Patents by Inventor Tyrone Wilberforce Grandison

Tyrone Wilberforce Grandison 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).

  • System and method for querying data streams
    Patent number: 8423576
    Abstract: A method includes parsing input from a requestor, where the input includes at least one of a query and a command that is parsed into a structured query having an indication of at least one data stream or set of data streams and at least one action to be performed on the at least one data stream or set of data streams. The method further includes mapping the structured query into a graph of processing elements that are selected and interconnected so as to execute the structured query; instantiating the graph of processing elements and connecting and initializing the instantiated graph of processing elements with an identified at least one data stream or set of data streams to receive data there from; and outputting a result of the structured query to the requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Youssef Drissi, Barbara Ann Eckman, Tyrone Wilberforce Grandison, Colin George Harrison, Perry G Hartswick, Jurij R Paraszczak, Ralph Peter Williams