Patents by Inventor Phillip L. Smiley

Phillip L. Smiley 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).

  • Method and system for managing access to a plurality of data objects
    Patent number: 6301581
    Abstract: The system of the present invention having a first module (20) for storing information describing a plurality of data objects (150, 160, and 170), attributes of each of the plurality of data objects, and relationships therebetween; a second module (15) for accepting and processing user queries generating first results data, the first results data including the information describing the plurality of data objects stored in the first module; and a third module (85) responsive to the second module (15) for generating second results data using the first results data, the second results data including the information contained in the plurality of data objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Phillip L. Smiley
  • Information repository system and method including data objects and a relationship object
    Patent number: 6263341
    Abstract: A data model for an information repository (10) models data as objects (12), the relationships (14) or interdependencies between the data, their physical storage or access information (18) and rules or methods of accessing the data (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Phillip L. Smiley
  • Information repository system and method for modeling data
    Patent number: 5978811
    Abstract: A data model for an information repository (10) models data as objects (12), the relationships (14) or interdependencies between the data, their physical storage or access information (18) and rules or methods of accessing the data (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Phillip L. Smiley