Patents by Inventor Freeland Abbott

Freeland Abbott 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: 7581006
    Abstract: A system for serving web pages manages a plurality of web servers. The system provides an operator with features and tools to coordinate the operation of the multiple web servers. The system may manage traffic by directing web page requests to available web servers and balancing the web page request service load among the multiple servers. The system may collect data on web page requests and web server responses to those web page requests, and provide reporting of the data as well as automatic and manual analysis tools. The system may monitor for specific events, and may act automatically upon the occurrence of such events. The events may include predictions or thresholds that indicate impending system crises. The system may include crisis management capability to provide automatic error recovery, and to guide a system operator through the possible actions that can be taken to recover from events such as component failure or network environment problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Lara, Stefan Reitshamer, Stanley Yamane, Freeland Abbott, Jason DeBettencourt
  • Patent number: 7356589
    Abstract: In a web service system with one or more web servers, a system and method for distributing content directly from each web server to a single computer transfers files generated on web servers to a central location for access by a system operator. If files generated by multiple web servers are aggregated on a single computer, processing and analysis can be performed on all of the files. Generally, in one aspect, the invention relates to a system and method for transmitting content from one computer to another in a web service system. The web service system includes web servers that provide web pages in response to web page requests. First and second web server agents provide an interface between the web service system and first and second computers, respectively. The first web server agent runs on the first computer and identifies at least a portion of a file for transmission to the second web server agent running on the second computer in the web service system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Freeland Abbott, Marco Lara, Depankar Neogi, Geoff Hardy
  • Patent number: 7143193
    Abstract: In a web service system with one or more web servers, a system and method for distributing content directly from each web server to a single computer transfers files generated on web servers to a central location for access by a system operator. If files generated by multiple web servers are aggregated on a single computer, processing and analysis can be performed on all of the files. Generally, in one aspect, the invention relates to a system and method for transmitting content from one computer to another in a web service system. The web service system includes web servers that provide web pages in response to web page requests. First and second web server agents provide an interface between the web service system and first and second computers, respectively. The first web server agent runs on the first computer and identifies at least a portion of a file for transmission to the second web server agent running on the second computer in the web service system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Freeland Abbott, Marco Lara, Depankar Neogi, Geoff Hardy
  • Publication number: 20060026262
    Abstract: In a web service system with one or more web servers, a system and method for distributing content directly from each web server to a single computer transfers files generated on web servers to a central location for access by a system operator. If files generated by multiple web servers are aggregated on a single computer, processing and analysis can be performed on all of the files. Generally, in one aspect, the invention relates to a system and method for transmitting content from one computer to another in a web service system. The web service system includes web servers that provide web pages in response to web page requests. First and second web server agents provide an interface between the web service system and first and second computers, respectively. The first web server agent runs on the first computer and identifies at least a portion of a file for transmission to the second web server agent running on the second computer in the web service system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Freeland Abbott, Marco Lara, Depankar Neogi, Geoff Hardy
  • Patent number: 6912534
    Abstract: A system for serving web pages manages a plurality of web servers. The system provides an operator with features and tools to coordinate the operation of the multiple web servers. The system can manage traffic by directing web page requests to available web servers and balancing the web page request service load among the multiple servers. The system can collect data on web page requests and web server responses to those web page requests, and provide reporting of the data as well as automatic and manual analysis tools. The system can monitor for specific events, and can act automatically upon the occurrence of such events. The events can include predictions or thresholds that indicate impending system crises. The system can include crisis management capability to provide automatic error recovery, and to guide a system operator through the possible actions that can be taken to recover from events such as component failure or network environment problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Jason DeBettencourt, Marco Lara, Stanley Yamane, Freeland Abbott
  • Publication number: 20020042823
    Abstract: A system for serving web pages manages a plurality of web servers. The system provides an operator with features and tools to coordinate the operation of the multiple web servers. The system can manage traffic by directing web page requests to available web servers and balancing the web page request service load among the multiple servers. The system can collect data on web page requests and web server responses to those web page requests, and provide reporting of the data as well as automatic and manual analysis tools. The system can monitor for specific events, and can act automatically upon the occurrence of such events. The events can include predictions or thresholds that indicate impending system crises. The system can include crisis management capability to provide automatic error recovery, and to guide a system operator through the possible actions that can be taken to recover from events such as component failure or network environment problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Jason DeBettencourt, Marco Lara, Stanley Yamane, Freeland Abbott
  • Patent number: 6317786
    Abstract: A system for serving web pages manages a plurality of web servers. The system provides an operator with features and tools to coordinate the operation of the multiple web servers. The system may manage traffic by directing web page requests to available web servers and balancing the web page request service load among the multiple servers. The system may collect data on web page requests and web server responses to those web page requests, and provide reporting of the data as well as automatic and manual analysis tools. The system may monitor for specific events, and may act automatically upon the occurrence of such events. The events may include predictions or thresholds that indicate impending system crises. The system may include crisis management capability to provide automatic error recovery, and to guide a system operator through the possible actions that can be taken to recover from events such as component failure or network environment problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: WebSpective Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Yamane, Freeland Abbott, Jason DeBettencourt, Marco Lara
  • Patent number: 6314463
    Abstract: A system for serving web pages manages a plurality of web servers. The system provides an operator with features and tools to coordinate the operation of the multiple web servers. The system may manage traffic by directing web page requests to available web servers and balancing the web page request service load among the multiple servers. The system may collect data on web page requests and web server responses to those web page requests, and provide reporting of the data as well as automatic and manual analysis tools. The system may monitor for specific events, and may act automatically upon the occurrence of such events. The events may include predictions or thresholds that indicate impending system crises. The system may include crisis management capability to provide automatic error recovery, and to guide a system operator through the possible actions that can be taken to recover from events such as component failure or network environment problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: WebSpective Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Freeland Abbott, Marco Lara, Stanley Yamane
  • Patent number: 6279001
    Abstract: A system for serving web pages manages a plurality of web servers. The system provides an operator with features and tools to coordinate the operation of the multiple web servers. The system can manage traffic by directing web page requests to available web servers and balancing the web page request service load among the multiple servers. The system can collect data on web page requests and web server responses to those web page requests, and provide reporting of the data as well as automatic and manual analysis tools. The system can monitor for specific events, and can act automatically upon the occurrence of such events. The events can include predictions or thresholds that indicate impending system crises. The system can include crisis management capability to provide automatic error recovery, and to guide a system operator through the possible actions that can be taken to recover from events such as component failure or network environment problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Webspective Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason DeBettencourt, Marco Lara, Stanley Yamane, Freeland Abbott