Patents by Inventor Matthew Dodd

Matthew Dodd 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: 8825593
    Abstract: A system for aggregating data from a plurality of operational databases, and a method for providing the same, are provided. The system includes a data store storing a collection of pre-defined extraction scripts. The extraction scripts identify data available for extraction from a plurality of operational database products, and including parameters for specifying which of the data to extract. A data warehouse server executes the extraction scripts to extract, merge, transform and load the specified data from the plurality of operational databases into a multidimensional database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Trapeze Software ULC
    Inventors: Matthew Dodds, Chacko Kattithara Paul
  • Patent number: 8577935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for storing performance data in a transit organization. Sets of performance data for runs over a plurality of routes are stored. The routes are divided into links. Associations between the sets of performance data and the links are also stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Trapeze Software Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Terence Keaveny, Matthew Dodds
  • Publication number: 20070143127
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-service engine for implementation in a business management system for rendering a virtual host. The virtual host replaces a customer service representative usually employed in an enterprise, such as a retail outlet, hotel or the like, who assists a customer. The self-service engine determines responses to events based on a set of rules, and renders the response on output devices. The response might, for example, be rendered as an animated human with a voice output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Matthew Dodd, Matthew Rush