Marcus Christopher Tidwell

US Patent:

20120254800, Oct 4, 2012

Filed:

Mar 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/075906

Inventors:

Paul Richard Kristoff - Apex NC, US
Harold Lee - Holly Springs NC, US
Jason Stone - Holly Springs NC, US
Henry Fu - Chapel Hill NC, US
Marcus Philip Tidwell - North Royalton OH, US

Assignee:

Teradata US, Inc. - Dayton OH

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715825

Abstract:

A graphical user interface (GUI) tool is presented to a user for interacting with an underlying database. The GUI tool includes a field selection and attribute selections for the field. The user selects a field and an attribute for that field and is presented with a first list of values retrieved from the database for the selected attribute. Next, the user selects a filter for the attribute within the GUI tool and a second reduced list of values is presented to the user within the GUI tool representing the filtered first list of values acquired by applying the filter.

US Patent:

20090138435, May 28, 2009

Filed:

Nov 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/944734

Inventors:

Leslie Mannion - Wake Forest NC, US
Michael Chaves - Cary NC, US
Jason Stone - Holly Springs NC, US
Marcus Tidwell - North Royalton OH, US
Gonzalo Hidalgo - Holly Springs NC, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 3, 707E17076

Abstract:

Techniques for searching and presenting search results to a user are provided. A search is decomposed into sub search combinations. Logical operator ordering is maintained within each sub search combination and each sub search combination is processed to acquire a waterfall count for the resulting answer set associated with processing that sub search combination. The sub search combinations and their waterfall counts are then presented to the user for visual inspection and analysis.