Patents by Inventor Christopher W. Bollerud

Christopher W. Bollerud 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).

  • Patent number: 6898733
    Abstract: A system and method that uses a process management console to maintain multiple processes that perform software services from within a presentation layer and a database layer. The method includes defining an active process list for a plurality of processes that provide services in the presentation and database layers. Another step is monitoring the plurality of processes that are active in the presentation and database layers by using a process monitor. The next step is determining when one of the processes has abnormally terminated, using the process monitor to periodically compare the active process list to the list of processes currently executing. When a process fails, the system reactivates the process under the automatic control of the process monitor, and the reactivation is performed automatically. The system can also generate an error message that is logged or sent as an email to support personnel when a process has failed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeff A. Parks, Sankar-Ram Sundaresan, Christopher W. Bollerud, Thorsten Siegmund
  • Publication number: 20030084377
    Abstract: A system and method that uses a process management console to maintain multiple processes that perform software services from within a presentation layer and a database layer. The method includes defining an active process list for a plurality of processes that provide services in the presentation and database layers. Another step is monitoring the plurality of processes that are active in the presentation and database layers by using a process monitor. The next step is determining when one of the processes has abnormally terminated, using the process monitor to periodically compare the active process list to the list of processes currently executing. When a process fails, the system reactivates the process under the automatic control of the process monitor, and the reactivation is performed automatically. The system can also generate an error message that is logged or sent as an email to support personnel when a process has failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Jeff A. Parks, Sankar-Ram Sundaresan, Christopher W. Bollerud, Thorsten Siegmund