Patents by Inventor Gerrit Erwin Randolph Drapers

Gerrit Erwin Randolph Drapers 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).

  • Method of refactoring a running database system
    Patent number: 8010578
    Abstract: A database development system is provided. The system includes a current-state source representation of a database that can be captured in a model of the database and a metadata component that preserves user intentions describing when a user interacts with the system to perform a refactoring operation (or other code enhancement) for use in subsequent operations by the system. A deployment component is provided that utilizes the preserved user intentions to optimize behavioral upgrades to the system, where simulations can be run against the model to facilitate efficient and automated deployments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Laflen, Jason D. Clark, Gerrit Erwin Randolph Drapers, Liangxiao Zhu, Amy L. Myhre, Duncan L. Davenport
  • METHOD OF REFACTORING A RUNNING DATABASE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090327324
    Abstract: A database development system is provided. The system includes a current-state source representation of a database that can be captured in a model of the database and a metadata component that preserves user intentions describing when a user interacts with the system to perform a refactoring operation (or other code enhancement) for use in subsequent operations by the system. A deployment component is provided that utilizes the preserved user intentions to optimize behavioral upgrades to the system, where simulations can be run against the model to facilitate efficient and automated deployments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: James D. Laflen, Jason D. Clark, Gerrit Erwin Randolph Drapers, Liangxiao Zhu, Amy L. Myhre, Duncan L. Davenport