Patents by Inventor Dianne E. Bergen

Dianne E. Bergen 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).

  • Computer program product for rendering relational database management system differences transparent
    Patent number: 5564113
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided which helps to render the differences between relational database management system (RDBMS) types transparent. The computerized process enables database objects and authorizations on objects, as well as user privileges, to be moved or copied from one RDBMS to another within a distributed relational database environment without requiring a database administrator to have expertise in every RDBMS type in that environment. The computerized process is achieved using three inter-related and inter-dependent tables, a translation table, an implications table and a composition table which are stored in a computer memory and accessed through a computer. These tables provide a mapping matrix between database objects of a plurality of RDBMSs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dianne E. Bergen, Doreen A. Fogle, Harold H. Hall, Jr., Helga T. Spickhoff
  • System for copying from one database management system to another by translating authorization statements
    Patent number: 5450581
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided which helps to render the differences between relational database management system (RDBMS) types transparent. The computerized process enables database objects and authorizations on objects, as well as user privileges, to be moved or copied from one RDBMS to another within a distributed relational database environment without requiring a database administrator to have expertise in every RDBMS type in that environment. The computerized process is achieved using three inter-related and inter-dependent tables, a translation table, an implications table and a composition table which are stored in a computer memory and accessed through a computer. These tables provide a mapping matrix between database objects of a plurality of RDBMSs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dianne E. Bergen, Doreen A. Fogle, Harold H. Hall, Jr., Helga T. Spickhoff