Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Conrad

Thomas E. Conrad 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).

  • Program storage device and computer program product for interactively managing a distributed database system
    Patent number: 5748929
    Abstract: An interactive graphical display of object relationships and instances is implemented by means of a table driven process. The user can select one or more object occurrences and then select an action to be performed on the selected object occurrences using a dynamic menu of actions. Changes are made to the tables without modifying the processes. The process can be used in managing a distributed database system to provide a user with increasingly detailed levels of information about object types and occurrences in the database systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Conrad, Garry L. Haas
  • Computerized system and process for interactively managing a distributed database system
    Patent number: 5539870
    Abstract: An interactive graphical display of object relationships and instances is implemented by means of a table driven process. The user can select one or more object occurrences and then select an action to be performed on the selected object occurrences using a dynamic menu of actions. Changes are made to the tables without modifying the processes. The process can be used in managing a distributed database system to provide a user with increasingly detailed levels of information about object types and occurrences in the database systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Conrad, Garry L. Haas