Patents by Inventor Jean Paul Geymond

Jean Paul Geymond 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).

  • Process and device for the automatic generation of spreadsheets
    Patent number: 5752253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for automatic generation of spreadsheets from a model of the entity-relationship type which serves as a support for a relational data base. This data base module of the entity-relationship type is shown on a screen of an information system in the form of a graph composed of a plurality of entities and relationships which is physically embodied in memory by a set of relational tables. According to the invention, a spreadsheet is automatically defined by the selection from this graph of the elements intended to compose its abscissa and ordinate data and the contents of the cells thus formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Bull, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean Paul Geymond, Massimo Paltrinieri