Patents by Inventor Neil D Winton

Neil D Winton 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).

  • Managing operation of servers in a distributed computing environment
    Patent number: 6539426
    Abstract: A distributed processing system comprises hardware, e.g. computers (1,2,3,6,7, 9) and networks (8,10), supporting a user client applications, server applications capable of exposing user application interfaces to the user client application, and a management client application. The server applications are capable of exposing a common management interface to the management client application. Thus, the system can be managed at a lower level than is possible with prior art approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Stephen Meek, Neil D Winton