Patents by Inventor Pascale Mariani

Pascale Mariani 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).

  • Apparatus and method for utilizing context to resolve ambiguous queries
    Patent number: 8423523
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to derive from a database schema an irreducible ambiguous group comprising a sub-schema with a set of vertices wherein any two vertices are part of a loop. Contexts are defined on the sub-schema. For each context, joins in the sub-schema are designated as mandatory joins, excluded joins and neutral joins. A selection of a context from multiple contexts invoked by a path characterizing a query is processed. The query is resolved using the context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: SAP France S.A.
    Inventors: Gilles Vergnory-Mion, Jean-Yves “Yannick” Cras, Pascale Mariani, Yann Delacourt
  • Apparatus and Method for Utilizing Context to Resolve Ambiguous Queries
    Publication number: 20100121837
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to derive from a database schema an irreducible ambiguous group comprising a sub-schema with a set of vertices wherein any two vertices are part of a loop. Contexts are defined on the sub-schema. For each context, joins in the sub-schema are designated as mandatory joins, excluded joins and neutral joins. A selection of a context from multiple contexts invoked by a path characterizing a query is processed. The query is resolved using the context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Gilles Vergnory-Mion, Jean-Yves "YANNICK" Cras, Pascale Mariani, Yann Delacourt