Patents by Inventor Peter D. Mullen

Peter D. Mullen 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).

  • Database application assembly and preparation
    Patent number: 9098263
    Abstract: A plurality of database application components available in a first components store is received. A plurality of pointers is created with each of the plurality of pointers referencing a selected object, such as the plurality of database application components or an existing pointer to one of the plurality of database application components. The plurality of pointers is collected into a reference group defining a plurality of selected objects included in a database application. In some examples, the database application components include a header, a footer, a control, a fragment, a table, a query, a report, a relation, a form, a conditional formatting statement, a programming component, a validation statement and a module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. McCormack, Timothy E. Getsch, Andrew R. Miller, Peter D. Mullen, Clinton D. Covington
  • DATABASE APPLICATION ASSEMBLY AND PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20080270985
    Abstract: A plurality of database application components available in a first components store is received. A plurality of pointers is created with each of the plurality of pointers referencing a selected object, such as the plurality of database application components or an existing pointer to one of the plurality of database application components. The plurality of pointers is collected into a reference group defining a plurality of selected objects included in a database application. In some examples, the database application components include a header, a footer, a control, a fragment, a table, a query, a report, a relation, a form, a conditional formatting statement, a programming component, a validation statement and a module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. McCormack, Timothy E. Getsch, Andrew R. Miller, Peter D. Mullen, Clinton D. Covington