Patents Examined by May Steelman
  • Persistent agents
    Patent number: 7024656
    Abstract: Object persistence is facilitated by introducing persistent agents to act as bridges between the programming model and the database model. Persistent agents are instantiated on a per-class basis and are responsible for mapping their class to a suitable database related. Methods are defined for the persistent agent to specify database-specific properties and optimization hints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Rafiul Ahad