US Patent 7996429 Mechanisms to persist hierarchical object relations

Patent 7996429 was granted and assigned to Novell on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Novell

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

79964290

Patent Inventor Names

Zack Grossbart0

Stephen R Carter0

Volker Gunnar Scheuber-Heinz0

William Street0

Brent Thurgood0

Lee Edward Lowry0

Rajesh Vasudevan0

Ryan Cox0

Date of Patent

August 9, 2011

Patent Application Number

121376290

Date Filed

June 12, 2008

Patent Primary Examiner

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Susan Chen

Patent abstract

Mechanisms to persist object relations are provided. A project is defined as a series of interrelated objects having dependencies and relationships with one another. The dependencies and relationships are maintained via a storage organization for files that define the objects within a project storage environment for the project. Thus, the dependencies and relationships are not maintained via hardcoded instructions or references that are included within the files.