Patents by Inventor Isaac Kam-Chak Cheng

Isaac Kam-Chak Cheng 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).

  • Generating one or more XML documents from a relational database using XPath data model
    Publication number: 20030014397
    Abstract: A technique is provided for creating metadata for fast search of XML documents stored as column data. Data is stored in a data store connected to a computer. A main table is created having a column for storing a document, wherein the document has one or more elements or attributes. One or more side tables are created, wherein each side table stores one or more elements or attributes. Then, the side tables are used to locate data in the main table with scalable indexing mechanisms to facilitate search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hoang K. Chau, Isaac Kam-Chak Cheng, Josephine Miu Cheng, Suet Mui Chiu, Jyh-Herng Chow, Michael Leon Pauser, Jian Xu
  • Generating one or more XML documents from a single SQL query
    Publication number: 20020156772
    Abstract: A technique is provided for creating metadata for fast search of XML documents stored as column data. Data is stored in a data store connected to a computer. A main table is created having a column for storing a document, wherein the document has one or more elements or attributes. One or more side tables are created, wherein each side table stores one or more elements or attributes. Then, the side tables are used to locate data in the main table with scalable indexing mechanisms to facilitate search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines
    Inventors: Hoang K. Chau, Isaac Kam-Chak Cheng, Josephine Miu Cheng, Suet Mui Chiu, Jyh-Herng Chow, Michael Leon Pauser, Jian Xu
  • Storing fragmented XML data into a relational database by decomposing XML documents with application specific mappings
    Publication number: 20020133484
    Abstract: A technique is provided for creating metadata for fast search of XML documents stored as column data. Data is stored in a data store connected to a computer. A main table is created having a column for storing a document, wherein the document has one or more elements or attributes. One or more side tables are created, wherein each side table stores one or more elements or attributes. Then, the side tables are used to locate data in the main table with scalable indexing mechanisms to facilitate search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hoang K. Chau, Isaac Kam-Chak Cheng, Josephine Miu Cheng, Suet Mui Chiu, Jyh-Herng Chow, Michael Leon Pauser, Jian Xu
  • XML document processing
    Publication number: 20020123993
    Abstract: A technique is provided for creating metadata for fast search of XML documents stored as column data. Data is stored in a data store connected to a computer. A main table is created having a column for storing a document, wherein the document has one or more elements or attributes. One or more side tables are created, wherein each side table stores one or more elements or attributes. Then, the side tables are used to locate data in the main table with scalable indexing mechanisms to facilitate search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Hoang K. Chau, Isaac Kam-Chak Cheng, Josephine Miu Cheng, Suet Mui Chiu, Jyh-Herng Chow, Michael Leon Pauser, Jian Xu