Patents by Inventor Dave Nicponski

Dave Nicponski 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).

  • Peer-to-peer network heartbeat server and associated methods
    Publication number: 20050007964
    Abstract: A self-defined, automatically-configured hierarchical peer-to-peer networking method is disclosed. Network hierarchy is determined by the proximity (quantified as lower latency) of nodes in the network to a predetermined heartbeat server node. Nodes in closer proximity to the server node are considered parent of nodes in farther proximity. Nodes in equal proximity to the server node are considered siblings to each other. The disclosed network has a loop-free connectivity topology where a parent node may have multiple child nodes but does not share any child nodes with other parents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Vincent Falco, Dave Nicponski, Sam Darwin