Patents by Inventor James Ronald Hixon

James Ronald Hixon 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).

  • Collecting client-side application performance monitoring information
    Patent number: 10103961
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collecting client-side application performance monitoring (APM) information in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: inserting a script code fragment into an electronic document to be transmitted to a client computing device, wherein the script code fragment is to issue a request for loading an object from a second computer system, the request comprising at least one of: a parameter of a client browser executed by the client computing device, a parameter of an application being executed within the client browser, or a parameter of a current session of the client browser; and transmitting the electronic document to at least one of: the second computer system or the client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Teacher Insurance & Annuity Association of America
    Inventors: Ethan Luke Michaud, Mathew Wade Pickering, Rafael Pedro Olaso, Matthew M. Bechard, Janusz M. Juda, James Ronald Hixon, William Val Arneth, III, Nathaniel John Bates, Latrisha Devon Whitehead, Gary Robert Couture, Louis Anthony Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford
  • Providing transaction identifiers for application performance management in distributed computer systems
    Patent number: 9509749
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing transaction identifiers for application performance management in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a first computer system, a first message; identifying, based on a pre-defined byte pattern, an incoming transaction identifier within the first message; responsive to failing to identify the incoming transaction identifier, generating a new transaction identifier; transmitting, to a second computer system, a second message associated with the first message, the second message comprising a transaction identifier provided by one of: the incoming transaction identifier or the new transaction identifier; and transmitting, to a third computer system, a third message representing a log record, the third message comprising the transaction identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
    Inventors: Ethan Luke Michaud, Mathew Wade Pickering, Janusz M. Juda, Prabhu Purushothaman, Thomas Steven Joyce, William Val Arneth, III, Latrisha Devon Whitehead, Matthew Maclean Bechard, James Ronald Hixon, Jennifer D'Awn Jeffress, Rafael Pedro Olaso, Gary Robert Couture, Louis Anthony Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford
  • COLLECTING CLIENT-SIDE APPLICATION PERFORMANCE MONITORING INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20160028805
    Abstract: Systems and methods for collecting client-side application performance monitoring (APM) information in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: inserting a script code fragment into an electronic document to be transmitted to a client computing device, wherein the script code fragment is to issue a request for loading an object from a second computer system, the request comprising at least one of: a parameter of a client browser executed by the client computing device, a parameter of an application being executed within the client browser, or a parameter of a current session of the client browser; and transmitting the electronic document to at least one of: the second computer system or the client computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ethan Luke Michaud, Mathew Wade Pickering, Rafael Pedro Olaso, Matthew M. Bechard, Janusz M. Juda, James Ronald Hixon, William Val Arneth, III, Nathaniel John Bates, Latrisha Devon Whitehead, Gary Robert Couture, Louis Anthony Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford
  • PROVIDING TRANSACTION IDENTIFIERS FOR APPLICATION PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20150304382
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing transaction identifiers for application performance management in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a first computer system, a first message; identifying, based on a pre-defined byte pattern, an incoming transaction identifier within the first message; responsive to failing to identify the incoming transaction identifier, generating a new transaction identifier; transmitting, to a second computer system, a second message associated with the first message, the second message comprising a transaction identifier provided by one of: the incoming transaction identifier or the new transaction identifier; and transmitting, to a third computer system, a third message representing a log record, the third message comprising the transaction identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
    Inventors: Ethan Luke Michaud, Mathew Wade Pickering, Janusz M. Juda, Prabhu Purushothaman, Thomas Steven Joyce, William Val Arneth, III, Latrisha Devon Whitehead, Matthew Maclean Bechard, James Ronald Hixon, Jennifer D'Awn Jeffress, Rafael Pedro Olaso, Gary Robert Couture, Louis Anthony Iannucci, Scott M. Blandford