Patents by Inventor Brian Winger

Brian Winger 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).

  • Transaction bundling for improved redundancy
    Patent number: 7509528
    Abstract: A method is provided for simplifying maintenance of synchronicity between an active control system and a standby control system. As interdependent software modules on the active control system update stored state information in response to triggering events and actions, the transaction messages for dependent software modules are bundled together and sent to the standby control system as a single message. This avoids the problems that can arise when a switchover occurs when only some of the transactions messages from interdependent software modules have been transmitted before failure of the active control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Tim White, Brian Winger, Michel Kassab
  • Transaction bundling for improved redundancy
    Publication number: 20070214385
    Abstract: A method is provided for simplifying maintenance of synchronicity between an active control system and a standby control system. As interdependent software modules on the active control system update stored state information in response to triggering events and actions, the transaction messages for dependent software modules are bundled together and sent to the standby control system as a single message. This avoids the problems that can arise when a switchover occurs when only some of the transactions messages from interdependent software modules have been transmitted before failure of the active control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Alcatel
    Inventors: Tim White, Brian Winger, Michel Kassab