Patents by Inventor Frank Schmetz

Frank Schmetz 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).

  • Object to relational database mapping infrastructure in a customer care and billing system
    Patent number: 6240422
    Abstract: A system that uses an object to relational database mapping infrastructure to map C++ objects and their relationships to and from a relational database. The mapping is facilitated by mapping files which describe an object and how the object corresponds to a table in the database. Overflow tables are provided in the database when an object is associated with more than a predetermined number of other objects, such as two. A C++ reflection layer allows access to attributes and methods of C++ objects at run-time by name. Mapped data is also memory buffered during the transferring of data to and from the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: American Management Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Atkins, Andreas Hohmann, James Baldwin, Frank Schmetz