Patents by Inventor Maureen M. McDevitt

Maureen M. McDevitt 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).

  • Method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for executing a statement to manipulate data
    Patent number: 7107237
    Abstract: A catalog management system for executing a statement that accesses a catalog to manipulate referenced system or user-defined objects and related data. Initially, a statement for a transaction to operate on an object is received. A private copy of the structure of a catalog is created to record information about the object used by the transaction. Then, the private copy of the structure of the catalog is used for the during the transaction to access the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Regina J. Liu, Maureen M. McDevitt, Roy L. Smith, Jerome Q. Wong
  • Non-persistent non-shareable system database instance for a single invocation of an application process in a relational database management system
    Publication number: 20020099559
    Abstract: A catalog management system for executing a statement that accesses a catalog to manipulate referenced system or user-defined objects and related data. Initially, a statement for a transaction to operate on an object is received. A private copy of the structure of a catalog is created to record information about the object used by the transaction. Then, the private copy of the structure of the catalog is used for the during the transaction to access the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Regina J. Liu, Maureen M. McDevitt, Roy L. Smith, Jerome Q. Wong