Patents by Inventor Mark F. Blaxill

Mark F. Blaxill 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).

  • Publication number: 20210073251
    Abstract: Methods of providing network graphical representation of database records. Selecting the database records according to descriptive criteria. Identifying attributes of the record class and associating network nodes to instances of the attributes from the database records. Connecting the network nodes with network links that designate network nodes having common instances of the attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Ralph W. ECKARDT, Robert G. WOLF, Alexander SHAPIRO, Kevin G. RIVETTE, Mark F. BLAXILL
  • Patent number: 10878016
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a network graphical representation of database records. Database records of a record class can be selected according to descriptive criteria. An attribute of the record class can be identified from different data sources, and a network node can be associated to an instance of the attribute from the database records. The network node can be connected with a network link that designates the network node and comprises a common instance of the attribute, wherein the network link can be based on a co-occurrence of attribute values. Additional network nodes can be connected to other network nodes with network links that designate associations between the network nodes. The database records can be visualized using network nodes and network links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Boston Consulting Group, Inc
    Inventors: Ralph W. Eckardt, Robert G. Wolf, Alexander Shapiro, Kevin G. Rivette, Mark F. Blaxill
  • Publication number: 20160110447
    Abstract: Methods of providing network graphical representation of database records. Selecting the database records according to descriptive criteria. Identifying attributes of the record class and associating network nodes to instances of the attributes from the database records. Connecting the network nodes with network links that designate network nodes having common instances of the attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ralph W. ECKARDT, Robert G. WOLF, Alexander SHAPIRO, Kevin G. RIVETTE, Mark F. BLAXILL
  • Patent number: 9262514
    Abstract: Methods for Providing a Network Graphical Representation of Database Records. Database records are selected according to descriptive criteria, wherein each of the database records are members of a common record class. Attributes of the common record class and identified and network nodes are associated to instances of the attributes from the database records. The network nodes are connected with network links that designate network nodes having common instances of the attributes such that the network nodes have a one-to-many relationship with the network links. The identifying and connecting steps are iteratively executed while modifying the descriptive criteria to change the selected database records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventors: Ralph W. Eckardt, III, Robert G. Wolf, Jr., Alexander Shapiro, Kevin G. Rivette, Mark F. Blaxill
  • Publication number: 20100106752
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selecting and converting database records or sets of related documents into network data and presenting that data in a network visualization system that enables users to select among, and move between various network displays by selecting one or more attributes of the data to be represented as the nodes and links of the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Ralph W. ECKARDT, III, Robert G. WOLF, JR., Alexander SHAPIRO, Kevin G. RIVETTE, Mark F. BLAXILL
  • Patent number: 7672950
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selecting and converting database records or sets of related documents into network data and presenting that data in a network visualization system that enables users to select among, and move between various network displays by selecting one or more attributes of the data to be represented as the nodes and links of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph W. Eckardt, III, Robert G. Wolf, Jr., Alexander Shapiro, Kevin G. Rivette, Mark F. Blaxill