Patents by Inventor Deidra S. Picciano

Deidra S. Picciano 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).

  • Method and apparatus for configurable mapping between data stores and data structures and a generalized client data model using heterogeneous, specialized storage
    Patent number: 6917939
    Abstract: A flexibly adaptable, i.e., configurable and/or extensible, asset management system is disclosed for processing and querying assets, representing data. The system comprises three layers: a Client Application layer, for manipulating and browsing assets, an Asset Manager Server layer, for providing programming interface services specific for assets types, such as storing, querying, and retrieving assets representing data to and from a Data Store, representing the third layer. The Asset Manager Server layer further provides communication services to support the Client Application layer and file transfer between the Client Application layer and the Asset Manager Server layer. The Asset Manager Server includes several configurable and/or extensible modules, including a Client Adapter module, a Schema Adapter module and a Resources module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Baer, I-Ming Kao, Pedro Jacob, Jr., Janet L. Murray, Deidra S. Picciano, Jerry D. Robertson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING CLASSES, ENCAPSULATING DATA WITH ITS BEHAVIORS, FOR TRANSFERRING BETWEEN DATABASES AND CLIENT APPLICATIONS AND FOR ENABLING APPLICATIONS TO ADAPT TO SPECIFIC CONSTRAINTS OF THE DATA
    Patent number: 6912561
    Abstract: A flexibly adaptable, i.e., configurable and/or extensible, asset management system is disclosed for processing and querying assets, representing data. The system comprises three layers: a Client Application layer, for manipulating and browsing assets, an Asset Manager Server layer, for providing programming interface services specific for assets types, such as storing, querying, and retrieving assets representing data to and from a Data Store, representing the third layer. The Asset Manager Server layer further provides communication services to support the Client Application layer and file transfer between the Client Application layer and the Asset Manager Server layer. The Asset Manager Server includes several configurable and/or extensible modules, including a Client Adapter module, a Schema Adapter module and a Resources module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Baer, I-Ming Kao, Pedro Jacob, Jr., Janet L. Murray, Deidra S. Picciano, Jerry D. Robertson
  • Method and apparatus for dynamically customizing and extending functions of a server program to enable and restrict functions of the server
    Patent number: 6826571
    Abstract: A flexibly adaptable, i.e., configurable and/or extensible, asset management system is disclosed for processing and querying assets, representing data. The system comprises three layers: a Client Application layer, for manipulating and browsing assets, an Asset Manager Server layer, for providing programming interface services specific for assets types, such as storing, querying, and retrieving assets representing data to and from a Data Store, representing the third layer. The Asset Manager Server layer further provides communication services to support the Client Application layer and file transfer between the Client Application layer and the Asset Manager Server layer. The Asset Manager Server includes several configurable and/or extensible modules, including a Client Adapter module, a Schema Adapter module and a Resources module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Baer, I-Ming Kao, Pedro Jacob, Jr., Janet L. Murray, Deidra S. Picciano, Jerry D. Robertson
  • Configurable and extensible system for deploying asset management functions to client applications
    Patent number: 6366916
    Abstract: A flexibly adaptable, i e., configurable and/or extensible, asset management system is disclosed for processing and querying assets, representing data. The system comprises three layers: a Client Application layer, for manipulating and browsing assets, an Asset Manager Server layer, for providing programming interface services specific for assets types, such as storing, querying, and retrieving assets representing data to and from a Data Store, representing the third layer. The Asset Manager Server layer further provides communication services to support the Client Application layer and file transfer between the Client Application layer and the Asset Manager Server layer. The Asset Manager Server includes several configurable and/or extensible modules, including a Client Adapter module, a Schema Adapter module and a Resources module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Baer, I-Ming Kao, Pedro Jacob, Jr., Janet L. Murray, Deidra S. Picciano, Jerry D. Robertson, James A. Willey