Patents Examined by Nilesh Shan
  • Apparatus and method for maintaining object associations in an object oriented environment
    Patent number: 6877159
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for maintaining object associations in an object oriented environment is provided. The apparatus and method make use of value holders to enable a single method to perform the creation and/or update of object associations for all combinations of possible object associations including one to one associations, one to many associations, many to one and many to many associations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark David Nielsen, Michael Albert Perks