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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Darryl Jon Mocek, San Jose, CA (US);
Shih-Shan Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a filter table list utility. Information is displayed on a monitor attached to a computer. An open database window is displayed in which search criteria is entered for searching for tables. A search is performed for tables using the entered search criteria, prior to retrieving names of all of the tables to display on the monitor. When tables are found that meet the search criteria, a list of the found tables is generated for displaying on the monitor. The generated list is displayed on the monitor.