Patents by Inventor Max Hoat

Max Hoat 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, particularly for multimedia objects
    Patent number: 8572123
    Abstract: A database system stores data relating to media objects and includes a meta table, a supplementary meta table, a content table, a supplementary content table, each supplementary content data record being linked to a supplementary metadata record and to a content data record. An object type link table links together records in the meta table, and a content data link table links together records in the content data table. An information retrieval system analyzes the tables and provides, for a selected instance of an object, information about that object's attributes and relationships with other objects in a hierarchical form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Brock, Max Hoat, Gregory Kenneth Willis