Patents by Inventor Brian R. Hitchcock

Brian R. Hitchcock 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).

  • Method for generating database server configuration documentation
    Patent number: 6487558
    Abstract: A method is provided to facilitate the re-creation of a destroyed database system by saving the database configuration data into a database configuration file. A human-readable database configuration file is created by retrieving configuration data from the system databases as well as the user databases. The database system can be configured so that periodically a procedure is automatically run to create the database configuration file. The procedure also creates scripts which can be executed to re-create a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian R. Hitchcock