Patents by Inventor Andrew P. Valenti

Andrew P. Valenti 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).

  • Data distribution apparatus and method having a data description including information for specifying a time that a data distribution is to occur
    Patent number: 4974149
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for distributing data from a central digital data processing system to remote digital data processing systems and apparatus for storing data in digital data processing systems. The central digital data system creates a data descriptor which describes the data and its source location. The central system provides the data descriptor to the remote systems. The remote systems employ the data descriptor to retrieve the data to be distributed and place it in a destination. A given digital data processing system may function as both a central system and a remote system. The data descriptor may be provided to the remote systems by means of magnetic media or a network and the data may be retrieved from magnetic media or via a network. When retrieval is via a network, the source of the data is an inventory library. The inventory library may be part of the central system or may be part of a different host system. The destination includes a live library and a run library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: Wang Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew P. Valenti