Patents by Inventor Stanley G. Knutson

Stanley G. Knutson 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).

  • Database information consolidation
    Patent number: 8515987
    Abstract: A method of consolidating records from databases is disclosed. The method comprises initially making a first identification of a candidate match between records using a first search technique. The method further comprises making a second identification of a candidate match between records using a second search technique, and displacing the first identification of a candidate match between records based on a probability that the second identification is correct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Jain, Neil W. Vaz, Raymond H. Sayre, Stanley G. Knutson, Nathan D. T. Boyd, Paul E. Friedman
  • Model driven consolidator of database information
    Patent number: 7873607
    Abstract: A method for specifying a consolidator for consolidating data from a plurality of database systems is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a user action wherein the user action specifies an action that modifies a knowledge base wherein the knowledge base includes schema information and matching information relating to the plurality of database systems. The method further comprises deriving an event from the user action wherein the event triggers a consistency rule that causes a modification of the knowledge base and generating from the knowledge base a registry that comprises the consolidator wherein the registry includes a master database and a consolidator application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Inventors: Stanley G. Knutson, Nathan D. T. Boyd, Sudhir M. Rao, Deepak Jain