Patents by Inventor Philip Raymond Winstead

Philip Raymond Winstead 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).

  • Failure detection in a processing system
    Patent number: 10037242
    Abstract: A first processor enters a control record in a database and then selects the control record and locks it with a pessimistic lock. If the first processor finishes its operations, it deletes the control record. A subsequent processor searches for the control record and attempts to lock it with a pessimistic lock. If the subsequent processor is successful in locking the control record, it determines that the first processor has failed in performing its process, and takes desired action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lennart Conrad, Per Lykke Lynnerup, Philip Raymond Winstead
  • FAILURE DETECTION IN A PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170371737
    Abstract: A first processor enters a control record in a database and then selects the control record and locks it with a pessimistic lock. If the first processor finishes its operations, it deletes the control record. A subsequent processor searches for the control record and attempts to lock it with a pessimistic lock. If the subsequent processor is successful in locking the control record, it determines that the first processor has failed in performing its process, and takes desired action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Lennart Conrad, Per Lykke Lynnerup, Philip Raymond Winstead