Patents Examined by Gneta L. Robinson
  • Method and apparatus for serving files from a mainframe to one or more clients
    Patent number: 6480834
    Abstract: A method and apparatus provides random access to mainframe files that are accessed using an operating system that does not provide random access. This allows a computer system such as a mainframe on which random access is not supported to act as a file server for a computer system on which random access is supported without requiring the entire file to be downloaded to the client computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Serena Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Engle, Kevin Parker