Patents by Inventor David Couttie Fallside

David Couttie Fallside 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).

  • Computer program product for database relational extenders
    Patent number: 6078925
    Abstract: This invention is directed to relational extenders for a computer-based relational database. Each relational extender includes at least one column, in a first, business, table containing a user defined application database, dedicated to object handles for defining the complex data type of an object; a second, attribute, table containing at least one column defining a unique characteristic associated with the one object and one column dedicated to containing the object handle; and a third, metadata, table containing at least one column defining a common characteristic associated with all objects defined within the business table and one column dedicated to containing the object handle and at least one column dedicated to containing a reference to object data associated with the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Paul Anderson, Siyi Terry Donn, David Couttie Fallside, Tri Quac Ha, Douglas Michael Hembry, Jean C. Ho, Jing-Song Jang, Nelson Mattos, Carlton Wayne Niblack, Dragutin Petkovic, Frank Chin Tung, Peter Paval Uhrowczik, Mimi Phuong-Thao Thi Vo, Gerald Johann Wilmot, Peter C. Yanker, Josephine Min-Kung Cheng
  • Relational database extenders for handling complex data types
    Patent number: 6047291
    Abstract: This invention is directed to relational extenders for a computer-based relational database. Each relational extender includes at least one column, in a first, business table containing a user defined application database, dedicated to object handles for defining the complex data type of an object; a second, attribute, table containing at least one column defining a unique characteristic associated with the one object and one column dedicated to containing the object handle; and a third, metadata, table containing at least one column defining a common characteristic associated with all objects defined within the business table and one column dedicated to containing the object handles and at least one column dedicated to containing a reference to object data associated with the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Paul Anderson, Siyi Terry Donn, David Couttie Fallside, Tri Quac Ha, Douglas Michael Hembry, Jean C. Ho, Jing-Song Jang, Nelson Mattos, Carlton Wayne Niblack, Dragutin Petkovic, Frank Chin Tung, Peter Paval Uhrowczik, Mimi Phuong-Thao Thi Vo, Gerald Johann Wilmot, Peter C. Yanker, Josephine Min-Kung Cheng
  • Relational database extenders for handling complex data types
    Patent number: 5799310
    Abstract: This invention is directed to relational extenders for a computer-based relational database. Each relational extender includes at least one column, in a first, business, table containing a user defined application database, dedicated to object handles for defining the complex data type of an object; a second, attribute, table containing at least one column defining a unique characteristic associated with the one object and one column dedicated to containing the object handle; and a third, metadata, table containing at least one column defining a common characteristic associated with all objects defined within the business table and one column dedicated to containing the object handle and at least one column dedicated to containing a reference to object data associated with the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Paul Anderson, Siyi Terry Donn, David Couttie Fallside, Tri Q. Ha, Douglas Michael Hembry, Jean C. Ho, Jing-Song Jang, Nelson Mattos, Carlton Wayne Niblack, Dragutin Petkovic, Frank Chin Tung, Peter Paval Uhrowczik, Mimi Phuong-Thao Thi Vo, Gerald Johann Wilmot, Peter C. Yanker, Josephine Min-Kung Cheng