Patents by Inventor William R. Whitney

William R. Whitney 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).

  • EXTENDING OLAP NAVIGATION EMPLOYING ANALYTIC WORKFLOWS
    Publication number: 20130297558
    Abstract: Analytic workflows for performing data analysis and other related operations are stored in an analytic workflow library and provided to a user upon selection of data from a data store. A workflow manager may rank the workflows based on a number of ranking algorithms prior to presentation. User selected workflows are executed in conjunction with relevant external applications and the analysis result provided to the user through the user's client application used to select the data. Workflows and associated interfaces may be received from a variety of sources and integrated into the workflow framework for enhancing data analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Wade C. Dorrell, William R. Whitney
  • Extending OLAP navigation employing analytic workflows
    Patent number: 8478715
    Abstract: Analytic workflows for performing data analysis and other related operations are stored in an analytic workflow library and provided to a user upon selection of data from a data store. A workflow manager may rank the workflows based on a number of ranking algorithms prior to presentation. User selected workflows are executed in conjunction with relevant external applications and the analysis result provided to the user through the user's client application used to select the data. Workflows and associated interfaces may be received from a variety of sources and integrated into the workflow framework for enhancing data analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wade C. Dorrell, William R. Whitney
  • Extending OLAP Navigation Employing Analytic Workflows
    Publication number: 20090287675
    Abstract: Analytic workflows for performing data analysis and other related operations are stored in an analytic workflow library and provided to a user upon selection of data from a data store. A workflow manager may rank the workflows based on a number of ranking algorithms prior to presentation. User selected workflows are executed in conjunction with relevant external applications and the analysis result provided to the user through the user's client application used to select the data. Workflows and associated interfaces may be received from a variety of sources and integrated into the workflow framework for enhancing data analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wade C. Dorrell, William R. Whitney