Patents by Inventor Dominic Tracy Pruitt

Dominic Tracy Pruitt 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).

  • System and method for automatically connecting local and remote data processing systems
    Patent number: 6834305
    Abstract: A method, system, and program product automatically determines that a communication request addressed to a remote data processing system may be expected and, in response, automatically establishes a connection to the remote data processing system, thereby causing the time interval for establishing the connection to elapse prior to transmission or reception of the communication request. Thereafter, a communication request is forwarded to the remote data processing system via the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Haynes, Dominic Tracy Pruitt