Patents by Inventor Raymond A. C. Lorie

Raymond A. C. Lorie 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 facilitating processing of statistical inquires on stored data accessible through a data access structure
    Patent number: 5265244
    Abstract: A data access structure facilitates the processing of statistical queries concerning records stored in the structure. The structure, according to the present invention, includes a plurality of data nodes storing the records, and a plurality of access nodes, each storing at least one pointer to another access node or to a data node, and arranged according to an organization whereby each access node is linked directly or indirectly to at least one data node. Statistical information is stored in or linked to the nodes of a subset of the plurality of access nodes and data nodes. The statistical information concerns the records stored in the data node or data nodes linked directly or indirectly to the respective nodes of the subset. Further, a software algorithm is provided responsive to changes in the records stored in the data nodes for updating the statistical information in the access structure concerning the records stored in the data node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sakti P. Ghosh, Raymond A. C. Lorie