Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Whitfield

Andrew J. Whitfield 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, apparatus and computer program for administering messages which a consuming application fails to process
    Patent number: 9626236
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for administering messages. In response to a determination that one or more consuming applications have failed to process the same message on a queue a predetermined number of times, the message is made unavailable to consuming applications. Responsive to determining that a predetermined number of messages have been made unavailable to consuming applications, one or more consuming applications are prevented from consuming messages from the queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: nternational Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Malcolm D. Ayres, Andrew I. Hickson, Andrew M. Leonard, David Ware, Andrew J. Whitfield
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ADMINISTERING MESSAGES WHICH A CONSUMING APPLICATION FAILS TO PROCESS
    Publication number: 20150355956
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for administering messages. In response to a determination that one or more consuming applications have failed to process the same message on a queue a predetermined number of times, the message is made unavailable to consuming applications. Responsive to determining that a predetermined number of messages have been made unavailable to consuming applications, one or more consuming applications are prevented from consuming messages from the queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Malcolm D. Ayres, Andrew I. Hickson, Andrew M. Leonard, David Ware, Andrew J. Whitfield
  • Method, apparatus and computer program for administering messages which a consuming application fails to process
    Patent number: 9146788
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for administering messages. In response to a determination that one or more consuming applications have failed to process the same message on a queue a predetermined number of times, the message is made unavailable to consuming applications. Responsive to determining that a predetermined number of messages have been made unavailable to consuming applications, one or more consuming applications are prevented from consuming messages from the queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Malcolm D. Ayres, Andrew I. Hickson, Andrew M. Leonard, David Ware, Andrew J. Whitfield
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ADMINISTERING MESSAGES WHICH A CONSUMING APPLICATION FAILS TO PROCESS
    Publication number: 20080229329
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for administering messages. In response to a determination that one or more consuming applications have failed to process the same message on a queue a predetermined number of times, the message is made unavailable to consuming applications. Responsive to determining that a predetermined number of messages have been made unavailable to consuming applications, one or more consuming applications are prevented from consuming messages from the queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Malcolm D. Ayres, Andrew I. Hickson, Andrew M. Leonard, David Ware, Andrew J. Whitfield