Patents by Inventor Chris Hawkinson

Chris Hawkinson 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).

  • DISTRIBUTED CACHE BETWEEN SERVERS OF A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20080189383
    Abstract: A distributed cache module that allows for a distributed cache between multiple servers of a network without using a central cache manager. The distributed cache module transmits each message with a logical timestamp. The distributed cache module of a server that receives the message will delay forwarding of the message to, for example, a client computer, if preceding timestamps are not received. This insures a correct order of timestamped messages without requiring a central manager to allocate and control the transmission of the messages within the network. Each distributed cache module will request and possibly retrieve data from the cache of another server in response to a file request for the data. The data of a file may be accessed by a plurality of servers joined in a file context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Karl Schuh, Chris Hawkinson, Scott Ruple, Tom Volden
  • Distributed cache between servers of a network
    Patent number: 7254617
    Abstract: A distributed cache module that allows for a distributed cache between multiple servers of a network without using a central cache manager. The distributed cache module transmits each message with a logical timestamp. The distributed cache module of a server that receives the message will delay forwarding of the message to, for example, a client computer, if preceding timestamps are not received. This insures a correct order of timestamped messages without requiring a central manager to allocate and control the transmission of the messages within the network. Each distributed cache module will request and possibly retrieve data from the cache of another server in response to a file request for the data. The data of a file may be accessed by a plurality of servers joined in a file context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventors: Karl Schuh, Chris Hawkinson, Scott Ruple, Tom Volden
  • Distributed cache between servers of a network
    Publication number: 20040111486
    Abstract: A distributed cache module that allows for a distributed cache between multiple servers of a network without using a central cache manager. The distributed cache module transmits each message with a logical timestamp. The distributed cache module of a server that receives the message will delay forwarding of the message to, for example, a client computer, if preceding timestamps are not received. This insures a correct order of timestamped messages without requiring a central manager to allocate and control the transmission of the messages within the network. Each distributed cache module will request and possibly retrieve data from the cache of another server in response to a file request for the data. The data of a file may be accessed by a plurality of servers joined in a file context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Karl Schuh, Chris Hawkinson, Scott Ruple, Tom Volden