Patents by Inventor Douglas Toombs

Douglas Toombs 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: 8601155
    Abstract: A computer-based method for improving the timely delivery of telemetry or other application-to-application data. A telemetry routing table is stored in memory that includes entries for a plurality of communication pathways for delivering a telemetry message from a telemetry application running on a first computer system to a telemetry reception application running on a second computer system. The table entries include a latency and a measured data delivery rate for transmittal of data over the corresponding pathway. The method includes generating a telemetry message having a particular data payload using the telemetry application and then selecting one of the communication pathways using the telemetry application based on a size of the data payload, the latencies, and the data delivery rates for the pathways (e.g., determining a total transit time for the payload for each pathway and selecting the pathway corresponding to the shortest transit time).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Toombs, Jon D. Greaves
  • Publication number: 20080043716
    Abstract: A computer-based method for improving the timely delivery of telemetry or other application-to-application data. A telemetry routing table is stored in memory that includes entries for a plurality of communication pathways for delivering a telemetry message from a telemetry application running on a first computer system to a telemetry reception application running on a second computer system. The table entries include a latency and a measured data delivery rate for transmittal of data over the corresponding pathway. The method includes generating a telemetry message having a particular data payload using the telemetry application and then selecting one of the communication pathways using the telemetry application based on a size of the data payload, the latencies, and the data delivery rates for the pathways (e.g., determining a total transit time for the payload for each pathway and selecting the pathway corresponding to the shortest transit time).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Toombs, Jon D. Greaves