Patents by Inventor J. Bradford Parker

J. Bradford Parker 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).

  • Network protocol translator including method and apparatus for reducing interprocess communication and data exchange overhead
    Patent number: 5073852
    Abstract: An method for interprocess communication and data exchange within a computer's software operating system executing on a computer network protocol translator having a central processing unit and associated memory, which includes encapsulating the message or data to be exchanged within certain header and footer information which defines the context of the transmission. Certain program routines are executed in conjunction with this context information which enable the software processes within the operating system to exchange data and to acknowledge the receipt of messages without having to generate and transmit return messages or pre-empt the operating system's execution sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Cayman Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Siegel, J. Bradford Parker, John Wroclawski