Patents by Inventor James Michael Beesley

James Michael Beesley 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).

  • Processor implemented systems and methods for using the catalog part of an SQL identifier to expose/access heterogeneous data
    Patent number: 8645386
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing data from a plurality of databases stored on a plurality of disparate servers. A query is received for data from a plurality of databases stored on a plurality of disparate servers. An address for a first server is resolved that stores a first database identified by the catalog field in the query using a logical name-to-connection metadata map. A first sub-query is transmitted to the first server based on the received query, and a first sub-query response is received from the first server. The resolving, transmitting, and receiving are repeated for a second server. The first sub-query response and the second sub-query response are combined to generate a query response according to the received query, and the query response is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brian Hess, James Michael Beesley, David Kerr Jeffreys
  • Processor Implemented Systems and Methods for Using the Catalog Part of an SQL Identifier to Expose/Access Heterogeneous Data
    Publication number: 20110213778
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing data from a plurality of databases stored on a plurality of disparate servers. A query is received for data from a plurality of databases stored on a plurality of disparate servers. An address for a first server is resolved that stores a first database identified by the catalog field in the query using a logical name-to-connection metadata map. A first sub-query is transmitted to the first server based on the received query, and a first sub-query response is received from the first server. The resolving, transmitting, and receiving are repeated for a second server. The first sub-query response and the second sub-query response are combined to generate a query response according to the received query, and the query response is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Brian Hess, James Michael Beesley, David Kerr Jeffreys