Patents by Inventor Ryan Jerome Kern

Ryan Jerome Kern 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).

  • Optimistic locking in online and offline environments
    Patent number: 8489566
    Abstract: Systems and methods to implement optimistic locking in online and offline environments are provided. A particular method includes receiving from an application an application data request related to retrieving a data item from a data store. The method also includes sending an optimistic locking information request to the data store to retrieve optimistic locking information, such as an identifier, associated with the data item. Additionally, the method includes receiving a data item update statement from the application while a connection between the application and a database server coupled to the data store persists or after a connection between the application and the database server has terminated and reconnected. The data item update statement relates to storing an updated version of the data item at the data store. Further, the method includes synchronizing the data item with the updated version of the data item based on the optimistic locking information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sherry Guo, Ryan Jerome Kern, Bilung Lee, Paul Arnold Ostler
  • OPTIMISTIC LOCKING IN ONLINE AND OFFLINE ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20090254556
    Abstract: Systems and methods to implement optimistic locking in online and offline environments are provided. A particular method includes receiving from an application an application data request related to retrieving a data item from a data store. The method also includes sending an optimistic locking information request to the data store to retrieve optimistic locking information, such as an identifier, associated with the data item. Additionally, the method includes receiving a data item update statement from the application while a connection between the application and a database server coupled to the data store persists or after a connection between the application and the database server has terminated and reconnected. The data item update statement relates to storing an updated version of the data item at the data store. Further, the method includes synchronizing the data item with the updated version of the data item based on the optimistic locking information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sherry Guo, Ryan Jerome Kern, Bilung Lee, Paul Arnold Ostler