Patents by Inventor Joseph Griffin Laura

Joseph Griffin Laura 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).

  • Method and apparatus for creating condition sets and extraction programs to identify and retrieve data from files in a network
    Patent number: 5951640
    Abstract: A data identification and retrieval method and apparatus is disclosed. The method is implemented with the aid of a computer program or programs that operate a computer network (10) for permitting a user to easily identify and retrieve data from files stored on any computer (14, 16, 18, 20) in the network regardless of the location of the computers, the format of the data and the storage medium on which the data is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Co., L.P.
    Inventor: Joseph Griffin Laura