Patents Assigned to PFN, Inc.
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Patent number: 6389450Abstract: A method for creating distributed objects representing receipt requests which are sent with a primary distributed object, indicating a receipt is requested when the primary distributed object has been received at a client side communications server or accessed by a member of a workgroup, or both.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1999Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: PFN, Inc.Inventors: Ronald A. Butman, Raja Ramachandran, Thomas A. Burns, Thomas J. Malone, Michael D. Kmiec, Joseph C. Dougherty
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Patent number: 6128645Abstract: A hyper domain server which maps a plurality of client domain servers into a communications infrastructure to create a community over one or more networks. In one embodiment the client domain servers map a plurality of client side communications servers within a client entity.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1999Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: PFN, Inc.Inventors: Ronald A. Butman, Raja Ramachandran, Thomas A. Burns, Thomas J. Malone, Michael D. Kmiec, Joseph C. Dougherty
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Patent number: 5884035Abstract: A dynamic group registry for organizing information created by a client entity for sharing, having a plurality of publication computers networked together inside the client, each publication computer having a disk for storing a dynamic group registry and resource locators containing function names, a web server which causes the publication computer to respond to resource locators by loading the function name indicated, a database management program for organizing the dynamic group registry; a client side communications server to respond to resource locators directed to it and to direct the database management program in organizing the dynamic group registry; a client side communications resource locator list stored in each publication computer that causes functions to be selected for execution in the client side communications server so that the dynamic group registry indicates how information is to be shared amongst the designated individuals and groups with the client entity.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1997Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Assignee: PFN, Inc.Inventors: Ronald A. Butman, Raja Ramachandran, Thomas A. Burns, Thomas J. Malone, Michael D. Kmiec, Joseph C. Dougherty
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Patent number: 5870562Abstract: A system for managing information communications between clients on different networks having a first computer with a disk for storing a dynamic client registry and resource locators containing function names; a web server to respond to resource locators by calling the function name; a database management program for organizing the dynamic client registry; a domain communications server which, when loaded by the web server is executed to respond to resource locators directed to it and to direct the database management program in organizing the dynamic client registry; a second computer communicating with the first computer, the second computer having a disk for storing a dynamic group registry and for storing resource locators containing function names; the second computer executing a web server which causes it to respond to resource locators by calling the function indicated, the second computer also having a database management program for organizing the dynamic group registry; a client side communicationsType: GrantFiled: March 24, 1997Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: PFN, Inc.Inventors: Ronald A. Butman, Raja Ramachandran, Thomas A. Burns, Thomas J. Malone, Michael D. Kmiec, Joseph C. Dougherty
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Patent number: 5867665Abstract: A domain communications server having a first computer with a disk for storing a dynamic client registry and resource locators containing function names; a web server to respond to resource locators by calling the function name; a database management program for organizing the dynamic client registry; a domain communications server which, when loaded by the web server is executed to respond to resource locators directed to it and to direct the database management program in organizing the dynamic client registry; secondary computers communicating with the first computer, the secondary computers each having a disk for storing a dynamic group registry and for storing resource locators containing function names; each secondary computer executing a web server which causes it to respond to resource locators by calling the function indicated, each secondary computer also having a database management program for organizing its dynamic group registry; a client side communications server executing in each secondary coType: GrantFiled: March 24, 1997Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: PFN, IncInventors: Ronald A. Butman, Raja Ramachandran, Thomas A. Burns, Thomas J. Malone, Michael D. Kmiec, Joseph C. Dougherty
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Patent number: 5867667Abstract: A publication control system for networks inside a client having several publication computers networked together, each of the publication computers having disks for storing a dynamic group registry and resource locators containing function names, a web server which, when executed by the publication computer, causes the publication computer to respond to resource locators by calling the function indicated, a database management program for organizing the dynamic group registry; and a client side communications server, which responds to resource locators directed to it and directs the database management program in organizing the dynamic group registry; the system also has a domain computer having a disk for storing a dynamic client registry and resource locators containing function names; a web server which, when executed by the domain computer, causes the domain computer to respond to the resource locators by calling the function name indicated, a database management program for organizing the dynamic clientType: GrantFiled: March 24, 1997Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: PFN, Inc.Inventors: Ronald A. Butman, Raja Ramachandran, Thomas A. Burns, Thomas J. Malone, Michael D. Kmiec, Joseph C. Dougherty