Patents by Inventor Paul Ostler
Paul Ostler 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).
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Patent number: 10360211Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system enables control of database applications. The system comprises a computer system including a database application to provide access to a database system, and at least one processor. The computer system requests retrieval of application specific property information for the database application from a data repository, and applies the retrieved application specific property information to the database application to control operation of the database application. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for controlling database applications in substantially the same manner described above.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vijay R. Bommireddipalli, Stephen A. Brodsky, David W. Chang, Anshul Dawra, Randall W. Horman, Tony K. Leung, Paul A. Ostler
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Publication number: 20170242888Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system enables control of database applications. The system comprises a computer system including a database application to provide access to a database system, and at least one processor. The computer system requests retrieval of application specific property information for the database application from a data repository, and applies the retrieved application specific property information to the database application to control operation of the database application. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for controlling database applications in substantially the same manner described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Vijay R. Bommireddipalli, Stephen A. Brodsky, David W. Chang, Anshul Dawra, Randall W. Horman, Tony K. Leung, Paul A. Ostler
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Patent number: 9679017Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system enables control of database applications. The system comprises a computer system including a database application to provide access to a database system, and at least one processor. The computer system requests retrieval of application specific property information for the database application from a data repository, and applies the retrieved application specific property information to the database application to control operation of the database application. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for controlling database applications in substantially the same manner described above.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Vijay R. Bommireddipalli, Stephen A. Brodsky, David W. Chang, Anshul Dawra, Randall W. Horman, Tony K. Leung, Paul A. Ostler
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Patent number: 9374416Abstract: Provided are techniques for, under control of an agent: receiving a request from a first database client to access a service from a set of services, wherein the agent is associated with the service; receiving a request from a second database client to access the service, wherein the agent is shared by the first database client and the second database client; combining information from the first database client and the second database client; and sending the combined information to the service using a single physical connection in a client-side Client Management Extension (CMX) connection, wherein the first database client and the second database client share the single physical connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David W. Chang, Bilung Lee, Paul A. Ostler
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Patent number: 9258360Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for disaster recovery in the event of a database connection failure. In one embodiment, a network address for a secondary server may be stored in multiple data objects of a client computer. In the event of a failed connection to a primary server, the network address of the secondary server may be retrieved from one of the data objects stored in the client computer. When an updated network address for the secondary server is received, it may be propagated to the data objects of the client computer.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sherry Guo, Bilung Lee, Paul Ostler
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Publication number: 20150347524Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system enables control of database applications. The system comprises a computer system including a database application to provide access to a database system, and at least one processor. The computer system requests retrieval of application specific property information for the database application from a data repository, and applies the retrieved application specific property information to the database application to control operation of the database application. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for controlling database applications in substantially the same manner described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Vijay R. Bommireddipalli, Stephen A. Brodsky, David W. Chang, Anshul Dawra, Randall W. Horman, Tony K. Leung, Paul A. Ostler
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Patent number: 9171036Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for batching heterogeneous database commands. The heterogeneous database commands may include at least two database command types. Further, at least two of the heterogeneous database commands may include host variables. A request to execute the heterogeneous database commands may be received. The heterogeneous database commands may be sent to a database system for execution, responsive to the request.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William R. Bireley, Dilip K. Biswal, Delmar E. Blevins, Stephen A. Brodsky, Anshul Dawra, Swaminathan Gounder, Paul A. Ostler, Manish Sehgal, Catalina Y. Wei, David J. Wisneski
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Patent number: 8868617Abstract: A system and method for connection of an application program to its corresponding database in a relational database system environment. Rather than embedding connection configuration information or properties in an application program, connection configurations are stored in a connection configuration repository. The connection configuration repository is likewise stored in a database within the relational database system environment. The connection configuration information stored in the configuration repository may be updated, revised, deleted or assembled into groups/subgroups, without affecting the application programs.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Lawrence E. Dunnell, Loic Raymond Robert Julien, Maryela E. Weihrauch, Paul A. Ostler, Stephen A. Brodsky, Tony K. Leung
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Publication number: 20140258364Abstract: Provided are techniques for, under control of an agent: receiving a request from a first database client to access a service from a set of services, wherein the agent is associated with the service; receiving a request from a second database client to access the service, wherein the agent is shared by the first database client and the second database client; combining information from the first database client and the second database client; and sending the combined information to the service using a single physical connection in a client-side Client Management Extension (CMX) connection, wherein the first database client and the second database client share the single physical connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David W. Chang, Bilung Lee, Paul A. Ostler
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Patent number: 8789071Abstract: Provided are techniques for extending functionality of an application. A request to create an application object is received. In response to receiving the request, the application object is created, and an extension proxy object is created. The extension proxy object is wrapped around the application object. An invocation of a function of the extension proxy object is received from the application object.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David W. Chang, Anshul Dawra, Holger Karn, Bilung Lee, Paul A. Ostler
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Patent number: 8539504Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for managing a heterogeneous connection pooling structure. The heterogeneous architecture of pooling management comprises connections having different connection attributes (i.e. different data source properties) that can share a same connection pool (i.e. same connection pool data source). An application requests a connection from data source having a specified data source property. An application server searches a pool module for an available cached connection. If a cached connection is available, the cached connection is automatically selected as a returned connection. A connection reuse protocol and a statement reuse protocol is determined and invoked to reconfigure the cached connection for reuse as a connection between the application and a database server.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sigitas Bigelis, Sherry Guo, Bilung Lee, Paul A. Ostler
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Patent number: 8402436Abstract: A method of accessing layers in a multi-layer software architecture including a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The method includes: at the third layer, publishing an interface; and at the first layer, before execution of a first function, registering a callback routine with the third layer using the interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William R. Bireley, Delmar E. Blevins, Stephen A. Brodsky, Jaijeet Chakravorty, Anshul Dawra, Suavi A. Demir, Swaminathan Gounder, Paul Ostler
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Patent number: 8302154Abstract: A system and method for database security provides multiple choices of security mechanisms for enabling access to a database through a database driver. A security mechanism that is compatible with a database is selected and the security mechanisms between an application and a database server are automatically determined using the selected security mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Satheesh E. Bandaram, Huaxin Gao, Bilung Lee, Paul Ostler
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Publication number: 20120203819Abstract: Provided are techniques for, under control of an agent: receiving a request from a first database client to access a service from a set of services, wherein the agent is associated with the service; receiving a request from a second database client to access the service, wherein the agent is shared by the first database client and the second database client; combining information from the first database client and the second database client; and sending the combined information to the service using a single physical connection in a client-side Client Management Extension (CMX) connection, wherein the first database client and the second database client share the single physical connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David W. Chang, Bilung Lee, Paul A. Ostler
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Patent number: 8185914Abstract: A method and a computer program product for managing user-configurable variables are provided. The method and the computer program product provide for defining a plurality of user-configurable variables in a computer program, providing an interface operable to be utilized in the computer program for each of the plurality of user-configurable variables, creating an instance of the interface in the computer program for each of the plurality of user-configurable variables, incorporating code for implementing each of the plurality of user-configurable variables into at least one method in the instance of the interface created for the user-configurable variable, and defining a function in the computer program operable to configure any of the plurality of user-configurable variables according to a provided user specification.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anshul Dawra, Swaminathan Gounder, Sherry Guo, Paul A. Ostler
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Publication number: 20120036516Abstract: Provided are techniques for extending functionality of an application. A request to create an application object is received. In response to receiving the request, the application object is created, and an extension proxy object is created. The extension proxy object is wrapped around the application object. An invocation of a function of the extension proxy object is received from the application object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David W. Chang, Anshul Dawra, Holger Karn, Bilung Lee, Paul A. Ostler
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Publication number: 20110270857Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system enables control of database applications. The system comprises a computer system including a database application to provide access to a database system, and at least one processor. The computer system requests retrieval of application specific property information for the database application from a data repository, and applies the retrieved application specific property information to the database application to control operation of the database application. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for controlling database applications in substantially the same manner described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Vijay R. Bommireddipalli, Stephen A. Brodsky, David W. Chang, Anshul Dawra, Randall W. Horman, Tony K. Leung, Paul A. Ostler
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Patent number: 8037467Abstract: A method is provided for developing a software module including support for multiple versions of an operating environment. The method includes determining a first set of references associated with a first version of an application operating environment. A second set of references associate with a second version of the computing environment is determined. A first class loader is associated with the first version of the computing environment. A second class loader is associated with the second version of the computing environment. The method also includes encapsulating the first set of references, the second set of references, the first class loader, and the second class loader in a software module, wherein the second set of references are obscured from the first class loader.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Satheesh Bandaram, Sherry Guo, Bilung Lee, Paul Ostler
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Publication number: 20110153675Abstract: A system and method for connection of an application program to its corresponding database in a relational database system environment. Rather than embedding connection configuration information or properties in an application program, connection configurations are stored in a connection configuration repository. The connection configuration repository is likewise stored in a database within the relational database system environment. The connection configuration information stored in the configuration repository may be updated, revised, deleted or assembled into groups/subgroups, without affecting the application programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Lawrence E. DUNNELL, Loic R. JULIEN, Maryela E. WEIHRAUCH, Paul A. OSTLER, Stephen A. BRODSKY, Tony K. LEUNG
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Publication number: 20110099219Abstract: Provided are techniques for, under control of an agent: receiving a request from a first database client to access a service from a set of services, wherein the agent is associated with the service; receiving a request from a second database client to access the service, wherein the agent is shared by the first database client and the second database client; combining information from the first database client and the second database client; and sending the combined information to the service using a single physical connection in a client-side Client Management Extension (CMX) connection, wherein the first database client and the second database client share the single physical connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David Wei-Jye Chang, Bilung Lee, Paul A. Ostler