Patents by Inventor Dale I. Newfield

Dale I. Newfield 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).

  • Apparatus and method for providing sequence database comparison
    Patent number: 7231390
    Abstract: A method and system of comparing a query and a subject database using a distributed computing platform is disclosed. The databases are divided into data elements having a size within a specified range. All data elements and task definitions are sent to a master CPU of a master-slave distributed computing platform, wherein task definitions comprise at least one comparison parameter, at least one executable comparison element, and a query and a subject data element ID/descriptor. Data elements are sent alternately from query and subject data elements. A task definition is sent for each task from the master CPU to one of a plurality of slave CPUs when all parts of a task definition and data elements referenced by the task definition are available at the master CPU. Data elements are then sent to the slave CPUs for performance of the tasks. Task results for each task are returned to a CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Parabon Computation, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas M. Blair, John J. Grefenstette, H. Hadon Nash, Dale I. Newfield, Dustin M. Lucien
  • Apparatus and method for providing sequence database comparison
    Publication number: 20010053957
    Abstract: A method and system of comparing a query and a subject database using a distributed computing platform is disclosed. The databases are divided into data elements having a size within a specified range. All data elements and task definitions are sent to a master CPU of a master-slave distributed computing platform, wherein task definitions comprise at least one comparison parameter, at least one executable comparison element, and a query and a subject data element ID/descriptor. Data elements are sent alternately from query and subject data elements. A task definition is sent for each task from the master CPU to one of a plurality of slave CPUs when all parts of a task definition and data elements referenced by the task definition are available at the master CPU. Data elements are then sent to the slave CPUs for performance of the tasks. Task results for each task are returned to a CPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Douglas M. Blair, John J. Grefenstette, H. Hadon Nash, Dale I. Newfield, Dustin M. Lucien