Patents by Inventor Rodney Heil

Rodney Heil 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).

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    Patent number: 9501491
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a list of floating counts (LFC) apparatus for providing storage of tables of numerical data using a column-wise data table descriptive language with a non-transitory electronic-processor-readable medium executing an LFC storage computer program. The embodiments include an LFC computer program that is operatively associated with an electronic processor. An LFC computer file and at least one LFC file header that is operatively associated with the electronic processor and the LFC computer program. The LFC computer program is configured to store information in the LFC computer file. Tabular data is operatively-associated with the LFC computer file. At least one LFC file header at least partially describes the tabular data and is non-compressed and human readable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Rodney Heil, Jeffrey Zyla