Patents by Inventor Randall Hauch

Randall Hauch 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 accessing data in disparate information sources
    Patent number: 8055650
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a system for generating and maintaining virtual and physical metadata layers in a MetaBase metadata repository in order to simplify and optimize the retrieval of data from a plurality of disparate information sources. The system stores in a physical metadata layer of a metadata repository a plurality of physical metadata elements, wherein each one of the physical metadata elements corresponds to the metadata elements in the plurality of information sources. Logical metadata elements are stored in the virtual metadata layer and are linked to the physical metadata elements in order to maintain the relationships therebetween. By maintaining the relationships between the physical metadata elements, users can initiate a data query request for data corresponding to a logical metadata element, and the system is configured to retrieve the desired data from the relevant information sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Scanlon, Alex Miller, Steven Wolfangel, Brad Wright, Randall Hauch
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING DATA IN DISPARATE INFORMATION SOURCES
    Publication number: 20100114952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (10) for generating and maintaining virtual and physical metadata layers in a MetaBase metadata repository (110b) in order to simplify and optimize the retrieval of data from a plurality of disparate information sources (130a-130c). The system stores in a physical metadata layer of a MetaBase metadata repository a plurality of physical metadata elements, wherein each one of the physical metadata elements corresponds to the metadata elements in the plurality of information sources. Logical metadata elements are stored in the virtual metadata layer and are linked to the physical metadata elements in order to maintain the relationships therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Scanlon, Alex Miller, Steven Wolfangel, Brad Wright, Randall Hauch
  • System and method for accessing data in disparate information sources
    Patent number: 7668798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (10) for generating and maintaining virtual and physical metadata layers in a MetaBase metadata repository (110b) in order to simplify and optimize the retrieval of data from a plurality of disparate information sources (130a-130c). The system stores in a physical metadata layer of a MetaBase metadata repository a plurality of physical metadata elements, wherein each one of the physical metadata elements corresponds to the metadata elements in the plurality of information sources. Logical metadata elements are stored in the virtual metadata layer and are linked to the physical metadata elements in order to maintain the relationships therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Scanlon, Alex Miller, Steven Wolfangel, Brad Wright, Randall Hauch
  • System and method for accessing data in disparate information sources
    Publication number: 20040128276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (10) for generating and maintaining virtual and physical metadata layers in a MetaBase metadata repository (110b) in order to simplify and optimize the retrieval of data from a plurality of disparate information sources (130a-130c). The system stores in a physical metadata layer of a MetaBase metadata repository a plurality of physical metadata elements, wherein each one of the physical metadata elements corresponds to the metadata elements in the plurality of information sources. Logical metadata elements are stored in the virtual metadata layer and are linked to the physical metadata elements in order to maintain the relationships therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Scanlon, Alex Miller, Steven Wolfangel, Brad Wright, Randall Hauch