Patents by Inventor Shantanu Narayan

Shantanu Narayan 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).

  • Method and apparatus for creating and assigning unique identifiers for network entities and database items in a networked computer system
    Patent number: 5884322
    Abstract: Unique identifications are assigned to entities in a network and items in a database. In general, unique identifications are assigned to entities or data items within a network by a plurality of server entities, each server entity capable of obtaining a unique subset of identifications from other server entities, assigning an identification from its subset to another server entity, subdividing its own subset to form other unique subsets and assigning a unique subset to another server entity. Each server entity receives its own server entity identification when it is installed and also may request to receive a unique subset of entity identifications. A subset of entity identifications, also referred to interchangeably herein as a "block" of entity identifications, comprises one or more entity identifications. Each server entity controls the assignment of the entity identifications within the subsets it receives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Gursharan S. Sidhu, Shantanu Narayan, Mark A. Gealy, Richard F. Andrews, Susan A. Manning