Patents by Inventor Clark Douglas Hodges

Clark Douglas Hodges 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).

  • Concurrency management component for use by a computer program during the transfer of a message
    Patent number: 5675796
    Abstract: An improved mechanism for communicating between computer programs is provided. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a computer system has a source computer program, a destination computer program and a communication mechanism for sending a communication from the source computer program to the destination computer program. The communication mechanism contains a concurrency management mechanism for handling events when a communication is pending. The source computer program sends a communication to the destination computer program using the communication mechanism. While the remote communication is pending, the concurrency management mechanism of the preferred embodiment provides concurrency management. The source computer program then receives a reply to the communication from the destination computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Clark Douglas Hodges, Antony S. Williams, Johann Posch