Patents by Inventor Christopher John Bray

Christopher John Bray 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).

  • Techniques for consistent reads in a split message store
    Patent number: 10642877
    Abstract: Techniques for consistent reads in a split message store are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a client front-end component of a messaging system operative to receive a messaging client update request from a messaging client on a client device; and provide a message metadata set and a message body set to the messaging client on the client device in response to the messaging client update request; and a message cache component of the messaging system operative to retrieve the message metadata set from a metadata store of the messaging system, the message metadata set associated with a metadata set most-recent sequence identifier for the message metadata set; and retrieve the message body set from a message store of the messaging system, wherein retrieving the message body set from the message store comprises providing the metadata set most-recent sequence identifier for the message metadata set to the message store. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Winston Felix Popowicz Handte, Christopher John Bray
  • TECHNIQUES FOR CONSISTENT READS IN A SPLIT MESSAGE STORE
    Publication number: 20190205466
    Abstract: Techniques for consistent reads in a split message store are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a client front-end component of a messaging system operative to receive a messaging client update request from a messaging client on a client device; and provide a message metadata set and a message body set to the messaging client on the client device in response to the messaging client update request; and a message cache component of the messaging system operative to retrieve the message metadata set from a metadata store of the messaging system, the message metadata set associated with a metadata set most-recent sequence identifier for the message metadata set; and retrieve the message body set from a message store of the messaging system, wherein retrieving the message body set from the message store comprises providing the metadata set most-recent sequence identifier for the message metadata set to the message store. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Winston Felix Popowicz Handte, Christopher John Bray
  • Court tennis racquet
    Patent number: D839369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher John Bray