Patents by Inventor Roger Kenneth Hecker

Roger Kenneth Hecker 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).

  • Efficient representation of data lineage information
    Patent number: 8819010
    Abstract: Presenting data lineage information by assigning a score to a data asset along a path between a data source and a data destination, where a predefined scoring function is applied to a characteristic of the data asset, and presenting via a computer-controlled output medium a description of the data source, the data destination, and the path between the data source and the data destination, where the description includes the data asset if the score meets predefined inclusion criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Fankhauser, Joanne Friedman, Benjamin Halberstadt, Roger Kenneth Hecker
  • EFFICIENT REPRESENTATION OF DATA LINEAGE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20110320460
    Abstract: Presenting data lineage information by assigning a score to a data asset along a path between a data source and a data destination, where a predefined scoring function is applied to a characteristic of the data asset, and presenting via a computer-controlled output medium a description of the data source, the data destination, and the path between the data source and the data destination, where the description includes the data asset if the score meets predefined inclusion criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Fankhauser, Joanne Friedman, Benjamin Halberstadt, Roger Kenneth Hecker