Patents by Inventor Gregor Leonard Stephen

Gregor Leonard Stephen 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: 10380096
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, and software for data migration, such as when migrating a database from one form to a next and as may be performed at a time of software system version migration. One example embodiment, in the form of a method, includes loading a database migration script that includes a prior class from a software system prior to an upgrade of the software system and a new class from the software system after the upgrade to the software system. The method proceeds by then calling methods of the prior class to copy database data from database tables impacted by the database migration script to a memory device and executing the database migration script. The method then calls methods of the new class to copy the database data from the memory device back to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Gregor Leonard Stephen, Stuart Birse
  • Publication number: 20180150497
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, and software for data migration, such as when migrating a database from one form to a next and as may be performed at a time of software system version migration. One example embodiment, in the form of a method, includes loading a database migration script that includes a prior class from a software system prior to an upgrade of the software system and a new class from the software system after the upgrade to the software system. The method proceeds by then calling methods of the prior class to copy database data from database tables impacted by the database migration script to a memory device and executing the database migration script. The method then calls methods of the new class to copy the database data from the memory device back to the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Gregor Leonard Stephen, Stuart Birse