Patents by Inventor Mark N. Culp

Mark N. Culp 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).

  • Database system with methodology for providing stored procedures as web services
    Patent number: 7448047
    Abstract: A database system providing stored procedures as web services is described. In one embodiment, for example, in a database system, a method of the present invention is described for providing a stored procedure as a Web service, the method comprises steps of: predefining a stored procedure to be invoked upon receiving a client request for a particular Web service; receiving an incoming request from a particular client for the particular Web service; in response to the incoming request, identifying the stored procedure that is predefined for the particular Web service; executing the identified stored procedure for generating a result set; and returning the result set back to the particular client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Sybase, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Poole, Mark N. Culp, Graeme S. Perrow, Bruce N. Hay