About Us
Timeline, Inc., has been at the forefront of developing unique solutions in the software industry for 28 years. This has allowed it to accumulate a significant portfolio of United States and foreign patents. On August 31, 2005, Timeline sold the operating assets of its software licensing, maintenance and consulting business to focus solely on licensing its patent portfolio.
The Timeline portfolio consists of 'pioneer' patents in the automation of data mart production. The 'pioneer' label rightfully implies the ideas embodied therein have been instrumental in fostering a new industry niche; i.e. by making the production of data marts and warehouses practical and cost effective. As such, Timeline's patents have application in many fields, not just the financial analytics niche representative of Timeline's historical software operations. To date, we have licensed Relational and OLAP Database Management System providers (Microsoft, Oracle, Hyperion); Customer Relationship Management software providers (Broadbase [now KANA], Sagent [now Group One]); ERP system providers (Lawson); as well as traditional analytic software providers (Noetix, SRC, Cognos, Crystal [now Business Objects], Global Software).
We encourage all providers and users of data marts, dynamically produced data warehouses, and meta data to review the information provided. We hope this information will allow for compliance and foster a desire to utilize the technology to improve existing and future generations of software.