatt
  • Patent number: 8572059
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to the invention provide a surveillance, monitoring and real-time events platform to (i) enable the integration and communication of information between government agencies and organizations specifically tasked with ensuring the security and safety of our nation and its communities, (ii) to integrate information systems from federal, state and/or local agencies (from disparate data sources if necessary) in order to obtain a single, real-time view of the entire organization, and (iii) to extract more complete, actionable information from their existing systems, thereby dramatically improving decision making speed and accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Howard Greenblatt, Alan Greenblatt
  • Patent number: 8412720
    Abstract: The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of searching an RDF triples data store of the type in which the triples are maintained in accord with a first storage schema. The method includes inputting a first query specifying RDF triples that are to be identified in the data store. That first query assumes either (i) that the triples are stored in a schema-less manner (i.e., with no storage schema) or (ii) that the triples are maintained in accord with a second storage schema that differs from the first. The method further includes generating, from the first query, a second query that specifies those same RDF triples, yet, that reflects the first storage schema. That second query can be applied to the RDF triples data store in order to identify and/or retrieve the desired data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Ashok Kumar, David Bigwood, Anthony J. DeFusco, Howard Greenblatt
  • Patent number: 8335792
    Abstract: A method for enterprise application integration that uses “connectors” that can be instantiated via downloading (e.g., using Java® or other such technologies) to provide interfaces to respective disparate database systems. The databases systems may comprise any variety of now or heretofore known systems, e.g. SAP, Oracle, and so forth. The connectors can, for example, translate between a native language (or API) of the respective database systems and an internal language/protocol of the enterprise application integration system. To this end, the connectors can utilize a scripting language to access the respective database systems. Data retrieved from the database systems can be stored in a central data store in the form of RDF triplets, from which directed graphs can be generated for to generate presentations consolidated from the multiple database systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Amir Azmi, Ashok Kumar, Noah W. Kaufman, Chandra Bajpai, Robert F. Angelo
  • Patent number: 7890517
    Abstract: The invention provides apparatus, platforms and methods according to the invention provide a surveillance, monitoring and real-time events platform to (i) enable the integration and communication of information between government agencies and organizations specifically tasked with ensuring the security and safety of our nation and its communities, (ii) to integrate information systems from federal, state and/or local agencies (from disparate data sources if necessary) in order to obtain a single, real-time view of the entire organization, and (iii) to extract more complete, actionable information from their existing systems, thereby dramatically improving decision making speed and accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Metatomix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Angelo, Amir Azmi, Chandra Bajpai, Colin P. Britton, Noah W. Kaufman, Ashok Kumar, Darren Raybourn
  • Patent number: 7831604
    Abstract: A method for enterprise application integration that uses “connectors” that can be instantiated via downloading (e.g., using Java® or other such technologies) to provide interfaces to respective disparate database systems. The databases systems may comprise any variety of now or heretofore known systems, e.g. SAP, Oracle, and so forth. The connectors can, for example, translate between a native language (or API) of the respective database systems and an internal language/protocol of the enterprise application integration system. To this end, the connectors can utilize a scripting language to access the respective database systems. Data retrieved from the database systems can be stored in a central data store in the form of RDF triplets, from which directed graphs can be generated for to generate presentations consolidated from the multiple database systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Amir Azmi, Ashok Kumar, Noah W. Kaufman, Chandra Bajpai, Robert F. Angelo
  • Patent number: 7640239
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for enterprise business visibility that transform any of marketing, e-commerce and transactional from a plurality of legacy and other databases into resource description framework (RDF) syntax. This information can be time-stamped (e.g., with expiration dates) and stored in a central data store. Answers to queries are discerned by applying genetic algorithm-based search techniques to the holographic store, with the confidence levels of those answers is based in part, for example, on the time-stamps of the triples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Metatomix, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Amir Azmi, Ashok Kumar, Noah W. Kaufman, Chandra Bajpai, Robert F. Angelo, David A. Bigwood
  • Patent number: 7613712
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for identifying related data in a directed graph (e.g., an RDF data set). A “first” in step—though the steps are not necessarily executed in sequential order—includes identifying (or marking) as related data expressly satisfying the criteria. A “second” step includes identifying as related ancestors of any data identified as related, e.g., in the first step, unless that ancestor conflicts with the criteria. A “third” step of the method is identifying descendents of any data identified, e.g., in the prior steps, unless that descendent conflicts with the criteria or has a certain relationship with the ancestor from which it descends. The methods generates, e.g., as output, an indication of each of the nodes identified as related in the three steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Metatomix, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Greenblatt, Alan Greenblatt, David A. Bigwood, Colin P. Britton
  • Patent number: 7318055
    Abstract: The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of searching an RDF triples data store of the type in which the triples are maintained in accord with a first storage schema. The method includes inputting a first query specifying RDF triples that are to be identified in the data store. That first query assumes either (i) that the triples are stored in a schema-less manner (i.e., with no storage schema) or (ii) that the triples are maintained in accord with a second storage schema that differs from the first. The method further includes generating, from the first query, a second query that specifies those same RDF triples, yet, that reflects the first storage schema. That second query can be applied to the RDF triples data store in order to identify and/or retrieve the desired data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Metatomix, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Ashok Kumar, David A. Bigwood, Anthony J. DeFusco, Howard Greenblatt
  • Patent number: 7302440
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of time-wise data reduction that include the steps of inputting data from a source; summarizing that data according to one or more selected epochs in which it belongs; and generating for each such selected epoch one or more RDF triples characterizing the summarized data. The data source may be, for example, a database, a data stream or otherwise. The selected epoch may be a second, minute, hour, week, month, year, or so forth. The triples may be output in the form of RDF document objects. These can be stored, for example, in a hierarchical data store such as, for example, a WebDAV server. Triples parsed from the document objects may be maintained in a relational store that is organized, for example, according to a hashed with origin approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Metatomix, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Ashok Kumar, David Bigwood, Howard Greenblatt
  • Patent number: 7058637
    Abstract: A method for enterprise application integration that uses “connectors” that can be instantiated via downloading (e.g., using Java® or other such technologies) to provide interfaces to respective disparate database systems. The databases systems may comprise any variety of now or heretofore known systems, e.g. SAP, Oracle, and so forth. The connectors can, for example, translate between a native language (or API) of the respective database systems and an internal language/protocol of the enterprise application integration system. To this end, the connectors can utilize a scripting language to access the respective database systems. Data retrieved from the database systems can be stored in a central data store in the form of RDF triplets, from which directed graphs can be generated for to generate presentations consolidated from the multiple database systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Metatomix, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Amir Azmi, Ashok Kumar, Noah W. Kaufman, Chandra Bajpai, Robert F. Angelo
  • Patent number: 6954749
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for identifying related data in a directed graph (e.g., an RDF data set). A “first” step—though the steps are not necessarily executed in sequential order—includes identifying (or marking) as related data expressly satisfying the criteria. A “second” step includes identifying as related ancestors of any data identified as related, e.g., in the first step, unless that ancestor conflicts with the criteria. A “third” step of the method is identifying descendents of any data identified, e.g., in the prior steps, unless that descendent conflicts with the criteria or has a certain relationship with the ancestor from which it descends. The methods generates, e.g., as output, an indication of each of the nodes identified as related in the three steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Metatomix, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Greenblatt, Alan Greenblatt, David A. Bigwood, Colin P. Britton
  • Patent number: 6925457
    Abstract: The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of searching an RDF triples data store of the type in which the triples are maintained in accord with a first storage schema. The method includes inputting a first query specifying RDF triples that are to be identified in the data store. That first query assumes either (i) that the triples are stored in a schema-less manner (i.e., with no storage schema) or (ii) that the triples are maintained in accord with a second storage schema that differs from the first. The method further includes generating, from the first query, a second query that specifies those same RDF triples, yet, that reflects the first storage schema. That second query can be applied to the RDF triples data store in order to identify and/or retrieve the desired data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Metatomix, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin P. Britton, Ashok Kumar, David Bigwood, Anthony J. DeFusco, Howard Greenblatt