Patents by Inventor Melissa Turner

Melissa Turner 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: 8694549
    Abstract: Dynamic management of multiple persistent data stores is disclosed. One or more data objects are retrieved from two or more of a plurality of persistent data stores and provided to the client context in a manner such that the one or more data objects appear to the client context to come from a single source, even if in fact the objects have been retrieved from two or more different persistent stores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Apple, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Bumgarner, Christopher M. Hanson, Ronald Dennis Lue-Sang, Stephen E. Miner, Benjamin Trumbull, Melissa Turner, Andreas Wendker
  • Patent number: 8626803
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method and apparatus for automatically providing network services in a way that improves upon the prior art. Systems implementing aspects of the invention can, for instance, provide developers with a mechanism for creating Web Services without having to write low-level SOAP, XML, or WSDL code. The system utilizes a rule-based approach to provide a mechanism for dynamically reconfiguring the system with requiring redeployment of the entire system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Hsu, Francois Jouaux, Ernest Kim, Ron Lue-Sang, Melissa Turner, Andreas Wendker
  • Publication number: 20120239692
    Abstract: Dynamic management of multiple persistent data stores is disclosed. One or more data objects are retrieved from two or more of a plurality of persistent data stores and provided to the client context in a manner such that the one or more data objects appear to the client context to come from a single source, even if in fact the objects have been retrieved from two or more different persistent stores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Bumgarner, Christopher M. Hanson, Ronald Dennis Lue-Sang, Stephen E. Miner, Benjamin Trumbull, Melissa Turner, Andreas Wendker
  • Patent number: 8219580
    Abstract: Dynamic management of multiple persistent data stores is disclosed. One or more data objects are associated with a client context, e.g., an instance of a client application program. The one or more data objects are retrieved from one or more of a plurality of persistent data stores and provided to the client context in a manner such that the one or more data objects appear to the client context to come from a single source, even if in fact the objects have been retrieved from two or more different persistent stores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Bumgarner, Christopher M. Hanson, Ronald Dennis Lue-Sang, Stephen E. Miner, Benjamin Trumbull, Melissa Turner, Andreas Wendker
  • Publication number: 20090106267
    Abstract: Dynamic management of multiple persistent data stores is disclosed. One or more data objects are associated with a client context, e.g., an instance of a client application program. The one or more data objects are retrieved from one or more of a plurality of persistent data stores and provided to the client context in a manner such that the one or more data objects appear to the client context to come from a single source, even if in fact the objects have been retrieved from two or more different persistent stores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Bill Bumgarner, Christopher M. Hanson, Ronald Dennis Lue-Sang, Stephen E. Miner, Benjamin Trumbull, Melissa Turner, Andreas Wendker
  • Patent number: 7483882
    Abstract: Dynamic management of multiple persistent data stores is disclosed. One or more data objects are associated with a client context, e.g., an instance of a client application program. The one or more data objects are retrieved from one or more of a plurality of persistent data stores and provided to the client context in a manner such that the one or more data objects appear to the client context to come from a single source, even if in fact the objects have been retrieved from two or more different persistent stores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Bumgarner, Christopher M. Hanson, Ronald Dennis Lue-Sang, Stephen E. Miner, Benjamin Trumbull, Melissa Turner, Andreas Wendker
  • Patent number: 7457815
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method and apparatus for automatically providing network services in a way that improves upon the prior art. Systems implementing aspects of the invention can, for instance, provide developers with a mechanism for creating Web Services without having to write low-level SOAP, XML, or WSDL code. The system utilizes a rule-based approach to provide a mechanism for dynamically reconfiguring the system with requiring redeployment of the entire system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Hsu, Francois Jouaux, Ernest Kim, Ron Lue-Sang, Melissa Turner, Andreas Wendker
  • Publication number: 20080235270
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method and apparatus for automatically providing network services in a way that improves upon the prior art. Systems implementing aspects of the invention can, for instance, provide developers with a mechanism for creating Web Services without having to write low-level SOAP, XML, or WSDL code. The system utilizes a rule-based approach to provide a mechanism for dynamically reconfiguring the system with requiring redeployment of the entire system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Karl Hsu, Francois Jouaux, Ernest Kim, Ron Lue-Sang, Melissa Turner, Andreas Wendker
  • Patent number: 7376658
    Abstract: Managing cross-store relationships to data objects is disclosed. Specifically, cross-store relationships to data objects stored in a potentially dynamically changing set of persistent data stores is provided through a relationship definition that identifies a type of object to which the relationship pertains and specifies a property to be used to determine, which, if any, objects of the identified type are to be included in the relationship; by determining dynamically which, if any, currently available objects of the identified type have the specified property; and making available from among the objects of the identified type available at that time, if any, those objects, if any, that have the specified property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Bumgarner, Christopher M. Hanson, Ronald Dennis Lue-Sang, Stephen E. Miner, Benjamin Trumbull, Melissa Turner, Andreas Wendker
  • Publication number: 20040193635
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method and apparatus for automatically providing network services in a way that improves upon the prior art. Systems implementing aspects of the invention can, for instance, provide developers with a mechanism for creating Web Services without having to write low-level SOAP, XML, or WSDL code. The system utilizes a rule-based approach to provide a mechanism for dynamically reconfiguring the system with requiring redeployment of the entire system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Karl Hsu, Francois Jouaux, Ernest Kim, Ron Lue-Sang, Melissa Turner, Andreas Wendker