Patents by Inventor Brian Rickman

Brian Rickman 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).

  • Patent number: 7289997
    Abstract: Application code maintenance often imposes rebuilding and/or a patch kit update from a source code vendor. Users of such applications often find such conventional rebuilds and install efforts intrusive. An extensible object-relational (O-R) model operable for dynamic additions to an existing baseline of modeled data specifications mitigates interim patches and builds by employing a scripted modeling form and a corresponding relational form. The scripted modeling form, such as an XML file, is readily modifiable from existing data specifications, such as those driven by a recognized standard, while the relational form is seamlessly updated within an existing application environment without requiring rebuilding or patch kits to implement. The extensible O-R model defines data characteristics of data specifications, and the relational model is updated by instantiating an object or entry into the modeled relational specifications based on the extensible O-R model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: SUN Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jefferson A. Kita, Thomas J. Bakerman, Mark B. Hecker, Brian Rickman, Kristian R. Cibulskis