Patents by Inventor Howard Plemmons, JR.

Howard Plemmons, JR. 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).

  • Computer-implemented method and system for handling and transforming database queries in a fourth generation language
    Patent number: 8498996
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system allows generating a query and a first fourth generation language at a native system to a non-native database which is capable of processing queries in a second fourth generation language. A query initiated by a client applicant in a first fourth generation language is analyzed to determine if it can be processed by a non-native system capable of processing queries in a second fourth generation language. Non-standard syntax representative of a function and the query that cannot be evaluated by the non-native database system is identified. If the syntax is discovered, the query is transformed through the use of formats or through an algorithm process into an equivalent query expression that can be processed by the database system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Whitcher, Richard Dean Langston, Howard Plemmons, Jr.
  • Computer-Implemented Method and System for Handling and Transforming Database Queries in a Fourth Generation Language
    Publication number: 20100114932
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system allows generating a query and a first fourth generation language at a native system to a non-native database which is capable of processing queries in a second fourth generation language. A query initiated by a client applicant in a first fourth generation language is analyzed to determine if it can be processed by a non-native system capable of processing queries in a second fourth generation language. Non-standard syntax representative of a function and the query that cannot be evaluated by the non-native database system is identified. If the syntax is discovered, the query is transformed through the use of formats or through an algorithm process into an equivalent query expression that can be processed by the database system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Whitcher, Richard Dean Langston, Howard Plemmons, JR.