Patents by Inventor Margaret A. Dong

Margaret A. Dong 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: 9633120
    Abstract: Continuously blocking query result data for a remote query is provided. Included is: creating a first connection, using a communications network, between a database server and a client. At least one secondary connection is created, using the communications network, between the database server and the client, based on the database server supporting a continuous block fetch protocol. Using the at least one secondary connection, the database server receives at least one cursor-based fetch query. The database server generates continuous blocks of result data, based on the received at least one cursor-based fetch query and sends to the client, using the at least one secondary connection, the continuous blocks of result data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Margaret A. Dong, Shivram Ganduri, James W. Pickel, Hugh J. Smith
  • Patent number: 9626444
    Abstract: Continuously blocking query result data for a remote query is provided. Included is: creating a first connection, using a communications network, between a database server and a client. At least one secondary connection is created, using the communications network, between the database server and the client, based on the database server supporting a continuous block fetch protocol. Using the at least one secondary connection, the database server receives at least one cursor-based fetch query. The database server generates continuous blocks of result data, based on the received at least one cursor-based fetch query and sends to the client, using the at least one secondary connection, the continuous blocks of result data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Margaret A. Dong, Shivram Ganduri, James W. Pickel, Hugh J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20160232251
    Abstract: Continuously blocking query result data for a remote query is provided. Included is: creating a first connection, using a communications network, between a database server and a client. At least one secondary connection is created, using the communications network, between the database server and the client, based on the database server supporting a continuous block fetch protocol. Using the at least one secondary connection, the database server receives at least one cursor-based fetch query. The database server generates continuous blocks of result data, based on the received at least one cursor-based fetch query and sends to the client, using the at least one secondary connection, the continuous blocks of result data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Margaret A. Dong, Shivram Ganduri, James W. Pickel, Hugh J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150213124
    Abstract: Continuously blocking query result data for a remote query is provided. Included is: creating a first connection, using a communications network, between a database server and a client. At least one secondary connection is created, using the communications network, between the database server and the client, based on the database server supporting a continuous block fetch protocol. Using the at least one secondary connection, the database server receives at least one cursor-based fetch query. The database server generates continuous blocks of result data, based on the received at least one cursor-based fetch query and sends to the client, using the at least one secondary connection, the continuous blocks of result data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Margaret A. Dong, Shivram Ganduri, James W. Pickel, Hugh J. Smith
  • Patent number: 7991796
    Abstract: Provided are a system and program for accessing data in a distributed database environment. A client program receives multiple requests for data from a database object satisfying specified search predicates from an application program. Each request includes a request for at least one row from the table. The client program transfers a database command and a rowset parameter indicating a maximum number of rows to return to a server program over a network if the requested row is not maintained by the client program. A data block is generated with the server program including rows from the database object satisfying the search predicates in response to the database command. The rows included in the data block do not exceed the rowset parameter. The server program transfers the data block to the client program. In turn, the client program returns at least one requested row from the received data block in response to one request for the at least one row of data from the application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Curt Lee Cotner, Margaret A. Dong
  • Patent number: 7933948
    Abstract: In a system for avoiding section collision for application server requests over a single database connection, the database server assigns query identifiers to each instance of the same cursor opened for the same processing level within an application, allowing multiple instances of the same cursor to be processed in parallel without section collision. The application server assigns a command source identifier to each statement sent over a single database connection to uniquely identify the application source of the statement. This applies for multiples of the same statement sent by different application sources within the same application, for a single statement containing multiple application sources, and for multiple statements from different applications multiplexed over a single database connection. These statements can be processed separately from and in parallel with the each other without section collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Bird, William R. Bireley, Curt L. Cotner, Tammie Dang, Margaret A. Dong, Georgia C. Fuller, Michelle D. Lam, James W. Pickel, Frankie K. Sun
  • Publication number: 20090112886
    Abstract: Provided are a system and program for accessing data in a distributed database environment. A client program receives multiple requests for data from a database object satisfying specified search predicates from an application program. Each request includes a request for at least one row from the table. The client program transfers a database command and a rowset parameter indicating a maximum number of rows to return to a server program over a network if the requested row is not maintained by the client program. A data block is generated with the server program including rows from the database object satisfying the search predicates in response to the database command. The rows included in the data block do not exceed the rowset parameter. The server program transfers the data block to the client program. In turn, the client program returns at least one requested row from the received data block in response to one request for the at least one row of data from the application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Curt Lee Cotner, Margaret A. Dong
  • Patent number: 7487159
    Abstract: Provided is a method for accessing data in a distributed database environment. A client program receives multiple requests for data from a database object satisfying specified search predicates from an application program. Each request includes a request for at least one row from the table. The client program transfers a database command and a rowset parameter indicating a maximum number of rows to return to a server program over a network if the requested row is not maintained by the client program. A data block is generated with the server program including rows from the database object satisfying the search predicates in response to the database command. The rows included in the data block do not exceed the rowset parameter. The server program transfers the data block to the client program. In turn, the client program returns at least one requested row from the received data block in response to one request for the at least one row of data from the application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Curt Lee Cotner, Margaret A. Dong
  • Publication number: 20080270609
    Abstract: In a system for avoiding section collision for application server requests over a single database connection, the database server assigns query identifiers to each instance of the same cursor opened for the same processing level within an application, allowing multiple instances of the same cursor to be processed in parallel without section collision. The application server assigns a command source identifier to each statement sent over a single database connection to uniquely identify the application source of the statement. This applies for multiples of the same statement sent by different application sources within the same application, for a single statement containing multiple application sources, and for multiple statements from different applications multiplexed over a single database connection. These statements can be processed separately from and in parallel with the each other without section collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul M. Bird, William R. Bireley, Curt L. Cotner, Tammie Dang, Margaret A. Dong, Georgia C. Fuller, Michelle D. Lam, James W. Pickel, Frankie K. Sun
  • Patent number: 7433950
    Abstract: In a method for avoiding section collision for application server requests over a single database connection, the database server assigns query identifiers to each instance of the same cursor opened for the same processing level within an application, allowing multiple instances of the same cursor to be processed in parallel without section collision. The application server assigns a command source identifier to each statement sent over a single database connection to uniquely identify the application source of the statement. This applies for multiples of the same statement sent by different application sources within the same application, for a single statement containing multiple application sources, and for multiple statements from different applications multiplexed over a single database connection. These statements can be processed separately from and in parallel with the each other without section collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Bird, William R. Bireley, Curt L. Cotner, Tammie Dang, Margaret A. Dong, Georgia C. Fuller, Michelle D. Lam, James W. Pickel, Frankie K. Sun
  • Patent number: 6990477
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and program for accessing data in a distributed database environment. A client program receives multiple requests for data from a database object satisfying specified search predicates from an application program. Each request includes a request for at least one row from the table. The client program transfers a database command and a rowset parameter indicating a maximum number of rows to return to a server program over a network if the requested row is not maintained by the client program. A data block is generated with the server program including rows from the database object satisfying the search predicates in response to the database command. The rows included in the data block do not exceed the rowset parameter. The server program transfers the data block to the client program. In turn, the client program returns at least one requested row from the received data block in response to one request for the at least one row of data from the application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Curt Lee Cotner, Margaret A. Dong
  • Publication number: 20050228823
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and program for accessing data in a distributed database environment. A client program receives multiple requests for data from a database object satisfying specified search predicates from an application program. Each request includes a request for at least one row from the table. The client program transfers a database command and a rowset parameter indicating a maximum number of rows to return to a server program over a network if the requested row is not maintained by the client program. A data block is generated with the server program including rows from the database object satisfying the search predicates in response to the database command. The rows included in the data block do not exceed the rowset parameter. The server program transfers the data block to the client program. In turn, the client program returns at least one requested row from the received data block in response to one request for the at least one row of data from the application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Curt Cotner, Margaret Dong
  • Publication number: 20050144276
    Abstract: In a method and system for avoiding section collision for application server requests over a single database connection, the database server assigns query identifiers to each instance of the same cursor opened for the same processing level within an application, allowing multiple instances of the same cursor to be processed in parallel without section collision. The application server assigns a command source identifier to each statement sent over a single database connection to uniquely identify the application source of the statement. This applies for multiples of the same statement sent by different application sources within the same application, for a single statement containing multiple application sources, and for multiple statements from different applications multiplexed over a single database connection. These statements can be processed separately from and in parallel with the each other without section collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Bird, William Bireley, Curt Cotner, Tammie Dang, Margaret Dong, Georgia Fuller, Michelle Lam, James Pickel, Frankie Sun
  • Publication number: 20020143728
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and program for accessing data in a distributed database environment. A client program receives multiple requests for data from a database object satisfying specified search predicates from an application program. Each request includes a request for at least one row from the table. The client program transfers a database command and a rowset parameter indicating a maximum number of rows to return to a server program over a network if the requested row is not maintained by the client program. A data block is generated with the server program including rows from the database object satisfying the search predicates in response to the database command. The rows included in the data block do not exceed the rowset parameter. The server program transfers the data block to the client program. In turn, the client program returns at least one requested row from the received data block in response to one request for the at least one row of data from the application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Curt Lee Cotner, Margaret A. Dong
  • Patent number: 5093912
    Abstract: A method for expanding and contracting a resource pool dynamically, i.e. in response to demand for the resources, is disclosed. Resources are allocated for use from a single master pool 22. The overall pool of available resources is expanded by creating an extension pool and adding its resources to the master pool. The master pool can theoretically be expanded to the limits of the number of resources available in the system.To contract the pool dynamically, first one of the extension pools is selected to be freed (FREE.sub.-- POOL 66). Those resources owned by the freed pool but still in the master pool (i.e., not in use) are moved to the extension pool, preventing their reuse. Resources in use which are owned by the freed pool are labeled by changing their home address 52 so that they will be returned to the extension pool instead of to the master pool. Once all such resources have been returned to the freed extension pool it is deleted, thereby contracting the overall pool of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Margaret A. Dong, Richard K. Treiber