Patents by Inventor Randal J. Richardt

Randal J. Richardt 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).

  • Patent number: 10489396
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for a content management system. In response to determining that a change has occurred to a management policy in the content management system and in response to further determining that the content management system includes one or more items that are affected by the change to the management policy, new attribute values are associated with the items asynchronously. The new attribute values are in accordance with the changed management policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Khanh M. Le, Yong L. Li, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Alan T. Yaung, Xian Zou
  • Patent number: 10489398
    Abstract: Methods for a content management system. In response to determining that a change has occurred to a management policy in the content management system and in response to further determining that the content management system includes one or more items that are affected by the change to the management policy, new attribute values are associated with the items asynchronously. The new attribute values are in accordance with the changed management policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Khanh M. Le, Yong L. Li, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Alan T. Yaung, Xian Zou
  • Patent number: 10331640
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for populating a new text index. In response to determining that a limit for indexing a set of documents to the new text index has been reached, a commit is performed, a restart key is updated to identify a next document to be indexed, and the next document is indexed in a next commit cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marion Behnen, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Howard H. Zhang
  • Patent number: 10318509
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for populating a new text index. In response to determining that a limit for indexing a set of documents to the new text index has been reached, a commit is performed, a restart key is updated to identify a next document to be indexed, and the next document is indexed in a next commit cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marion Behnen, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Howard H. Zhang
  • Patent number: 10176193
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for holding versions of a document. In response to adding a version of an item to a hold container, another version of the item is automatically added to the hold container based on a hold version policy type associated with the hold container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Khanh M. Le, Yong L. Li, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Alan T. Yaung, Xian Zou
  • Patent number: 10162837
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for holding versions of a document. In response to adding a version of an item to a hold container, another version of the item is automatically added to the hold container based on a hold version policy type associated with the hold container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Khanh M. Le, Yong L. Li, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Alan T. Yaung, Xian Zou
  • Publication number: 20170154066
    Abstract: An approach to enable subscription to a remote content repository without a native subscription service based on a change monitor deployed near the remote content repository. The change monitor takes advantage of a change log associated with the content repository to determine when changes to the repository occur and compares the changes from the change log to a subscription list provided from a subscription datastore. When changes in the repository match the subscription list then the change monitor sends a change notice toward the subscriber. The change monitor manages the subscription list based on polling the subscription datastore and replies to change notices indicating notices for subscribed objects are no longer necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Hai Ji, Xu Hua Li, Yongliang Li, Yuan Yuan Li, Randal J. Richardt, Hailin Wang
  • Publication number: 20150370793
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for holding versions of a document. In response to adding a version of an item to a hold container, another version of the item is automatically added to the hold container based on a hold version policy type associated with the hold container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Khanh M. Le, Yong L. Li, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Alan T. Yaung, Xian Zou
  • Publication number: 20150370792
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for holding versions of a document. In response to adding a version of an item to a hold container, another version of the item is automatically added to the hold container based on a hold version policy type associated with the hold container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Khanh M. Le, Yong L. Li, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Alan T. Yaung, Xian Zou
  • Publication number: 20150363483
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for populating a new text index. In response to determining that a limit for indexing a set of documents to the new text index has been reached, a commit is performed, a restart key is updated to identify a next document to be indexed, and the next document is indexed in a next commit cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Marion Behnen, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Howard H. Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150363444
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for populating a new text index. In response to determining that a limit for indexing a set of documents to the new text index has been reached, a commit is performed, a restart key is updated to identify a next document to be indexed, and the next document is indexed in a next commit cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Marion Behnen, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Howard H. Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150213033
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for a content management system. In response to determining that a change has occurred to a management policy in the content management system and in response to further determining that the content management system includes one or more items that are affected by the change to the management policy, new attribute values are associated with the items asynchronously. The new attribute values are in accordance with the changed management policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Khanh M. Le, Yong L. Li, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Alan T. Yaung, Xian Zou
  • Publication number: 20150213034
    Abstract: Methods for a content management system. In response to determining that a change has occurred to a management policy in the content management system and in response to further determining that the content management system includes one or more items that are affected by the change to the management policy, new attribute values are associated with the items asynchronously. The new attribute values are in accordance with the changed management policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Khanh M. Le, Yong L. Li, Randal J. Richardt, Phong K. Truong, Alan T. Yaung, Xian Zou
  • Patent number: 7328208
    Abstract: A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user's request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Dockter, Jochen F. Doerre, Ronald W. Lynn, Joseph A. Munoz, Randal J. Richardt, Roland Seiffert
  • Patent number: 7171413
    Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture for two phase intermediate query security using access control. A networked client-server computer system having a plurality of users of the client-server system and including software performing database queries via a DBMS for users of the system implements the method. The method includes receiving a query string from one of the users by the client system, the query string including references to database objects. The received query string is transformed by the client system to an intermediate query string, and a first phase query security is performed by the client system including identifying the referenced database objects and inserting a security marker into the intermediate query string for each respective identified database object, and sending the intermediate query string to the server system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas K. Puz, Randal J. Richardt, Rupa Bhaghavan, Vitaliy Bondar
  • Patent number: 7054882
    Abstract: A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user's request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Dockter, Jochen F. Doerre, Ronald W. Lynn, Joseph A. Munoz, Randal J. Richardt, Roland Seiffert
  • Patent number: 7043490
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and program products for managing multimedia content. These are built upon a combination of a high level content model for specific multimedia content types and a low level physical for mapping to a data engine. The method, system, and program product include representing multimedia content management objects and managing the objects in a relational database. The relational database is adapted for representing data in a plurality of relational database tables, where each of the relational database tables has at least one row with a plurality of columns. Content is managed by associating the object as an item to a row in a first relational database table; and associating additional components, if any, of the object to additional relational database tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Choy, Tawei Hu, Lily Liang, Kenneth C. Nelson, Randal J. Richardt
  • Patent number: 6999974
    Abstract: A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user's request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Dockter, Jochen F. Doerre, Ronald W. Lynn, Joseph A. Munoz, Randal J. Richardt, Roland Seiffert
  • Patent number: 6691107
    Abstract: A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user's request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Dockter, Jochen F. Doerre, Ronald W. Lynn, Joseph A. Munoz, Randal J. Richardt, Roland Seiffert
  • Publication number: 20030172049
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and program products for managing multimedia content. These are built upon a combination of a high level content model for specific multimedia content types and a low level physical for mapping to a data engine. The method, system, and program product include representing multimedia content management objects and managing the objects in a relational database. The relational database is adapted for representing data in a plurality of relational database tables, where each of the relational database tables has at least one row with a plurality of columns. Content is managed by associating the object as an item to a row in a first relational database table; and associating additional components, if any, of the object to additional relational database tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Choy, Tawei Hu, Lily Liang, Kenneth C. Nelson, Randal J. Richardt