Patents by Inventor Fernando Cardoso Ismerio

Fernando Cardoso Ismerio 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 system for specifying and displaying table joins in relational database queries
    Patent number: 6553371
    Abstract: A system, a program storage device and a software method, useable in a computer database system with a display device, is provided for displaying and selecting table joins. The method is capable of assisting in a user's selection of a table join by displaying all user-selected database tables in a join overview diagram and automatically inferring and displaying in a join grid each join grid row having a potential valid table join for a pair of user-selected database tables. The method accepts the user's selection of a join grid row from the join grid, and, in response, places a join indicator in the join overview diagram between icons representing the pair of user-selected database tables from the user-selected join grid row. The user's join grid row selection is performed with a single operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Humberto Gutierrez-Rivas, Fernando Cardoso Ismerio, Brian Gerrit Payton
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECIFYING AND DISPLAYING TABLE JOINS IN RELATIONAL DATABASE QUERIES
    Publication number: 20030055830
    Abstract: A system, a program storage device and a software method, useable in a computer database system with a display device, is provided for displaying and selecting table joins. The method is capable of assisting in a user's selection of a table join by displaying all user-selected database tables in a join overview diagram and automatically inferring and displaying in a join grid each join grid row having a potential valid table join for a pair of user-selected database tables. The method accepts the user's selection of a join grid row from the join grid, and, in response, places a join indicator in the join overview diagram between icons representing the pair of user-selected database tables from the user-selected join grid row. The user's join grid row selection is performed with a single operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Humberto Gutierrez-Rivas, Fernando Cardoso Ismerio, Brian Gerrit Payton