Patents by Inventor Terrence P. Higgins

Terrence P. Higgins 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).

  • Automatically retrieving queried data by extracting query dimensions and modifying the dimensions if an extract match does not occur
    Patent number: 5297280
    Abstract: An automatic data reference system and method responds to a query for a data item by determining whether a match can be found between the query dimensions and the dimensions of one of a number of data tables stored in the database for queries which constitute an exact match for an existing data table, as well as those queries which are underdefined, overdefined or require relational joining or linking of two or more data tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Occam Research Corporation
    Inventors: George W. Potts, Sr., Mark Zand, Terrence P. Higgins