Patents by Inventor Rodger Nickels Kline

Rodger Nickels Kline 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).

  • Patent number: 7502807
    Abstract: Rich structured data for items in a file system that allows different kinds of data to be identified by metadata is mapped into a set of search properties for a desktop search service, which is a flat list. This is applicable to any rich structured data that should be mapped into search properties for a desktop search service. Included is an installation mechanism to install these mappings and an execution infrastructure for utilizing the generated SQL from the mappings to extract search properties from items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sambavi Muthukrishnan, Srinivasmurthy P. Acharya, Mahadevan Venkatraman, Anurag Gupta, Michael W. Thomas, Joseph Trdinich, Balan Sethu Raman, Sameet H. Argawal, Sanjay Anand, Salome Jacob, Roopali Kaujalgi, Amit Shukla, Maxim Mazeev, Rodger Nickels Kline
  • Publication number: 20080005135
    Abstract: Rich structured data for items in a file system that allows different kinds of data to be identified by metadata is mapped into a set of search properties for a desktop search service, which is a flat list. This is applicable to any rich structured data that should be mapped into search properties for a desktop search service. Included is an installation mechanism to install these mappings and an execution infrastructure for utilizing the generated SQL from the mappings to extract search properties from items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sambavi Muthukrishnan, Srinivasmurthy P. Acharya, Mahadevan Venkatraman, Anurag Gupta, Michael W. Thomas, Joseph Trdinich, Balan Sethu Raman, Sameet H. Agarwal, Sanjay Anand, Salome Jacob, Roopali Kaujalgi, Amit Shukla, Maxim Mazeev, Rodger Nickels Kline
  • Patent number: 6122644
    Abstract: A method for preventing Halloween problem conflicts when updating records in a database system is disclosed. According to the method, in response to an update query, possible update plans are generated, and the most efficient one of the possible update plans is selected. Records in the database are thereafter processed in accordance with the selected update plan such that the records are free from Halloween problem conflicts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Goetz Graefe, Rodger Nickels Kline