Patents by Inventor Christopher Scheybeler

Christopher Scheybeler 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).

  • Universal application server for providing applications on a variety of client devices in a client/server network
    Patent number: 6362836
    Abstract: In a three tier client-server architecture, an universal application (UAP) server providing a middle or second tier between a third tier of application servers and a first tier of client devices to provide the controlled delivery of computer based application programs running on a set of application servers to a number of users using a wide variety of client devices without requiring the installation of software on, or changes to the application servers or application programs. The UAP server or application broker comprises a status manager engine, a session manager engine, a data store, a data store engine, a web server, and multiple instantiations of protocol engines design for a given application type and multiple instantiations of display engines for downloading to and operating on client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Shaw, Karl Richard Burgess, John Marcus Pullan, Peter Charles Cartwright, Roger David Binns, Andrew James Shire, Barry John Sturgeon, Christopher Scheybeler, Raymond Anderson