Patents by Inventor Rick Joseph Stevens

Rick Joseph Stevens 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).

  • Apparatus and method for using a predefined database operation as a data source for a different database operation
    Patent number: 7213014
    Abstract: A database operation mechanism includes the capability of specifying a predefined database operation as a source of data for a different database operation. When the different database operation needs to be performed, the database operation mechanism determines whether the different database operation can use a predefined database operation as a data source. If so, the predefined database operation is specified as the source of data for the different database operation. If the different database operation cannot use a predefined database operation as a data source, the database operation mechanism determines whether the different database operation can use a modified form of a predefined database operation as a data source. If so, the different database operation may use the modified predefined database operation as a source of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Dean Dettinger, Jennifer Lynn La Rocca, Rick Joseph Stevens
  • Apparatus and method for using a predefined database operation as a data source for a different database operation
    Publication number: 20040193567
    Abstract: A database operation mechanism includes the capability of specifying a predefined database operation as a source of data for a different database operation. When the different database operation needs to be performed, the database operation mechanism determines whether the different database operation can use a predefined database operation as a data source. If so, the predefined database operation is specified as the source of data for the different database operation. If the different database operation cannot use a predefined database operation as a data source, the database operation mechanism determines whether the different database operation can use a modified form of a predefined database operation as a data source. If so, the different database operation may use the modified predefined database operation as a source of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Dean Dettinger, Jennifer Lynn La Rocca, Rick Joseph Stevens