Patents by Inventor Ben Fulton

Ben Fulton 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).

  • Patent number: 9870412
    Abstract: A cluster manager manages copies of a mid-tier database as a mid-tier database cluster. The cluster manager may concurrently manage a backend database system. The cluster manager is configured to monitor for and react to failures of mid-tier database nodes. The cluster manager may react to a mid-tier database failure by, for example, assigning a new active node, creating a new standby node, creating new copies of the mid-tier databases, implementing new replication or backup schemes, reassigning the node's virtual address to another node, or relocating applications that were directly linked to the mid-tier database to another host. Each node or an associated agent may configure the cluster manager during initialization, based on common cluster configuration information. Each copy of the mid-tier database may be, for example, a memory resident database. Thus, a node must reload the entire database into memory to recover a copy of the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Sourav Ghosh, Ashish Motivala, Charles Hoch, Rohan Aranha, Ben Fulton, Andrey Gusev, Tirthankar Lahiri, Juan Tellez
  • Publication number: 20140100905
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes providing to a user access, via an electronic network, to a memory device on which are stored listings of parcels of real property. A selection of a set of the stored listings is received from the user via the electronic network. In response to receiving the selection, at least a portion of a first itinerary is generated including an indication of at least one time at which the user will receive permitted physical access to at least one parcel of real property associated with the selected set of stored listings. The first itinerary is then provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: APRIL ALEXANDER, JENNIFER CHAO, DARREN YEUNG, VINCENT CHANG, BEN LASLEY, BEN FULTON, JANSEN SHENG, JAMES DEMICHELE, THOMAS YOUNG, SHRENIK DEVASANI, NAVTEJ SADHAL, LUKE MISENHEIMER, HAIYUN HELEN WENG, HAMILTON NGUYEN, TIMOTHY WOO, SETH GOLDENBERG, CHUNG LAI, JUSTIN YAN, MEGHAN KILGORE, JULIA TEITELBAUM
  • Patent number: 8306951
    Abstract: A cluster manager is configured to manage a plurality of copies of a mid-tier database as a mid-tier database cluster. The cluster manager may concurrently manage a backend database system. The cluster manager is configured to monitor for and react to failures of mid-tier database nodes. The cluster manager may react to a mid-tier database failure by, for example, assigning a new active node, creating a new standby node, creating new copies of the mid-tier databases, implementing new replication or backup schemes, reassigning the node's virtual address to another node, or relocating applications that were directly linked to the mid-tier database to another host. Each node or an associated agent may configure the cluster manager to behave in this fashion during initialization, based on common cluster configuration information. Each copy of the mid-tier database may be, for example, a memory resident database. Thus, a node must reload the entire database into memory to recover a copy of the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Sourav Ghosh, Ashish Motivala, Charles Hoch, Rohan Aranha, Ben Fulton, Andrey Gusev, Tirthankar Lahiri, Juan Tellez
  • Publication number: 20110071981
    Abstract: A cluster manager is configured to manage a plurality of copies of a mid-tier database as a mid-tier database cluster. The cluster manager may concurrently manage a backend database system. The cluster manager is configured to monitor for and react to failures of mid-tier database nodes. The cluster manager may react to a mid-tier database failure by, for example, assigning a new active node, creating a new standby node, creating new copies of the mid-tier databases, implementing new replication or backup schemes, reassigning the node's virtual address to another node, or relocating applications that were directly linked to the mid-tier database to another host. Each node or an associated agent may configure the cluster manager to behave in this fashion during initialization, based on common cluster configuration information. Each copy of the mid-tier database may be, for example, a memory resident database. Thus, a node must reload the entire database into memory to recover a copy of the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Sourav Ghosh, Ashish Motivala, Charles Hoch, Rohan Aranha, Ben Fulton, Andrey Gusev, Tirthankar Lahiri, Juan Tellez