Patents by Inventor Andrew James Standford-Clark

Andrew James Standford-Clark 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).

  • Regulating access to a scarce resource
    Publication number: 20030023724
    Abstract: The invention relates to regulating access by users to a scarce resource. A request for access to the scarce resource is received. It is determined whether the access level for the scarce resource is at a desired maximum and responsive to determining that it is, the requester is allocated to an access slot. The requester is then provided with a notification of their allocated access slot. Access is available to the requester when the allocated slot is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sean James Martin, Chetanram Ram Murthy, Andrew James Standford-Clark