Patents by Inventor Markus Kuefer

Markus Kuefer 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-relational mapping system and method for generic relationships
    Patent number: 7702649
    Abstract: A system and method are described for performing a mapping between persistent data objects and a database. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises determining whether an attribute having a generic type is an instance of a persistent class; and if the attribute is an instance of a persistent class, then mapping the attribute to a discriminator column holding the type associated with the attribute and further mapping the attribute to a reference column holding a key associated with the attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Stefan Bresch, Michael Watzek, Christian Stork, Markus Kuefer
  • Logical locking for Java Data Objects
    Publication number: 20070118523
    Abstract: Logically locking in a Java Data Object rather than in a transactional context of a data store to separate the process of isolating an object from accessing a data store to which the object is mapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Stefan Bresch, Michael Watzek, Markus Kuefer