Patents by Inventor Friederike Mallchok

Friederike Mallchok 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 apparatus for automatically differentiating between types of names stored in a data collection
    Patent number: 8024347
    Abstract: A method and system for differentiating types of data stored in a data collection. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a search request on a first type of data stored in the data collection; automatically differentiating data of the first type stored in the data collection from data of other types stored in the data collection; and completing the search request using data determined to be of the first type. Automatically differentiating data of the first type includes determining a type of each data entry in the data collection based only on tokens associated with the data entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frankie Elizabeth Patman Maguire, Friederike Mallchok, Leonard Arthur Shaefer, Jr., Frank Everett Whaley
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN TYPES OF NAMES STORED IN A DATA COLLECTION
    Publication number: 20090089284
    Abstract: A method and system for differentiating types of data stored in a data collection. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a search request on a first type of data stored in the data collection; automatically differentiating data of the first type stored in the data collection from data of other types stored in the data collection; and completing the search request using data determined to be of the first type. Automatically differentiating data of the first type includes determining a type of each data entry in the data collection based only on tokens associated with the data entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frankie Elizabeth PATMAN MAGUIRE, Friederike MALLCHOK, Leonard Arthur SHAEFER, JR., Frank Everett WHALEY