Patents by Inventor Michael Henry D'Amico

Michael Henry D'Amico 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).

  • Determining Boolean logic and operator precedence of query conditions
    Patent number: 10031938
    Abstract: The present invention generally is directed to a system, method and article of constructing queries from a set of query conditions. The query conditions are grouped using logical operators to generate a database query. Query conditions within a group may be connected using a logical “OR” operator and groups of query conditions may be connected using a logical “AND” operator. Once generated, the database query may be presented to a user for review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Bradley Allen, Keith Caceres, Michael Henry D'Amico, Brand Lee Hunt, Kathleen Miyoko Nojima, Maria Nichole Schwenger
  • Method, apparatus and article for assigning a similarity measure to names
    Patent number: 9026514
    Abstract: A method, article and apparatus for calculating a measure of similarity between names is disclosed. Generally, name elements from an inbound name may be matched to name elements in a candidate matching name. A measure of similarity for the inbound name and candidate matching name may be calculated based on the number of matching name elements, an inbound name word count, a candidate name word count, and the number of transpositions that occur in matching name elements with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bradley Allen, Michael Henry D'Amico, Dominique Jeremy Evans, Brand Lee Hunt, Brian Eugene Macy
  • DETERMINING BOOLEAN LOGIC AND OPERATOR PRECEDENCE OF QUERY CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20080133570
    Abstract: The present invention generally is directed to a system, method and article of constructing queries from a set of query conditions. The query conditions are grouped using logical operators to generate a database query. Query conditions within a group may be connected using a logical “OR” operator and groups of query conditions may be connected using a logical “AND” operator. Once generated, the database query may be presented to a user for review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Bradley Allen, Keith Caceres, Michael Henry D'Amico, Brand Lee Hunt, Kathleen Miyoko Nojima, Maria Nichole Schwenger
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND ARTICLE FOR ASSIGNING A SIMILARITY MEASURE TO NAMES
    Publication number: 20080091674
    Abstract: A method, article and apparatus for calculating a measure of similarity between names is disclosed. Generally, name elements from an inbound name may be matched to name elements in a candidate matching name. A measure of similarity for the inbound name and candidate matching name may be calculated based on the number of matching name elements, an inbound name word count, a candidate name word count, and the number of transpositions that occur in matching name elements with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Bradley Allen, Michael Henry D'Amico, Dominique Jeremy Evans, Brand Lee Hunt, Brian Eugene Macy