Incremental approach to an object-relational solution

US7676493B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael Pizzo · Bellevue, US
• Chris A. Suver · Seattle, US
• Pablo Castro · Redmond, US
• Alyssa H. Henry · Sammamish, US
• Andrew Conrad · Sammamish, US
• Subramanian Muralidhar · Mercer Island, US
• Benjamin Albahari · Seattle, US
• Jose A. Blakeley · Bothell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/289
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate an incremental approach to an Object-Relational mapping solution. The architecture can provide a rich data model that is defined at the value layer. The rich data model can expose an interface that conforms with the interfaces exposed by common storage-specific data providers. The architecture can extend common storage-specific data provider to support common command representations, and provide entity services that work in terms of the rich data model as well as object services such as identity management, updating and change tracking.