Patents by Inventor Timothy Nicholas Scott

Timothy Nicholas Scott 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).

  • Patent number: 6460052
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for converting a non-versioned schema to a version-enabled schema. The method includes reading a first set of table definitions that belong to the non-versioned schema. A second set of table definitions is generated for the version-enabled schema such that each table definition in the second set of table definitions corresponds to a table definition in the first set of table. Each table definition in the second set of table definitions includes columns that correspond to the columns of the corresponding table definition in the first set of table definitions and one or more additional columns for storing version information. Multiple versions of a particular object are stored within the table. In response to a request from a user to retrieve the particular object, a version of the particular object to present to the user is determined based on a workspace associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Oracle Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Rex Thomas, David Bradshaw, Jay Gitterman, Timothy Nicholas Scott