Patents by Inventor John Carroll Holmes

John Carroll Holmes 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).

  • Decomposing XML schema documents into subsets
    Patent number: 9128963
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system decomposes a set of schema files. The system receives a set of schema files and automatically identifies a plurality of root schema files in the set, where a root schema file is determined based on remaining schema files in the set lacking a reference to that schema file. For each root schema file, the system creates a subset of the original set of schema files. The subset contains the root schema file, and at least one subset further includes one or more schema files that provide information for that root schema file. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for decomposing a set of schema files in substantially the same manners described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Carroll Holmes, Ming Jiang, Jeff Jianfei Li, Yong Li, David Steven Sotkowitz
  • DECOMPOSING XML SCHEMA DOCUMENTS INTO SUBSETS
    Publication number: 20140207830
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system decomposes a set of schema files. The system receives a set of schema files and automatically identifies a plurality of root schema files in the set, where a root schema file is determined based on remaining schema files in the set lacking a reference to that schema file. For each root schema file, the system creates a subset of the original set of schema files. The subset contains the root schema file, and at least one subset further includes one or more schema files that provide information for that root schema file. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for decomposing a set of schema files in substantially the same manners described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Carroll Holmes, Ming Jiang, Jeff Jianfei Li, Yong Li, David Steven Sotkowitz