Patents by Inventor Craig R. Tomlyn

Craig R. Tomlyn 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: 7904415
    Abstract: Systems and computer products that present typically large amounts of entity information with a graphical display that efficiently maps the display of a large number of OLAP objects to related relational database tables thereby retaining contextual information about the data associated with the objects and tables. The efficient mapping is enabled by the use of areas that contain and include objects. The preferred embodiment of the present invention enhances analysis, by OLAP techniques, of the objects and the associated relational database information. An embodiment of the present invention further operates in a recursive manner by enabling the objects to include and contain additional objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Suzanna Khatchatrian, Craig R. Tomlyn
  • Patent number: 7703028
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer products that efficiently present large amounts of entity information with a graphical display that retains all or most of the relevant contextual information. More particularly, the preferred embodiment of the present invention enables efficient analysis of data with a graphical display that minimizes distortion of the text in the graphical display, that retains contextual information associated with data objects in the graphical display, and that positions the objects to optimally represent relational database associations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Craig R. Tomlyn
  • Publication number: 20090024658
    Abstract: Systems and computer products that present typically large amounts of entity information with a graphical display that efficiently maps the display of a large number of OLAP objects to related relational database tables thereby retaining contextual information about the data associated with the objects and tables. The efficient mapping is enabled by the use of areas that contain and include objects. The preferred embodiment of the present invention enhances analysis, by OLAP techniques, of the objects and the associated relational database information. An embodiment of the present invention further operates in a recursive manner by enabling the objects to include and contain additional objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Suzanna KHATCHATRIAN, Craig R. TOMLYN
  • Patent number: 7467125
    Abstract: Methods that present typically large amounts of entity information with a graphical display that efficiently maps the display of a large number of OLAP objects to related relational database tables thereby retaining contextual information about the data associated with the objects and tables. The efficient mapping is enabled by the use of areas that contain and include objects. The preferred embodiment of the present invention enhances analysis, by OLAP techniques, of the objects and the associated relational database information. An embodiment of the present invention further operates in a recursive manner by enabling the objects to include and contain additional objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Suzanna Khatchatrian, Craig R. Tomlyn
  • Publication number: 20040113942
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer products that efficiently present large amounts of entity information with a graphical display that retains all or most of the relevant contextual information. More particularly, the preferred embodiment of the present invention enables efficient analysis of data with a graphical display that minimizes distortion of the text in the graphical display, that retains contextual information associated with data objects in the graphical display, and that positions the objects to optimally represent relational database associations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Craig R. Tomlyn
  • Publication number: 20040117379
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer products that present typically large amounts of entity information with a graphical display that efficiently maps the display of a large number of OLAP objects to related relational database tables thereby retaining contextual information about the data associated with the objects and tables. The efficient mapping is enabled by the use of areas that contain and include objects. The preferred embodiment of the present invention enhances analysis, by OLAP techniques, of the objects and the associated relational database information. An embodiment of the present invention further operates in a recursive manner by enabling the objects to include and contain additional objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Suzanna Khatchatrian, Craig R. Tomlyn
  • Patent number: 6629102
    Abstract: A technique for efficiently updating a key table during outline restructure of a multi-dimensional database. A command is executed in a computer to perform a database operation on a relational database stored on a data store connected to the computer. It is determined that a multi-dimensional database has been restructured. Then, a key table of the relational database is rebuilt to correspond to the restructured multidimensional database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William E. Malloy, John S. Poelman, Craig R. Tomlyn