Patents by Inventor William Banks Shulman

William Banks Shulman 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).

  • Temporal extent considerations in reporting on facts organized as a dimensionally-modeled fact collection
    Patent number: 8392358
    Abstract: A method/system considers the phenomenon of slowly changing dimensions in the process of reporting on facts of a collection of facts organized as, or otherwise accessible according to, a dimensionally-modeled fact collection. A report query specifies a temporal mode, and the specified temporal mode is processed to determine a time extent descriptor (e.g., in view of at least one of a context, in which the report query is made, and at least one dimension coordinate constraint). A processed result of querying the dimensionally-modeled fact collection includes appropriate indications of dimension coordinates in view of the time information from the time extent descriptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: NICE Systems Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Todd O. Dampier, Robert Todd Hunter, III, William Banks Shulman
  • Temporal extent considerations in reporting on facts organized as a dimensionally-modeled fact collection
    Publication number: 20080005078
    Abstract: A method/system considers the phenomenon of slowly changing dimensions in the process of reporting on facts of a collection of facts organized as, or otherwise accessible according to, a dimensionally-modeled fact collection. A report query specifies a temporal mode, and the specified temporal mode is processed to determine a time extent descriptor (e.g., in view of at least one of a context, in which the report query is made, and at least one dimension coordinate constraint). A processed result of querying the dimensionally-modeled fact collection includes appropriate indications of dimension coordinates in view of the time information from the time extent descriptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: MERCED SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Todd O. Dampier, Robert Todd Hunter, William Banks Shulman