Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Charles E. Rohrer, PC
  • Virtual socket for JAVA interprocess communication
    Patent number: 6401109
    Abstract: A virtual socket replaces the usual JAVA physical socket for interprocess communication between two JAVA processes resident on a single system. The virtual socket is created by loading and making use of the standard-in, standard out process associated with the underlying platform so that data, rather than objects, can be passed from one Java process to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Ronald L. Heiney, Gerald D. Boldt, James R. Carlock, Thomas M. Ruehle, Stephen E. Stucka