Patents by Inventor Wayne L. Hutchinson

Wayne L. Hutchinson 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).

  • Methods for dynamically configuring the cardinality of keyword attributes
    Patent number: 6895412
    Abstract: Methods are provided for dynamically configuring the cardinality of keyword attributes. A table definition is received including an identification field, a keyword field and a keyword value field. A first value is inserted into the keyword value field and associated with a first keyword residing in the keyword field. Furthermore, a second value is inserted into the keyword value field and associated with the first keyword. Moreover, a first identification, which is part of the identification field, is associated with the first keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Wayne L. Hutchinson