Patents by Inventor Eric John Davies

Eric John Davies 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).

  • Database adapter for relational datasets
    Patent number: 8077059
    Abstract: The invention is a database adapter providing improved methods for storing and retrieving relational data. Suitable source data is structured as a table with a fixed number of columns of predetermined types and a variable number of rows. The invention reduces the space and time used to store data and the time taken to retrieve stored data. The invention is best implemented inside Object Relational Database Systems, but can also be implemented in any database that can execute routines written in programming languages such as C#, C or Java. Functionally, the invention combines the concept of nested tables with fast compression techniques so that nested tables are practical for solving a wide class of problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Inventors: Eric John Davies, Michael Stuart Dunham-Wilkie
  • DATABASE ADAPTER FOR RELATIONAL DATASETS
    Publication number: 20080021914
    Abstract: The invention is a database adapter providing improved methods for storing and retrieving relational data. Suitable source data is structured as a table with a fixed number of columns of predetermined types and a variable number of rows. The invention reduces the space and time used to store data and the time taken to retrieve stored data. The invention is best implemented inside Object Relational Database Systems, but can also be implemented in any database that can execute routines written in programming languages such as C#, C or Java. Functionally, the invention combines the concept of nested tables with fast compression techniques so that nested tables are practical for solving a wide class of problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Eric John Davies, Michael Stuart David Dunham-Wilkie