Patents by Inventor Keith A. Wozny

Keith A. Wozny 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).

  • Patent number: 6691103
    Abstract: A method for searching a database includes receiving a search criteria including a plurality of search elements corresponding to at least some of the record elements of a database. Each of the search elements is capable of returning one or more corresponding search results from the records of the database. The search elements of the search criteria are ordered based upon an expected size of the corresponding search results from the database. The database is searched with one of the search elements, which is expected to provide a first group of the search results, before searching the database with another one of the search elements, which is expected to provide a second, relatively larger sized group of the search results, thereby improving the efficiency of the database search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Inventor: Keith A. Wozny