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 one or more application views, database definitions, and data defined and stored in the database system, one or more message...http://www.google.com/patents/US6539397?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6539397 - Object-oriented paradigm for accessing system service requests by modeling system service calls into an object framework
