Patents by Inventor Debra J. Waite

Debra J. Waite 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).

  • Allowing updates to database objects
    Patent number: 9053143
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing flexible and simultaneous updates to database objects from one or more users is disclosed. The system may receive a change request to the object from the first user and then from a second user. The system may determine if the object is locked and, if so, informing the first user. If an edit request is received from the second user, the second user may be provided with multiple options, such as incorporating changes made by first user and overwriting changes made by second user with changes made by first user, incorporating changes made by first user and overwriting changes made by first user with changes made by second user, and cancelling changes made by second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gouri Mantena, Tulasi J. Markham, Hoa Pham, Tuan A. Pham, William J. Reilly, Yi-Wen Tan, Mai T. Tran, Debra J. Waite
  • Machine change history tracking process for ERP applications
    Patent number: 8903765
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for recording, managing and tracking changes to objects in a computer system. A master record is created for the computer system; and, a transactional record is created for an object in the computer system. The master record includes the current status of the object and the current status for all objects associated to the object. The transactional record is updated in the electronic database; and, the master record is updated when the transactional record is updated. The master record is linked to all of the transactional records of the objects associated to the object with the processor. The master record is updated with the processor when a transactional record of the objects associated to the object is updated or added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ed Cordell, Mark W. Honeck, Joachim Lohmiller, Sue Merkle, Jan Nielsen, Paul Noga, Jr., William Reilly, John J. Roberts, Siegfried F. Sanders, Thomas Schaeffner, Debra J. Waite, Deirdre A. Wessel, Dan Wingard
  • Machine Change History Tracking Process for ERP Applications
    Publication number: 20140046897
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for recording, managing and tracking changes to objects in a computer system. A master record is created for the computer system; and, a transactional record is created for an object in the computer system. The master record includes the current status of the object and the current status for all objects associated to the object. The transactional record is updated in the electronic database; and, the master record is updated when the transactional record is updated. The master record is linked to all of the transactional records of the objects associated to the object with the processor. The master record is updated with the processor when a transactional record of the objects associated to the object is updated or added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ed Cordell, Mark W. Honeck, Joachim Lohmiller, Sue Merkle, Jan Nielsen, Paul Noga, JR., William Reilly, John J. Roberts, Siegfried F. Sanders, Thomas Schaeffner, Debra J. Waite, Deirdre A. Wessel, Dan Wingard
  • ALLOWING UPDATES TO DATABASE OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20130304716
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing flexible and simultaneous updates to database objects from one or more users is disclosed. The system may receive a change request to the object from the first user and then from a second user. The system may determine if the object is locked and, if so, informing the first user. If an edit request is received from the second user, the second user may be provided with multiple options, such as incorporating changes made by first user and overwriting changes made by second user with changes made by first user, incorporating changes made by first user and overwriting changes made by first user with changes made by second user, and cancelling changes made by second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Gouri Mantena, Tulasi J. Markham, Hoa Pham, Tuan A. Pham, William J. Reilly, Yi-Wen Tan, Mai T. Tran, Debra J. Waite
  • System and method for allowing updates to database objects
    Patent number: 8495043
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing flexible and simultaneous updates to database objects from one or more users is disclosed. The system may receive a change request to the object from the first user and then from a second user. The system may determine if the object is locked and, if so, informing the first user. If an edit request is received from the second user, the second user may be provided with multiple options, such as incorporating changes made by first user and overwriting changes made by second user with changes made by first user, incorporating changes made by first user and overwriting changes made by first user with changes made by second user, and cancelling changes made by second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gouri Mantena, Tulasi J. Markham, Hoa Pham, Tuan A. Pham, William J. Reilly, Yi-Wen Tan, Mai T. Tran, Debra J. Waite
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOWING UPDATES TO DATABASE OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20100070481
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing flexible and simultaneous updates to database objects from one or more users is disclosed. The system may receive a change request to the object from the first user and then from a second user. The system may determine if the object is locked and, if so, informing the first user. If an edit request is received from the second user, the second user may be provided with multiple options, such as incorporating changes made by first user and overwriting changes made by second user with changes made by first user, incorporating changes made by first user and overwriting changes made by first user with changes made by second user, and cancelling changes made by second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Gouri Mantena, Tulasi J. Markham, Hoa Pham, Tuan A. Pham, William J. Reilly, Yi-Wen Tan, Mai T. Tran, Debra J. Waite