Patents by Inventor Viswanathan Krishnaomurthy

Viswanathan Krishnaomurthy 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).

  • Apparatus and method for storage of object collections in a database system
    Patent number: 6061690
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an apparatus and process for storing information object collections in a database. Examples of such object collections are nested tables and variable length arrays. In an embodiment, the invention provides mechanisms and methods for storing nested tables in either a base table of a database, or an index-organized table. In one embodiment, mechanisms and methods are provided for storing variable length arrays into a table column, as a large object ("LOB"), or as an index-organized table. The invention also provides methods and mechanisms for accessing data from these storage mediums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Oracle Corporation
    Inventors: Anil Nori, Viswanathan Krishnaomurthy, Vikas Arora, Srinath Krishnaswamy