Patents by Inventor Paula Collins

Paula Collins 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).

  • Publication number: 20070080021
    Abstract: Disclosed is an escape ladder deployment system wherein the deployment system is in electronic communication with an emergency detection device, central alarm system and/or additional escape ladders. The escape ladder unit includes a deployable ladder housed in a box recessed within a wall just below a window either inside or outside of a building structure. The emergency ladder unit acts in cooperation with the detection device and/or alarm system in the sounding of an alarm in event of an emergency situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventor: Paula Collins
  • Publication number: 20050138087
    Abstract: A method and system are provided to enable restoration of a base table and associated catalog table from a database. Table names and table identifiers are copied to a header of a storage media during a backup of the database. When a restore of a designated table is requested, table identifier data is extracted from the header of the storage media housing the backup of the database. Accordingly, the designated base table and associated catalog table(s) are restored from the storage media based upon data stored in the header of the storage media during the backup of the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Kevin Beck, Paula Collins, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Tania Zirn