Patents by Inventor Alfred R. Boll

Alfred R. Boll 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).

  • Interprocess communications interface for managing transaction requests
    Patent number: 5644720
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of processing transaction requests from client applications within a computer network having a plurality of client servers. Each client server has a work share and a set of attributes that including a name, an address and a list of services for fulfilling transaction requests. Each transaction request identifies attributes necessary for fulfilling the request. The method entails identifying a set of client servers having the necessary attributes and defining a work distribution function. The work distribution function, which distributes transaction requests, randomly selects a client server from the set of client servers, according to work shares of the client servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: West Publishing Company
    Inventors: Alfred R. Boll, David G. Finke, Charles S. Koehn