Patents by Inventor E. Glenn Huff

E. Glenn Huff 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).

  • Partition support tool to maintain/service multiple copies of a database
    Patent number: 6430579
    Abstract: A method and system for maintaining copies of a database at a plurality of locations. The method comprises the steps of providing a codeset list having codes and corresponding text, receiving a new codeset list, and comparing the new codeset list to the codeset list to determine differences and creating a log of the differences. A second codeset list is formed comprising the codeset list and the new codeset list, the new codeset list is sent to the plurality of locations, and one of the copies at the plurality of locations is selected for migration. The method further comprises the steps of finding documents at the one of the plurality of locations that contains at least one of the differences in the log, resolving codes for the differences from the second codeset list, and modifying the documents using the second codeset list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Samantha B. Furminger, Mary P. Hill, E. Glenn Huff