Patents by Inventor Mark L. Rawlins

Mark L. Rawlins 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).

  • MULTIPLE HIERARCHICAL TREES STORED WITHIN A SINGLE FLAT FILE
    Publication number: 20160275100
    Abstract: A computerized method for storing multiple, distinct hierarchical data structures within a single ordered flat file. The method can comprise identifying a first hierarchically organized data structure and a second hierarchically organized data structure. The method can also comprise generating an ordered flat file comprising multiple entries—each entry can comprise an addressable location, a first linkage field, and a second linkage field. Further, the method can comprise generating a first ordered flat file representation of the first hierarchically organized data structure and a second ordered flat file representation of the second hierarchically organized data structure within the ordered flat file by determining linear linkages between each of the one or more tree nodes within the respective first hierarchically organized data structure and second hierarchically organized data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Larry B. Nash, Mark L. Rawlins
  • QUICK ACCESS TO HIERARCHICAL DATA VIA AN ORDERED FLAT FILE
    Publication number: 20120310958
    Abstract: Access to hierarchical data stored in a database is facilitated by using an ordered flat file that maintains the hierarchical organization of the data. Queries against the hierarchical data are processed by accessing the ordered flat file rather than the underlying database. The speed of accessing the ordered flat file is increased by using memory mapping the ordered flat file. Changes to the data in the underlying database are reflected in real-time without regenerating the ordered flat file by employing an overflow area for storing changes to elements that cannot be made within the ordered flat file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: INFOTRAX SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Mark L. Rawlins, Larry B. Nash, Joel J. Wilson, Alan D. Reed, Devry M. Anderson, Daniel M. Floyd
  • Quick access to hierarchical data via an ordered flat file
    Patent number: 8321408
    Abstract: Access to hierarchical data stored in a database is facilitated by using an ordered flat file that maintains the hierarchical organization of the data. Queries against the hierarchical data are processed by accessing the ordered flat file rather than the underlying database. The speed of accessing the ordered flat file is increased by using memory mapping the ordered flat file. Changes to the data in the underlying database are reflected in real-time without regenerating the ordered flat file by employing an overflow area for storing changes to elements that cannot be made within the ordered flat file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Infotrax Systems
    Inventors: Mark L. Rawlins, Larry B. Nash, Joel J. Wilson, Alan D. Reed, Devry M. Anderson, Daniel M. Floyd