Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Merrill

Daniel J. Merrill 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).

  • Virtual communication router with time-quantum synchronization
    Patent number: 10628204
    Abstract: A method including receiving a registration request from each of two or more virtual machines. The method also can include registering the each of the two or more virtual machines as a registered virtual machine in response to receiving the registration request from the each of the two or more virtual machines. The method additionally can include sending a first start quantum message including a first time quantum to each of the registered virtual machines to cause each of the registered virtual machines to execute for the first time quantum in a first round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PERFORMANCE SOFTWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel J. Merrill, Darrell A. Leinwand, James W. Breese, Steven D. Belle
  • VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION ROUTER WITH TIME-QUANTUM SYNCHRONIZATION
    Publication number: 20190265997
    Abstract: A method including receiving a registration request from each of two or more virtual machines. The method also can include registering the each of the two or more virtual machines as a registered virtual machine in response to receiving the registration request from the each of the two or more virtual machines. The method additionally can include sending a first start quantum message including a first time quantum to each of the registered virtual machines to cause each of the registered virtual machines to execute for the first time quantum in a first round.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Performance Software Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Merrill, Darrell A. Leinwand, James W. Breese, Steven D. Belle