Patents by Inventor Kevin B. Shaw

Kevin B. Shaw 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 building and maintaining an object-oriented geospatial database
    Patent number: 6950828
    Abstract: An object-oriented system for building and maintaining a spatial data structure for use in topological applications. The data is organized in a database which incorporates spatial feature location, attributes, and metadata information in a relational framework across a hierarchy. The system provides for the instantiation of the objects and levels that make up the database and for spatially indexing the data among the objects across hierarchical levels. The data can be updated while preserving the spatial linking among objects and levels, and the data can be exported to a relational vector product format database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kevin B. Shaw, Miyi J. Chung, Maria A. Cobb
  • Method and apparatus for building and maintaining an object-oriented geospatial database
    Patent number: 6684219
    Abstract: An object-oriented system for building and maintaining a spatial data structure for use in topological applications. The data is organized in a database which incorporates spatial feature location, attributes, and metadata information in a relational framework across a hierarchy. The system provides for the instantiation of the objects and levels that make up the database and for spatially indexing the data among the objects across hierarchical levels. The data can be updated while preserving the spatial linking among objects and levels, and the data can be exported to a relational vector product format database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kevin B. Shaw, Miyi J. Chung, Maria A. Cobb