Patents by Inventor David A. Ensor

David A. Ensor 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).

  • Navigation of view relationships in database system
    Patent number: 6609122
    Abstract: The invention is an improved system and method for browsing and editing data residing in database tables. The method of the present invention includes the steps of providing a graphical user interface in communication with a database, receiving user input to the graphical user interface, retrieving data from the database, displaying the retrieved data in the graphical user interface, and navigating to one or more referenced database tables or views by user request entered on the graphical user interface. The purpose of referential integrity is to prevent database users or applications from entering inconsistent data into a database. The goal of referential integrity navigation is to allow the user, having retrieved one or more rows of data, to navigate easily to the data in other tables that either refers to or is referred to by that data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Ensor
  • Referential integrity navigation in a database system
    Patent number: 6502092
    Abstract: The invention is an improved system and method for browsing and editing data residing in database tables. The method of the present invention includes the steps of providing a graphical user interface in communication with a database, receiving user input to the graphical user interface, retrieving data from the database, displaying the retrieved data in the graphical user interface, and navigating to one or more referenced database tables or views by user request entered on the graphical user interface. The purpose of referential integrity is to prevent database users or applications from entering inconsistent data into a database. The goal of referential integrity navigation is to allow the user, having retrieved one or more rows of data, to navigate easily to the data in other tables that either refers to or is referred to by that data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Ensor