Patents by Inventor Ionut Istrate

Ionut Istrate 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).

  • Authorization controlled searching
    Patent number: 7809751
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for authorization controlled searching. In general, a search request is received, a database data structure is searched where the data structure is populated with records that include data and criteria for authorization to access the data, and a set of results is presented to a user, where the set of results includes data from the data structure for which a user is authorized the criteria is used to determine which results to include in the set of results. The criteria for authorization to access the data may be simple or complex, and may be based on a formation of associations from multiple layers of associations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Karl Fuerst, Juergen Hofmann, Ionut Istrate, Thomas Finke, Florian Kresser, Marieta Koch
  • AUTHORIZATION CONTROLLED SEARCHING
    Publication number: 20090063490
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for authorization controlled searching. In general, a search request is received, a database data structure is searched where the data structure is populated with records that include data and criteria for authorization to access the data, and a set of results is presented to a user, where the set of results includes data from the data structure for which a user is authorized the criteria is used to determine which results to include in the set of results. The criteria for authorization to access the data may be simple or complex, and may be based on a formation of associations from multiple layers of associations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Karl Fuerst, Juergen Hofmann, Ionut Istrate, Thomas Finke, Florian Kresser, Marieta Koch