Patents by Inventor Harald Stoiber

Harald Stoiber 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 and method of generating same
    Patent number: 7809758
    Abstract: A database comprises a plurality of keys representing respective data items stored in the database and respective data tags associated with at least some of the data items. Data tags represent different identifiers or categories among which the associated data items are grouped. The database is arranged in the form of a tree-structured directed graph in which each of the plurality of keys is represented by a series of nodes and arcs defining a path between a root node and a terminal node, each node being linked to at least one other node by a respective arc, respective arcs for a given one of the plurality of keys representing a respective character or characters of the given key. The arcs and the nodes depending from the root node of data items which represent a sequence of characters shared by different keys are combined, and the data tags are associated with the arcs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Websense UK Limited
    Inventors: Klaus Thurnhofer, Harald Stoiber
  • Database and method of generating same
    Publication number: 20050267902
    Abstract: A database comprises a plurality of keys representing respective data items stored in the database and respective data tags associated with at least some of the data items. Data tags represent different identifiers or categories among which the associated data items are grouped. The database is arranged in the form of a tree-structured directed graph in which each of the plurality of keys is represented by a series of nodes and arcs defining a path between a root node and a terminal node, each node being linked to at least one other node by a respective arc, respective arcs for a given one of the plurality of keys representing a respective character or characters of the given key. The arcs and the nodes depending from the root node of data items which represent a sequence of characters shared by different keys are combined, and the data tags are associated with the arcs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Klaus Thurnhofer, Harald Stoiber
  • Database and method of generating same
    Publication number: 20030088577
    Abstract: A database comprises a plurality of keys representing respective data items stored in the database and respective data tags associated with at least some of the data items. Data tags represent different identifiers or categories among which the associated data items are grouped. The database is arranged in the form of a tree-structured directed graph in which each of the plurality of keys is represented by a series of nodes and arcs defining a path between a root node and a terminal node, each node being linked to at least one other node by a respective arc, respective arcs for a given one of the plurality of keys representing a respective character or characters of the given key. The arcs and the nodes depending from the root node of data items which represent a sequence of characters shared by different keys are combined, and the data tags are associated with the arcs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: SurfControl plc,
    Inventors: Klaus Thurnhofer, Harald Stoiber