David G Potter

US Patent:

20060184499, Aug 17, 2006

Filed:

Feb 11, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/055516

Inventors:

David Potter - North Plainfield NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707001000

Abstract:

According to some embodiments of the invention, a method of data management is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of sub-tables in a table of a relational database. Each sub-table has a predicate that indicates at least a partial description of information to be stored in the sub-table. The method also includes storing in the plurality of sub-tables one or more records having data. Each record is stored in the sub-table having the predicate that matches at least a portion of the data of the record.

US Patent:

20060184563, Aug 17, 2006

Filed:

Feb 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/057068

Inventors:

David Potter - North Plainfield NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707102000

Abstract:

Methods and systems consistent with the invention store data in a database. A method or system consistent with the invention create a first record for a first time period, the first record comprising an identifier and an attribute, create a second record for a second time period, the second record comprising the identifier and the attribute, and create first information indicative of a start time and an end time of the first time period, wherein data in the attribute in the first record is valid for the first time period, and second information indicative of a start time and an end time of the second time period, wherein data in the attribute in the second record is valid for the second time period. The identifier may indicate a lineage. A method or system consistent with the invention may update the first record for the first time period by indicating in the first information that the first time period is not current, indicating in the second information that the second time period is current, and updating the attribute data in the second record for the second time period. A method or system consistent with the invention may delete a record in the second time period by indicating in the second information that the second time period is not current.

US Patent:

20070168432, Jul 19, 2007

Filed:

Jan 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/332155

Inventors:

Paul Lustgarten - Westfield NJ, US
David Potter - North Plainfield NJ, US

Assignee:

Cibernet Corporation - Bethesda MD

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206000

Abstract:

A system and method for authenticating communication from a message originator to a user is provided. An electronic message is identified as intended for a user. A service identifier associated with the user is retrieved from a database and inserted into a subject field or the body of the electronic message. The service identifier may be lexical, auditory, or visual. The electronic message can be an e-mail message, fax, short message, or multimedia message. The electronic message is then transmitted to a device associated with the user via a network serving the user. The presence of the service identifier in the subject field or message body authenticates that the electronic message originated from the professed message originator.