Patents by Inventor William Phillip Jones

William Phillip Jones 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).

  • Method and apparatus for extending a relational database management system using a federated coordinator
    Patent number: 5873083
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing access to object data stored in an object server in response to a database query. The method comprises the steps of receiving a database query comprising a relational operation with a data surrogate identifying object data stored in an object server, transforming the database query into relational database commands, transmitting the relational database commands to the relational database management system, receiving a response table from the relational database management system, compiling an answer set from the response table comprising an object locator responsive to the database query, and transmitting the answer set to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: William Phillip Jones, Arthur F. Kaufmann, Colin Luck, Jukka I. Saukkonen
  • Method and apparatus for managing shared data using a data surrogate and obtaining cost parameters from a data dictionary by evaluating a parse tree object
    Patent number: 5689698
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing access to object data stored in an object server in response to a database query. The method comprises the steps of receiving a database query comprising a relational operation with a data surrogate identifying object data stored in an object server, transforming the database query into relational database commands, transmitting the relational database commands to the relational database management system, receiving a response table from the relational database management system, compiling an answer set from the response table comprising an object locator responsive to the database query, and transmitting the answer set to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: William Phillip Jones, Arthur F. Kaufmann, Colin Luck, Jukka I. Saukkonen