Patents by Inventor Jennifer L. LaRocca
Jennifer L. LaRocca 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).
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Patent number: 8244702Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for modifying data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs translation of an abstract query into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens
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Patent number: 8122009Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for accessing data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs conversion of an abstract query (i.e., a request for results or a request to modify data) into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation. Abstract and/or physical queries are transformed according to model entities which define a relationship between logical fields of the data repository abstraction layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens, Jeffrey W. Tenner
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Patent number: 8108366Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for modifying data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs transformation of an abstract query into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation. The transformation includes ordering physical modification operations according to a physical entity relationships specification to ensure that the physical modification operations are executed in an appropriate order.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens
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Patent number: 8086647Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for modifying data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs transformation of an abstract query into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation. The transformation includes ordering physical modification operations according to a physical entity relationships specification to ensure that the physical modification operations are executed in an appropriate order.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2008Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens
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Patent number: 7991788Abstract: The present invention generally is directed to methods, articles of manufacture and systems for presenting, to a user, a limited subset of fields of an underlying base data model. The limited subset of fields may be generated by applying one or more filters to select, exclude and/or modify the fields of the base data model. The base data model may contain abstract representations of fields in a data repository and may, therefore, serve as a data definition framework allowing data from the fields to be accessed independent of the particular manner (e.g., SQL, XML, etc.) in which the data is physically represented in the data repository.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens
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Publication number: 20090182708Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for accessing data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs conversion of an abstract query (i.e., a request for results or a request to modify data) into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation. Abstract and/or physical queries are transformed according to model entities which define a relationship between logical fields of the data repository abstraction layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2009Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: RICHARD D. DETTINGER, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens, Jeffrey W. Tenner
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Patent number: 7539662Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for accessing data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs conversion of an abstract query (i.e., a request for results or a request to modify data) into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation. Abstract and/or physical queries are transformed according to model entities which define a relationship between logical fields of the data repository abstraction layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens, Jeffrey W. Tenner
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Publication number: 20080215612Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for modifying data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs transformation of an abstract query into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation. The transformation includes ordering physical modification operations according to a physical entity relationships specification to ensure that the physical modification operations are executed in an appropriate order.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: RICHARD D. DETTINGER, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens
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Publication number: 20080215611Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for modifying data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs transformation of an abstract query into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation. The transformation includes ordering physical modification operations according to a physical entity relationships specification to ensure that the physical modification operations are executed in an appropriate order.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: RICHARD D. DETTINGER, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens
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Patent number: 7398263Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for modifying data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs transformation of an abstract query into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation. The transformation includes ordering physical modification operations according to a physical entity relationships specification to ensure that the physical modification operations are executed in an appropriate order.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens
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Patent number: 7054877Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for accessing data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs conversion of an abstract query (i.e., a request for results or a request to modify data) into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation. Abstract and/or physical queries are transformed according to model entities which define a relationship between logical fields of the data repository abstraction layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens, Jeffrey W. Tenner
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Publication number: 20040193579Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for accessing data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs conversion of an abstract query (i.e., a request for results or a request to modify data) into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation. Abstract and/or physical queries are transformed according to model entities which define a relationship between logical fields of the data repository abstraction layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens, Jeffrey W. Tenner
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Publication number: 20040193568Abstract: The present invention generally is directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for accessing data independent of the particular manner in which the data is physically represented. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of the underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs translation of an abstract query into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2003Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens
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Publication number: 20030167274Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for modifying data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation. A query abstraction layer is also provided and is based on the data repository abstraction layer. A runtime component performs translation of an abstract query into a form that can be used against a particular physical data representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Richard D. Dettinger, Jennifer L. LaRocca, Richard J. Stevens