Patents by Inventor Douglas R. Fish
Douglas R. Fish 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).
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Patent number: 8689329Abstract: A mechanism on a server divides a page of content into sections defined by dividers, and renders the page stream with dividers to a browser. The browser reads the web page with dividers, and partitions the DOM for the page to create partitions in the DOM according to the sections in the page. Partitioning the DOM allows scripts in each partition to be scoped according to defined access rights for each partition. In this manner, a script in one DOM partition cannot access information in another DOM partition unless the access rights for the partition that contains the script allow it. By scoping scripts to appropriate DOM partitions, potential hacker attacks may be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, John E. Petri
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Patent number: 8682912Abstract: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for providing secure access to data. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to facilitate secure access to data residing in a variety of data repositories. User security attributes and UDTF attributes are gathered. A table is queried based on the gathered attributes.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 8639717Abstract: Techniques are provided for accessing data within data repositories. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to provide access to data residing in a variety of data repositories.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 8539346Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for managing an annotation system that includes storing annotations for a document family, i.e., a series of versions of a data source. Annotations created for one version of the data source may be viewed in context from both subsequent and prior versions of the same data source. Embodiments of the invention associate annotations with both a data source “family identifier” as well as a “version identifier.” Other than adding a family ID to the data source, the data source remains unchanged. The family ID is maintained across different versions of the data source, whereas version IDs are determined for a specific version of the data source. Version IDs can be constructed from each data source directly, and do not need to be stored.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2008Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jordi A. Albornoz, Lee D. Feigenbaum, Douglas R. Fish, Sean J. Martin, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 8438141Abstract: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for providing secure access to data. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to facilitate secure access to data residing in a variety of data repositories.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2005Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Publication number: 20120284303Abstract: Techniques are provided for accessing data within data repositories. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to provide access to data residing in a variety of data repositories.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 8271463Abstract: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are provided for accessing data within data repositories. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to provide access to data residing in a variety of data repositories.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2004Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 8244748Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used for identifying and indicating annotations made for a variety of different type (i.e., heterogeneous) data objects are provided. According to some embodiments, an annotation store may be queried to identify annotations for data objects in a current view of data. For certain identifiable portions of the view (e.g., a row in a relational view), a callable function may be created that returns a set of indicia maps indicating which objects in the portions are annotated. Bits in an indicia map may correspond to different objects (e.g., individual cells in a row or the row itself). Using these indicia maps, an indication of which data objects are annotated may be provided in the view, for example, by displaying annotation icons proximate annotated objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
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Patent number: 8230326Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for managing an annotation system that includes storing annotations for a document family, i.e., a series of versions of a data source. Annotations created for one version of the data source may be viewed in context from both subsequent and prior versions of the same data source. Embodiments of the invention associate annotations with both a data source “family identifier” as well as a “version identifier.” Other than adding a family ID to the data source, the data source remains unchanged. The family ID is maintained across different versions of the data source, whereas version IDs are determined for a specific version of the data source. Version IDs can be constructed from each data source directly, and do not need to be stored.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jordi A. Albornoz, Lee D. Feigenbaum, Douglas R. Fish, Sean J. Martin, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Publication number: 20120054630Abstract: A mechanism on a server divides a page of content into sections defined by dividers, and renders the page stream with dividers to a browser. The browser reads the web page with dividers, and partitions the DOM for the page to create partitions in the DOM according to the sections in the page. Partitioning the DOM allows scripts in each partition to be scoped according to defined access rights for each partition. In this manner, a script in one DOM partition cannot access information in another DOM partition unless the access rights for the partition that contains the script allow it. By scoping scripts to appropriate DOM partitions, potential hacker attacks may be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, John E. Petri
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Patent number: 7962514Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used to attach annotations to a particular view of data described by the annotation are provided. The annotation may be attached in a manner that allows the annotation to be viewed when subsequent views having at least some visible cells in common with the annotated view are displayed. An annotation created for a view of data may be stored with links to each cell visible in the view. When a predetermined set of cells visible in the annotated view are subsequently displayed in another view, the annotation may be retrieved via the cell links and an indication of the annotation may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, William C. Rapp, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
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Patent number: 7895228Abstract: The availability of one or more databases targeted by a federated query may be determined prior to running the federated query against the targeted databases. In response to determining one or more of the targeted databases are unavailable, a user may be notified. The user may also be presented with options for running the federated query. The options may include being notified when all of the targeted databases are available, automatically running the federated query (in the background) when all of the targeted databases are available, and modifying the query to run against currently available databases.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian John Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 7870152Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used to attach annotations to a particular view of data described by the annotation are provided. The annotation may be attached in a manner that allows the annotation to be viewed when subsequent views having at least some visible cells in common with the annotated view are displayed. An annotation created for a view of data may be stored with links to each cell visible in the view. When a predetermined set of cells visible in the annotated view are subsequently displayed in another view, the annotation may be retrieved via the cell links and an indication of the annotation may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2003Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, William C. Rapp, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
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Publication number: 20100070491Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for presenting users with dynamic contextual table headers when viewing database records. The dynamic contextual table header may provide a title (or other relevant information) for some columns of the table. For example, database records may be displayed along with a header generated according to a particular context—typically a row of the table selected by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, William H. Krebs, JR.
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Publication number: 20080222512Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for managing an annotation system that includes storing annotations for a document family, i.e., a series of versions of a data source. Annotations created for one version of the data source may be viewed in context from both subsequent and prior versions of the same data source. Embodiments of the invention associate annotations with both a data source “family identifier” as well as a “version identifier.” Other than adding a family ID to the data source, the data source remains unchanged. The family ID is maintained across different versions of the data source, whereas version IDs are determined for a specific version of the data source. Version IDs can be constructed from each data source directly, and do not need to be stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Jordi A. Albornoz, Lee D. Feigenbaum, Douglas R. Fish, Sean J. Martin, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Publication number: 20080215579Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used for identifying and indicating annotations made for a variety of different type (i.e., heterogeneous) data objects are provided. According to some embodiments, an annotation store may be queried to identify annotations for data objects in a current view of data. For certain identifiable portions of the view (e.g., a row in a relational view), a callable function may be created that returns a set of indicia maps indicating which objects in the portions are annotated. Bits in an indicia map may correspond to different objects (e.g., individual cells in a row or the row itself). Using these indicia maps, an indication of which data objects are annotated may be provided in the view, for example, by displaying annotation icons proximate annotated objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
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Patent number: 7373342Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used for identifying and indicating annotations made for a variety of different type (i.e., heterogeneous) data objects are provided. According to some embodiments, an annotation store may be queried to identify annotations for data objects in a current view of data. For certain identifiable portions of the view (e.g., a row in a relational view), a callable function may be created that returns a set of indicia maps indicating which objects in the portions are annotated. Bits in an indicia map may correspond to different objects (e.g., individual cells in a row or the row itself). Using these indicia maps, an indication of which data objects are annotated may be provided in the view, for example, by displaying annotation icons proximate annotated objects.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2003Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
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Patent number: 7243093Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a system, method and article of manufacture for managing federated queries. In general, the availability of one or more databases targeted by a federated query may be determined prior to running the federated query against the targeted databases. In response to determining one or more of the targeted databases are unavailable, a user may be notified. The user may also be presented with options for running the federated query. The options may include being notified when all of the targeted databases are available, automatically running the federated query (in the background) when all of the targeted databases are available, and modifying the query to run against currently available databases.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, David A. Wall
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Publication number: 20040267798Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for managing annotations made for a variety of different type data objects manipulated (e.g., created, edited, and viewed) by a variety of different type applications are provided. Some embodiments allow users collaborating on a project to create, view, and edit annotations from within the applications used to manipulate the annotated data objects, which may facilitate and encourage the capturing and sharing of tacit knowledge through annotations. Further, annotations may be stored separate from the application data they describe, decoupling the tacit knowledge captured in the annotations from the applications used to manipulate the annotated data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Avijit Chatterjee, Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, William C. Rapp, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Publication number: 20040111394Abstract: A method, apparatus article of manufacture for writing debug data into hidden fields or an electronic document. In some embodiments, debug data is written into hidden fields of an HTML or XML document, which may include visible data, including the results requested by a user. In contrast, the debug data contained in the hidden fields is kept hidden even after rendering the visible portions of the electronic document until, for example, the user takes explicit steps specifically directed to viewing the debug data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2002Publication date: June 10, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, David A. Wall