Patents by Inventor Rafik Jaouani

Rafik Jaouani 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).

  • Declarative data warehouse definition for object-relational mapped objects
    Patent number: 10210235
    Abstract: A data warehouse is constructed using the relational mapping of a transactional database without reconstructing the data relationships of the transactional database. First, an application programmer analyzes an object model in order to describe facts and dimensions using the objects, attributes, and paths of the object model. Each of the dimensions has an identifier that correlates an item in the transactional database to a dimension record in the data warehouse. The fact and dimension descriptions are saved to a description file. Second, a Data Warehouse Engine (DWE) then access the description file and uses the object model, fact and dimension descriptions, and object-relational mapping to map transactional data to the data warehouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Rich, Rafik Jaouani
  • DECLARATIVE DATA WAREHOUSE DEFINITION FOR OBJECT-RELATIONAL MAPPED OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20150227607
    Abstract: A data warehouse is constructed using the relational mapping of a transactional database without reconstructing the data relationships of the transactional database. First, an application programmer analyzes an object model in order to describe facts and dimensions using the objects, attributes, and paths of the object model. Each of the dimensions has an identifier that correlates an item in the transactional database to a dimension record in the data warehouse. The fact and dimension descriptions are saved to a description file. Second, a Data Warehouse Engine (DWE) then access the description file and uses the object model, fact and dimension descriptions, and object-relational mapping to map transactional data to the data warehouse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Rich, Rafik Jaouani
  • Method and apparatus for declarative data warehouse definition for object-relational mapped objects
    Patent number: 9043273
    Abstract: A data warehouse is constructed using the relational mapping of a transactional database without reconstructing the data relationships of the transactional database. First, an application programmer analyzes an object model in order to describe facts and dimensions using the objects, attributes, and paths of the object model. Each of the dimensions has an identifier that correlates an item in the transactional database to a dimension record in the data warehouse. The fact and dimension descriptions are saved to a description file. Second, a Data Warehouse Engine (DWE) then access the description file and uses the object model, fact and dimension descriptions, and object-relational mapping to map transactional data to the data warehouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence Scott Rich, Rafik Jaouani
  • Method and Apparatus for Declarative Data Warehouse Definition for Object-Relational Mapped Objects
    Publication number: 20090271345
    Abstract: A data warehouse is constructed using the relational mapping of a transactional database without reconstructing the data relationships of the transactional database. First, an application programmer analyzes an object model in order to describe facts and dimensions using the objects, attributes, and paths of the object model. Each of the dimensions has an identifier that correlates an item in the transactional database to a dimension record in the data warehouse. The fact and dimension descriptions are saved to a description file. Second, a Data Warehouse Engine (DWE) then access the description file and uses the object model, fact and dimension descriptions, and object-relational mapping to map transactional data to the data warehouse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Lawrence Scott Rich, Rafik Jaouani