Patents by Inventor James Lawrence Broadhurst

James Lawrence Broadhurst 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).

  • System and method for safely automating the generation of multiple data definition language statements
    Patent number: 8291191
    Abstract: A system and method includes steps or acts of: organizing table partitions in logical order; presenting the partition table numbers and their current ending values in logical order to a user; receiving an alter command from the user, the alter command specifying at least one logical partition number and its corresponding ending value; internally matching the specified logical partition number to its corresponding physical partition number; altering the physical partitioning of the table by manipulating one or more current ending values of partitions by altering the current ending value of the physical partition to which the specified logical partition is associated, such that new ending values are generated; and automatically generating at least one data definition language statement corresponding to the alter command, using the new ending value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Joseph Barbarek, James Lawrence Broadhurst
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAFELY AUTOMATING THE GENERATION OF MULTIPLE DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE STATEMENTS
    Publication number: 20090204782
    Abstract: A system and method includes steps or acts of: organizing table partitions in logical order; presenting the partition table numbers and their current ending values in logical order to a user; receiving an alter command from the user, the alter command specifying at least one logical partition number and its corresponding ending value; internally matching the specified logical partition number to its corresponding physical partition number; altering the physical partitioning of the table by manipulating one or more current ending values of partitions by altering the current ending value of the physical partition to which the specified logical partition is associated, such that new ending values are generated; and automatically generating at least one data definition language statement corresponding to the alter command, using the new ending value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Joseph Barbarek, James Lawrence Broadhurst