Patents by Inventor Christopher David Lowes

Christopher David Lowes 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).

  • Customization restrictions for multi-layer XML customization
    Patent number: 8875306
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for customizing aspects of a metadata-driven software application. In particular, embodiments of the present invention provide (1) a self-contained metadata engine for generating customized metadata documents from base metadata documents and customizations; (2) a customization syntax for defining customizations; (3) a customization creation/update component for creating and updating customizations; (4) a customization restriction mechanism for restricting the creation of new customizations by specific users or groups of users; and (5) memory and caching optimizations for optimizing the storage and lookup of customized metadata documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher David Lowes
  • Customization restrictions for multi-layer XML customization
    Publication number: 20090205013
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for customizing aspects of a metadata-driven software application. In particular, embodiments of the present invention provide (1) a self-contained metadata engine for generating customized metadata documents from base metadata documents and customizations; (2) a customization syntax for defining customizations; (3) a customization creation/update component for creating and updating customizations; (4) a customization restriction mechanism for restricting the creation of new customizations by specific users or groups of users; and (5) memory and caching optimizations for optimizing the storage and lookup of customized metadata documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher David Lowes