Patents by Inventor Randy Richardt

Randy 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).

  • Method and apparatus of parameter passing of structured data for stored procedures in a content management system
    Patent number: 7082455
    Abstract: A content management system is provided including a server computer and a client computer. The server includes a data repository and a stored procedure. The disclosed methodology provides a way of handling parameter passing of structured data for stored procedures in the system. The system is capable of both encoding data into a structured data format and decoding data from the structured data format. The structured data format employs a binary large object (BLOB) and character large object (CLOB) to achieve handling of fixed length binary data and variable length character data. Advantageously, the stored procedure interface need not be rewritten and customized for each stored procedure in the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tawei Hu, James J. Lin, Kenneth C. Nelson, Alan T. Yaung, Randy Richardt, Lily L. Liang, Ed Gallagher, Dwayne L. Richardson
  • Content management system and methodology featuring query conversion capability for efficient searching
    Patent number: 6950815
    Abstract: A content management system is provided including a library server in which user and system metadata is stored in a plurality of tables forming a tree-based storage hierarchy. The metadata is stored in a first data format compatible with a complex query language such as Structured Query Language (SQL). A query processor in the library server maps the first data format to a second data format which is compatible with a simpler query language such as XML query language. A client's user experience is substantially simplified when queries are presented to the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Parag V. Tijare, Hui-I Hsiao, Randy Richardt
  • Method and apparatus of parameter passing of structured data for stored procedures in a content management system
    Publication number: 20030200256
    Abstract: A content management system is provided including a server computer and a client computer. The server includes a data repository and a stored procedure. The disclosed methodology provides a way of handling parameter passing of structured data for stored procedures in the system. The system is capable of both encoding data into a structured data format and decoding data from the structured data format. The structured data format employs a binary large object (BLOB) and character large object (CLOB) to achieve handling of fixed length binary data and variable length character data. Advantageously, the stored procedure interface need not be rewritten and customized for each stored procedure in the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tawei Hu, James J. Lin, Kenneth C. Nelson, Alan T. Yaung, Randy Richardt, Lily L. Liang, Ed Gallagher, Dwayne L. Richardson
  • Content management system and methodology featuring query conversion capability for efficient searching
    Publication number: 20030200218
    Abstract: A content management system is provided including a library server in which user and system metadata is stored in a plurality of tables forming a tree-based storage hierarchy. The metadata is stored in a first data format compatible with a complex query language such as Structured Query Language (SQL). A query processor in the library server maps the first data format to a second data format which is compatible with a simpler query language such as XML query language. A client's user experience is substantially simplified when queries are presented to the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Parag V. Tijare, Hui-I Hsiao, Randy Richardt