Patents by Inventor Christopher Fitzpatrick

Christopher Fitzpatrick 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).

  • Fault-tolerant networks
    Patent number: 7788524
    Abstract: Recovery systems and methods for sustaining the operation of a plurality of networked computers (20a,20b) in the event of a fault conditions are described. The basic recovery system comprises a plurality of virtual machines (31a,31b) installed on a recovery computer (30), each virtual machine being arranged to emulate a corresponding networked computer, and the recovery computer being arranged, in the event of a detected failure of one of the networked computers, to activate and use the virtual machine which corresponds to the failed networked computer (20). The recovery computer (30) may be located on the same network (12) as the networked computers (20), or alternatively on a remotely located local network in case of failure of the entire local network (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Neverfail Group Limited
    Inventors: Keith Wing, Christopher Fitzpatrick, Wouter Senf
  • Fault-Tolerant Networks
    Publication number: 20090138541
    Abstract: Recovery systems and methods for sustaining the operation of a plurality of networked computers (20a,20b) in the event of a fault conditions are described. The basic recovery system comprises a plurality of virtual machines (31a,31b) installed on a recovery computer (30), each virtual machine being arranged to emulate a corresponding networked computer, and the recovery computer being arranged, in the event of a detected failure of one of the networked computers, to activate and use the virtual machine which corresponds to the failed networked computer (20). The recovery computer (30) may be located on the same network (12) as the networked computers (20), or alternatively on a remotely located local network in case of failure of the entire local network (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: NEVERFAIL GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Keith WING, Christopher FITZPATRICK, Wouter SENF
  • Fault-tolerant networks
    Patent number: 7409577
    Abstract: Recovery systems and methods for sustaining the operation of a plurality of networked computers (20a, 20b) in the event of a fault conditions are described. The basic recovery system comprises a plurality of virtual machines (31a, 31b) installed on a recovery computer (30), each virtual machine being arranged to emulate a corresponding networked computer, and the recovery computer being arranged, in the event of a detected failure of one of the networked computers, to activate and use the virtual machine which corresponds to the failed networked computer (20). The recovery computer (30) may be located on the same network (12) as the networked computers (20), or alternatively on a remotely located local network in case of failure of the entire local network (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Neverfail Group Limited
    Inventors: Keith Wing, Christopher Fitzpatrick, Wouter Senf
  • Inline audio/visual conversion
    Publication number: 20070252746
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for inline audio/visual conversion are described. Power to an inline converter is provided over the A/V cable that couples the converter to a destination such as a selector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Bradley Hoffert, Susanna Hoffert, Steven Kelsey, James McPeak, Oscar Medina, Christopher Fitzpatrick, Paul Wilcox
  • Fault-tolerant networks
    Publication number: 20040172574
    Abstract: Recovery systems and methods for sustaining the operation of a plurality of networked computers (20a, 20b) in the event of a fault conditions are described. The basic recovery system comprises a plurality of virtual machines (31a, 31b) installed on a recovery computer (30), each virtual machine being arranged to emulate a corresponding networked computer, and the recovery computer being arranged, in the event of a detected failure of one of the networked computers, to activate and use the virtual machine which corresponds to the failed networked computer (20). The recovery computer (30) may be located on the same network (12) as the networked computers (20), or alternatively on a remotely located local network in case of failure of the entire local network (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Keith Wing, Christopher Fitzpatrick, Wouter Senf