Patents by Inventor Gerald George Kienan

Gerald George Kienan 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).

  • System and method for query by category
    Patent number: 6598042
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically generating an SQL query without requiring a user to know SQL. A category hierarchy representing a relational database system is presented to the user, and the user can navigate through the hierarchy, combine categories, and restructure the hierarchy to identify a category of interest to the user. The user then selects the category and indicates that a query should be generated based thereon. Query predicates are first generated, based on the type of category selected, and then a “from” query clause and “select” query clause are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Gerald George Kienan