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).

  • Patent number: 8689329
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, John E. Petri
  • Patent number: 8682912
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
  • Patent number: 8639717
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
  • Patent number: 8539346
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jordi A. Albornoz, Lee D. Feigenbaum, Douglas R. Fish, Sean J. Martin, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
  • Patent number: 8438141
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
  • Publication number: 20120284303
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
  • Patent number: 8271463
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
  • Patent number: 8244748
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
  • Patent number: 8230326
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jordi A. Albornoz, Lee D. Feigenbaum, Douglas R. Fish, Sean J. Martin, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
  • Publication number: 20120054630
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, John E. Petri
  • Patent number: 7962514
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, William C. Rapp, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
  • Patent number: 7895228
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian John Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, David A. Wall
  • Patent number: 7870152
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, William C. Rapp, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
  • Publication number: 20100070491
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, William H. Krebs, JR.
  • Publication number: 20080222512
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Jordi A. Albornoz, Lee D. Feigenbaum, Douglas R. Fish, Sean J. Martin, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
  • Publication number: 20080215579
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
  • Patent number: 7373342
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
  • Patent number: 7243093
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, David A. Wall
  • Publication number: 20040267798
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Avijit Chatterjee, Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, William C. Rapp, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
  • Publication number: 20040111394
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, David A. Wall