Patents by Inventor Michael Raymond Clapper

Michael Raymond Clapper 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).

  • Structured query language to IMS transaction mapper
    Patent number: 6253200
    Abstract: A process to access an IMS transaction based computer system from a structured query language (SQL) application program without revising or migrating the transaction based system. Binary virtual table mappings are built. An SQL statement from the SQL application program is parsed. Virtual column to transaction utilization mappings are extracted from the SQL statement. A possible solution set or solution sets are generated which may be capable of satisfying the SQL statement. Thereafter, transaction costs for each potential solution set are determined. Finally, a solution set with the lowest cost to satisfy the SQL statement is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Sabre Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Ray Smedley, Guy Robert Laroche, Michael Raymond Clapper
  • Structured query language to IMS transaction mapper
    Patent number: 5761494
    Abstract: A process to access an IMS transaction based computer system from a structured query language (SQL) application program without revising or migrating the transaction based system. Binary virtual table mappings are built. An SQL statement from the SQL application program is parsed. Virtual column to transaction utilization mappings are extracted from the SQL statement. A possible solution set or solution sets are generated which may be capable of satisfying the SQL statement. Thereafter, transaction costs for each potential solution set are determined. Finally, a solution set with the lowest cost to satisfy the SQL statement is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: The Sabre Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Ray Smedley, Guy Robert Laroche, Michael Raymond Clapper