Patents by Inventor Gerold Kurth

Gerold Kurth 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).

  • Method and apparatus to provide high precision packet traversal time statistics in a heterogeneous network
    Patent number: 6865612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to handling of performance problems arising in computer networks and in particular, to precise definition of packet traversal time. The basic idea of the present invention comprises the principle to perform a calibration phase, in which the difference between the computer clocks on the client and the server computer is calculated, using a statistical method. This allows to calculate request and response time separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerold Kurth, Andreas Maier, Volker Schoelles
  • Method and apparatus to provide high precision packet traversal time statistics in a heterogeneous network
    Publication number: 20010016876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to handling of performance problems arising in computer networks and in particular, to precise definition of packet traversal time. The basic idea of the present invention comprises the principle to perform a calibration phase, in which the difference between the computer clocks on the client and the server computer is calculated, using a statistical method. This allows to calculate request and response time separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: Gerold Kurth, Andreas Maier, Volker Schoelles
  • Distributed applications processing network
    Patent number: 5606493
    Abstract: A system is described in which a local task (415) running on a local computer (400) can use a remote task (430) running on a remote computer (405). The local task (415) firstly establishes a conversation between a local data transmission agent (410) in the local computer (400) and a remote data transmission agent (420) in the remote computer (405). This conversation is assigned a handle (XmitHandle). The local task (415) can then use this handle (XmitHandle) to call tasks (430) running on the remote computer (405). Data is passed between the local task (415) and the local data transmission agent (410) by the use of a shared memory buffer. Data is similarly passed between the remote, task (430) and the remote data transmission agent (420) by the use of a shared memory buffer. The local (410) and remote (420) data transmission agent are connected together in a network which is preferably an SNA network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Reinhard Duscher, Tony Gargya, Gerold Kurth