Patents by Inventor Giles John Nelson

Giles John Nelson 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 evaluating queries against received event information
    Patent number: 6782381
    Abstract: Queries are evaluated against received event information and notifications that events specified in the queries have occurred are generated by following the steps of recording the number of queries; receiving an item of event information; comparing the received item of event information with the queries; and generating a notification if the item of event information matches the query. Normally, a series of items of event information will be received and these are compared sequentially with the queries. Each query can be arbitrarily complex comprising a plurality of sub-queries, each requiring a different item or items of event information to be matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Apama (UK) Ltd.
    Inventors: Giles John Nelson, John Bates
  • Method and apparatus for evaluating queries against received event information
    Publication number: 20020128897
    Abstract: Queries are evaluated against received event information and notifications that events specified in the queries have occurred are generated by following the steps of recording the number of queries; receiving an item of event information; comparing the received item of event information with the queries; and generating a notification if the item of event information matches the query. Normally, a series of items of event information will be received and these are compared sequentially with the queries. Each query can be arbitrarily complex comprising a plurality of sub-queries, each requiring a different item or items of event information to be matched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Giles John Nelson, John Bates