Patents by Inventor Kelly L. Peterman

Kelly L. Peterman 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).

  • Systems, methods, and language for selection and retrieval of information from databases
    Patent number: 7747569
    Abstract: The invention provides a system configured to enable a first entity to query a second entity for a result, the system comprising a language specification component and an interface between the first entity and the second entity. The language specification component defines a communications language by which the first and second entities can communicate with each other. The interface is operable to receive from the second entity an instance of a generic request that is specific to the second entity, the instance of the generic request providing information about at least one query element that is supported in a second-entity specific request; and convert a first query from the first entity to the second entity into a second query, wherein the second query includes the at least one query element that is supported in the second-entity specific request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Gabriel D. Comi, Kelly L. Peterman
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND LANGUAGE FOR SELECTION AND RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION FROM DATABASES
    Publication number: 20080077560
    Abstract: The invention provides a system configured to enable a first entity to query a second entity for a result, the system comprising a language specification component and an interface between the first entity and the second entity. The language specification component defines a communications language by which the first and second entities can communicate with each other. The interface is operable to receive from the second entity an instance of a generic request that is specific to the second entity, the instance of the generic request providing information about at least one query element that is supported in a second-entity specific request; and convert a first query from the first entity to the second entity into a second query, wherein the second query includes the at least one query element that is supported in the second-entity specific request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Gabriel D. Comi, Kelly L. Peterman