Patents by Inventor William E. Bankert

William E. Bankert 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).

  • Query Service for electronic documents archived in a multi-dimensional storage space
    Patent number: 6965904
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for locating data in a system including a plurality of archive units, and answering a query directed to an archive unit. Locating includes broadcasting a query to all the archive units; identifying a set of the archive units that could contain a result for the query; receiving at least one query reply from the archive units; and validating the query reply when the archive unit that sent the query reply is in the set. Answering includes receiving the query; responding to the query when the archive unit could contain a result for the query; and discarding the query without responding when the archive unit could not contain a result for the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Zantaz, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Bankert, Jean-Luc Chatelain, Philippe Ciampossin, Eric Rodriguez, David Lee Smith, Amit Tewari
  • Query service for electronic documents archived in a multi-dimensional storage space
    Publication number: 20020123999
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for locating data in a system including a plurality of archive units, and answering a query directed to an archive unit. Locating includes broadcasting a query to all the archive units; identifying a set of the archive units that could contain a result for the query; receiving at least one query reply from the archive units; and validating the query reply when the archive unit that sent the query reply is in the set. Answering includes receiving the query; responding to the query when the archive unit could contain a result for the query; and discarding the query without responding when the archive unit could not contain a result for the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: William E. Bankert, Jean-Luc Chatelain, Philippe Ciampossin, Eric Rodriguez, David Lee Smith, Amit Tewari