Patents by Inventor David H. Carman

David H. Carman 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).

  • Choosing a leader in a replicated memory system
    Patent number: 10078464
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a replicated memory system replicates a set of data between multiple replicas, whereby each of the replicas includes a sequence update number corresponding to an update state of its respective set of data. At least one of the replicas identifies a number of replicas to which it connects and, in turn, the replicas select one of replicas as a leader replica based at least on the selected leader replica's sequence update number and the number of replicas to which the selected leader connects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vita Bortnikov, David H. Carman, Steven D. Clay, Shlomit I. Shachor, Ilya Shnayderman
  • Choosing a Leader in a Replicated Memory System
    Publication number: 20180018120
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a replicated memory system replicates a set of data between multiple replicas, whereby each of the replicas includes a sequence update number corresponding to an update state of its respective set of data. At least one of the replicas identifies a number of replicas to which it connects and, in turn, the replicas select one of replicas as a leader replica based at least on the selected leader replica's sequence update number and the number of replicas to which the selected leader connects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Vita Bortnikov, David H. Carman, Steven D. Clay, Shlomit I. Shachor, Ilya Shnayderman