Patents by Inventor Thomas Beavers Sander

Thomas Beavers Sander 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).

  • Generic execution model for isolating applications from underlying databases
    Patent number: 6360229
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for accessing a database. The database is modeled as an objects framework having zero or more business objects and one or more data objects. The data objects represent data in the database and the business objects represent logic for operating on the data objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Ray Blackman, Shyh-Mei Fang Ho, Thomas Beavers Sander
  • GENERIC EXECUTION MODEL FOR ISOLATING APPLICATIONS FROM UNDERLYING DATABASES
    Publication number: 20010014889
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for accessing a database. The database is modeled as an objects framework having zero or more business objects and one or more data objects. The data objects represent data in the database and the business objects represent logic for operating on the data objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: KENNETH RAY BLACKMAN, SHYH-MEI FANG HO, THOMAS BEAVERS SANDER
  • Execution paradigm for accessing hierarchical data using an object framework
    Patent number: 6202069
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for accessing a hierarchical database. The database is modeled into an objects framework, wherein the objects framework corresponds to application views, data structures, and data defined and stored in the database. The database is then accessed through the objects framework. A class definition tool generates class definitions for objects that encapsulate or wrapper the data retrieved from the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Ray Blackman, Shyh-Mei Fang Ho, Thomas Beavers Sander
  • Command line interface for creating business objects for accessing a hierarchical database
    Patent number: 6141660
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating class specifications for an object-oriented application that accesses a hierarchical database. The class specifications are generated using a command line interface of a class definition tool. A database description and a record layout associated with the hierarchical database are captured and associated to define a specification for the database. Class definitions are then generated from the database specification, wherein the class definitions are instantiated as objects in the objects framework that encapsulate data retrieved from the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Bach, Kyle Jeffrey Charlet, Shyh-Mei Fang Ho, Kevin M. McBride, Huey Moncrief Rowe-Anderson, Thomas Beavers Sander, Thomas Arthur Vogel
  • User interface for creating class definitions and implementations for datastore persistent objects
    Patent number: 5924101
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating class definitions and implementations for datastore persistent objects. A "wizard" or "task guide" is displayed on a monitor attached to a computer, wherein the wizard comprises a step-by-step procedure for creating the class specifications and implementations for the datastore persistent objects. User input is accepted into the computer in response to the step-by-step procedure and the class specifications and implementations for the datastore persistent objects are created using the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bach, Shyh-Mei F. Ho, Kevin Michael McBride, H. Moncrief Rowe-Anderson, Thomas Beavers Sander