Patents by Inventor Robert Franklin Kantner, Jr.

Robert Franklin Kantner, Jr. 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 partitioning filter rules for multi-search enforcement
    Patent number: 6917946
    Abstract: A method and system for storing a plurality of filter rules in a computer system is disclosed. The plurality of filter rules uses at least one range of values in at least one dimension. The method and system include separating a portion of the plurality of filter rules into a plurality of pure subsets of filter rules. Each of the plurality of pure subsets of filter rules includes at least one of the plurality of filter rules. The method and system also include combining a portion of the plurality of pure subsets of filter rules to provide a combined subset and determining whether an efficiency of utilizing the plurality of filter rules is improved by combining the portion of the plurality of pure subsets of filter rules. The method and system further includes storing the plurality of filter rules including storing the portion of the plurality of subsets of filter rules as the combined subset if the efficiency of searching the plurality of filter rules is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Everett Arthur Corl, Jr., Olga Golovanevsky, Clark Debs Jeffries, Robert Franklin Kantner, Jr., Randall William Worzella, Avraham Zehavi