Patents by Inventor Howard Bloom

Howard Bloom 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, system and program product for rewriting structured query language (SQL) statements
    Publication number: 20060106766
    Abstract: Under the present invention, a SQL statement having search criteria is received. Upon receipt, a table that lists all possible combinations of the search criteria is created. From the table, a set of patterns among the possible combinations is identified. Based on these patterns, the table is then sorted. Once sorted, the table is divided into a set of temporary tables based on the set of patterns/sorting operation. The set of temporary tables are then individually joined with the SQL statement and separate searches are conducted. A new set of temporary tables is then generated and populated with results of the separate searches. These result tables are then unioned/combined into a single result table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Howard Bloom, Roy Froehlich, Thomas Jobson, Edith Kanyock, Charles Matula, Arnold Rosenberg