Patents by Inventor MICHAEL D. BROOKS

MICHAEL D. BROOKS 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).

  • Publication number: 20140164631
    Abstract: A connection request including a connection model key and a partner system attribute of the partner system requesting a connection is received at an application server from a partner system. Using a predefined connection model, as determination is made as to whether the received connection model key and the received partner system attribute respectively match a configured connection model key and a configured authorized partner system attribute within the predefined connection model. In response to determining that the received connection model key and the received partner system attribute match the respective configured connection model key and the configured authorized partner system attribute within the predefined connection model, a connection is created that includes a first unique connection name derived from the received partner system attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald M. W. Allen, Michael D. Brooks, Philip I. Wakelin
  • Publication number: 20140164626
    Abstract: A connection request including a connection model key and a partner system attribute of the partner system requesting a connection is received at an application server from a partner system. Using a predefined connection model, as determination is made as to whether the received connection model key and the received partner system attribute respectively match a configured connection model key and a configured authorized partner system attribute within the predefined connection model. In response to determining that the received connection model key and the received partner system attribute match the respective configured connection model key and the configured authorized partner system attribute within the predefined connection model, a connection is created that includes a first unique connection name derived from the received partner system attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald M. W. Allen, Michael D. Brooks, Philip I. Wakelin
  • Publication number: 20140025730
    Abstract: A method, system and/or computer program manages a maximum permissible number of concurrent conversations over a communications link between a client computer and a server computer. State information includes an indication as to whether the most recent message sent is the final message in the conversation. When a client computer requests to start a new conversation, the server computer starts the conversation if the maximum number of conversations will not be exceeded. If the maximum number will be exceeded, the server computer checks the state information to find a conversation in which the most recent message sent is the final message in the conversation. If such a conversation cannot be found, the server computer does not start the new conversation. If such a conversation can be found, the server computer queues the message from a client computer to start a new conversation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: GERALD M.W. ALLEN, MICHAEL D. BROOKS