Patents by Inventor John A. Skier

John A. Skier 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).

  • Database interface for database unaware applications
    Patent number: 6442548
    Abstract: Information in a database is accessed with a computer system by transforming a file system request from an application into a database query and retrieving information corresponding to the database query from the database. The retrieved information is made available to the application as a file system object, for example, as a directory, a file, a link or a collection thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Igor V. Balabine, Ramiah Kandasamy, John A. Skier
  • File system interface to a database
    Patent number: 5937406
    Abstract: Information in a database is accessed with a computer system by transforming a file system request from an application into a database query and retrieving information corresponding to the database query from the database. The retrieved information is made available to the application as a file system object, for example, as a directory, a file, a link or a collection thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Informix Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor V. Balabine, Ramiah Kandasamy, John A. Skier