Patents by Inventor Gregory Lynn Morris

Gregory Lynn Morris 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 for reserving system resources to assure quality of service
    Patent number: 5701465
    Abstract: A method for providing files to a remote node including the steps of determining whether bandwidth is available for transmitting across a communications link a file requested by a remote node, reserving bandwidth for the requested file if bandwidth is determined to be available, and opening the requested file for transmission only if bandwidth is reserved. In addition, an apparatus for providing files to a remote node including apparatus for determining whether bandwidth is available for transmitting across a communications link a file requested by a remote node, apparatus for reserving bandwidth for the requested file if bandwidth is determined to be available, and apparatus for opening the requested file for transmission only if bandwidth is reserved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark John Baugher, Philip Yen-Tang Chang, Gregory Lynn Morris, Alan Palmer Stephens
  • System for sending messages in a session using a mixture of protocols and preventing usage of a protocol when the message failing to meet a set of criteria
    Patent number: 5675740
    Abstract: A session-oriented local area network (LAN) application and an ISO 8802-2 protocol driver code will cooperate in a new form of connectionless, session-oriented communication called Sideband. At each session start-up time, the LAN Application will communicate with the enhanced ISO 8802-2 based protocol driver on the local system and the LAN Application and the 8802-2 based protocol driver on the remote system to determine if they all support the Sideband. If Sideband is fully supported by both systems, Sideband will be activated for the session. To communicate on a session which has Sideband active, the LAN Application requests that data is to be sent using the Sideband. A check is performed to see if the data meets Sideband criteria. As Sideband is a connectionless medium, the additional code path needed to set up and track timers and to handle the resend attempts are saved in the protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel Dean Heimsoth, Everett Arthur McCassey, II, Gregory Lynn Morris, Chun-tang Milton Li