Patents by Inventor Stephen McKearney

Stephen McKearney 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).

  • Accessing plural independent databases having plural database schemas
    Patent number: 6035298
    Abstract: A remote database is accessed from user terminals. A communication channel is established over the World Wide Web and commands defining a user interface are returned from the database system to the user terminals. The database system supplies an indication of quantifiable values to the user terminals inviting a user to select one of the values. An indication of a selected value is supplied to the database system resulting in an indication being returned of available data mappings. A data mapping is selected by user and an indication of a elected mapping is supplied to the database. In response to this indication, an inquiry is made by activating database-specific instructions defined by Standard Query Language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventor: Stephen McKearney