Patents by Inventor Nathan E. Wykes

Nathan E. Wykes 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).

  • System and method for storing item attributes in an electronic catalog
    Patent number: 8112461
    Abstract: An electronic catalog is provided that stores items and attributes associated with the items. One or more of the attributes may have more than one value. Items are stored in an item table with different attributes for items stored in different rows in an attribute table. Additional items may be added to a catalog by adding additional rows to the item table, with attributes related to the additional items added as rows into the attribute table. Particular attributes may have multiple values, and attributes with multiple values are associated with sub-items that correspond to different attribute trees or attribute sets associated with the item. Searching can be performed for attribute values and search results returned indicating all items and sub-items that satisfy the search criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Requisite Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan E. Wykes, Kevin M. Brackney, John E. McGinn, Brian P. Doyle, Jeff Wang, James D. Brown, James D. Harman
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING ITEM ATTRIBUTES IN AN ELECTRONIC CATALOG
    Publication number: 20110161384
    Abstract: An electronic catalog is provided that stores items and attributes associated with the items. One or more of the attributes may have more than one value. Items are stored in an item table with different attributes for items stored in different rows in an attribute table. Additional items may be added to a catalog by adding additional rows to the item table, with attributes related to the additional items added as rows into the attribute table. Particular attributes may have multiple values, and attributes with multiple values are associated with sub-items that correspond to different attribute trees or attribute sets associated with the item. Searching can be performed for attribute values and search results returned indicating all items and sub-items that satisfy the search criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Nathan E. Wykes, Kevin M. Brackney, John E. McGinn, Brian P. Doyle, Jeff Wang, James D. Brown, James D. Harman
  • System and method for storing item attributes in an electronic catalog
    Patent number: 7882156
    Abstract: An electronic catalog is provided that stores items and attributes associated with the items. One or more of the attributes may have more than one value. Items are stored in an item table with different attributes for items stored in different rows in an attribute table. Additional items may be added to a catalog by adding additional rows to the item table, with attributes related to the additional items added as rows into the attribute table. Particular attributes may have multiple values, and attributes with multiple values are associated with sub-items that correspond to different attribute trees or attribute sets associated with the item. Searching can be performed for attribute values and search results returned indicating all items and sub-items that satisfy the search criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Requisite Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan E. Wykes, Kevin M. Brackney, John E. McGinn, Jr., Brian P. Doyle, Jeff Wang, James D. Brown, James D. Harman