Patents by Inventor Ian Mark Shore

Ian Mark Shore 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).

  • Patent number: 9323828
    Abstract: Processing a query for a database includes: receiving a portion of a query from a client device in a server implemented by at least one processor, the portion of the query comprising an incomplete component; determining that the incomplete component is one of multiple predefined types with the server; providing the incomplete component to an auto-complete function specific to the determined type of the incomplete component; receiving in the server a suggestion for completing the query from the auto-complete function, the suggestion being specific to the type of the incomplete component; and providing the suggestion from the server to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian Mark Shore, Samuel Jonathan Smith, Martin James Smithson
  • Publication number: 20110320472
    Abstract: Processing a query for a database includes: receiving a portion of a query from a client device in a server implemented by at least one processor, the portion of the query comprising an incomplete component; determining that the incomplete component is one of multiple predefined types with the server; providing the incomplete component to an auto-complete function specific to the determined type of the incomplete component; receiving in the server a suggestion for completing the query from the auto-complete function, the suggestion being specific to the type of the incomplete component; and providing the suggestion from the server to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy Peter Griffith, Ian Mark Shore, Samuel Jonathan Smith, Martin James Smithson
  • Publication number: 20100235821
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for enabling a class loader of a Java virtual machine to load JAVA class and resource data from within a registry/repository application. The JAVA class and resource data is loaded from within a registry/repository application that includes a database which stores one or more JAR files; whereby, the JAR files contain a user-written plug-in code and resources. The user-written plug-in code and resources are dynamically modified when modifications to one or more stored JAR files are received. The JAR files are rebuilt in a location outside of the registry/repository development environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: TIMOTHY JOHN BALDWIN, Ian Mark Shore