Patents by Inventor Kenneth Ray Blackman

Kenneth Ray Blackman 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).

  • Generic execution model for isolating applications from underlying databases
    Patent number: 6360229
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for accessing a database. The database is modeled as an objects framework having zero or more business objects and one or more data objects. The data objects represent data in the database and the business objects represent logic for operating on the data objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Ray Blackman, Shyh-Mei Fang Ho, Thomas Beavers Sander
  • GENERIC EXECUTION MODEL FOR ISOLATING APPLICATIONS FROM UNDERLYING DATABASES
    Publication number: 20010014889
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for accessing a database. The database is modeled as an objects framework having zero or more business objects and one or more data objects. The data objects represent data in the database and the business objects represent logic for operating on the data objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: KENNETH RAY BLACKMAN, SHYH-MEI FANG HO, THOMAS BEAVERS SANDER
  • Execution paradigm for accessing hierarchical data using an object framework
    Patent number: 6202069
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for accessing a hierarchical database. The database is modeled into an objects framework, wherein the objects framework corresponds to application views, data structures, and data defined and stored in the database. The database is then accessed through the objects framework. A class definition tool generates class definitions for objects that encapsulate or wrapper the data retrieved from the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Ray Blackman, Shyh-Mei Fang Ho, Thomas Beavers Sander