Patents by Inventor Charlie D. Carson

Charlie D. Carson 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).

  • Incremental upgrade of entity-relationship systems
    Patent number: 8607217
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to incrementally upgrading an entity-relationship system. In an embodiment, a computer system receives an indication that one instance including its own specified set of entities is to be upgraded to a second instance including a different specified set of entities. The computer system accesses the two instances to determine the differences between the entities of each instance. The computer system then discovers, based on the determined differences between the two instances, a set of actions that, when executed, change the entities of the first instance to the entities of the second instance. The set of actions is ordered such that processing order constraints are respected. The computer system then incrementally upgrades the entities of the first instance to the entities of the second instance by processing the determined set of actions in the appropriate, constraint-aware order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shireesh K. Thota, Anna Wawrzyniak, Charlie D. Carson, Aditya Ashok Sarpotdar
  • Data-tier application component
    Patent number: 8396845
    Abstract: Data-tier application components (DACs) and methods for managing database applications are disclosed. According to one particular embodiment, a DAC includes a single unit of management that packages metadata related to a database object. The metadata related to the database object includes an identifier of the database object, a database runtime resource identifier of a database runtime resource operable to manipulate the database object, and a policy related to execution of the database runtime resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Omri Bahat, Shawn Bice, Samer Boshra, Charlie D. Carson, Matt Hollingsworth, Robert Hutchinson, Praveen Seshadri, Ken Van Hyning, Sameer Verkhedkar
  • INCREMENTAL UPGRADE OF ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20120272225
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to incrementally upgrading an entity-relationship system. In an embodiment, a computer system receives an indication that one instance including its own specified set of entities is to be upgraded to a second instance including a different specified set of entities. The computer system accesses the two instances to determine the differences between the entities of each instance. The computer system then discovers, based on the determined differences between the two instances, a set of actions that, when executed, change the entities of the first instance to the entities of the second instance. The set of actions is ordered such that processing order constraints are respected. The computer system then incrementally upgrades the entities of the first instance to the entities of the second instance by processing the determined set of actions in the appropriate, constraint-aware order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shireesh K. Thota, Anna Wawrzyniak, Charlie D. Carson, Aditya Ashok Sarpotdar
  • DATA-TIER APPLICATION COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20100083285
    Abstract: Data-tier application components (DACs) and methods for managing database applications are disclosed. According to one particular embodiment, a DAC includes a single unit of management that packages metadata related to a database object. The metadata related to the database object includes an identifier of the database object, a database runtime resource identifier of a database runtime resource operable to manipulate the database object, and a policy related to execution of the database runtime resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Omri Bahat, Shawn Bice, Samer Boshra, Charlie D. Carson, Matt Hollingsworth, Robert Hutchinson, Praveen Seshadri, Ken Van Hyning, Sameer Verkhedkar