Patents by Inventor Edward W. Macomber

Edward W. Macomber 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).

  • Patent number: 9606887
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a data persisting mechanism that allows for efficient, unobtrusive persisting of large volumes of data while optimizing the use of system resources by the persisting process. In an embodiment, the persisting process includes a self-tuning algorithm that constantly monitors persistence performance and that adjusts persistence time to maintain performance within user-defined criteria. From one aspect, this allows the persisting process to seamlessly adapt to changes in system environment (speeding up persistence during times of low processor usage and slowing down persistence during times of high processor usage) and to reduce or eliminate CPU spikes caused by persisting process. From another aspect, the persisting process results in the data being persisted as quickly as possible given the system constraints, thereby minimizing the possibility of data loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph D. Mokos, Edward W. Macomber
  • Publication number: 20140280386
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a data persisting mechanism that allows for efficient, unobtrusive persisting of large volumes of data while optimizing the use of system resources by the persisting process. In an embodiment, the persisting process includes a self-tuning algorithm that constantly monitors persistence performance and that adjusts persistence time to maintain performance within user-defined criteria. From one aspect, this allows the persisting process to seamlessly adapt to changes in system environment (speeding up persistence during times of low processor usage and slowing down persistence during times of high processor usage) and to reduce or eliminate CPU spikes caused by persisting process. From another aspect, the persisting process results in the data being persisted as quickly as possible given the system constraints, thereby minimizing the possibility of data loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Riverbed Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph D. MOKOS, Edward W. Macomber
  • Patent number: 8250158
    Abstract: A method includes: applying an unsent electronic message to an electronic screening tool programmed to identify content that is potentially not authorized by a business or potentially harmful to the business; generating, based on an application of the unsent electronic message to the electronic screening tool, a risk assessment score for the unsent electronic message; determining that a value of the risk assessment score exceeds a threshold value; and following a determination that the value of the risk assessment score exceeds the threshold value: generating an electronic alert message for a sender that indicates that the unsent electronic message comprises content that may be objectionable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Susquehanna International Group, LLP
    Inventors: John E. Arnold, Joel K. Greenberg, Edward W. Macomber
  • Publication number: 20090164233
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for identifying content in an unsent electronic message composed by a sender affiliated with a business, wherein the content is potentially not authorized by the business or potentially harmful to the business. An electronic screening toot is applied to the unsent electronic message prior to transmission of the unsent electronic message from a server, associated with the business, to the recipient. The electronic screening tool is programmed to identify content that is potentially not authorized by the business or potentially harmful to the business. The sender's request to transmit the electronic message to the recipient may be automatically cancelled and/or expunged from the server if the output of the electronic screening tool indicates that the unsent electronic message contains content that is potentially not authorized by the business or potentially harmful to the business.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Susquehanna International Group, LLP
    Inventors: John E. Arnold, Joel K. Greenberg, Edward W. Macomber
  • Patent number: 7496628
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for identifying content in an unsent electronic message composed by a sender affiliated with a business, wherein the content is potentially not authorized by the business or potentially harmful to the business. An electronic screening tool is applied to the unsent electronic message prior to transmission of the unsent electronic message from a server, associated with the business, to the recipient. The electronic screening tool is programmed to identify content that is potentially not authorized by the business or potentially harmful to the business. The sender's request to transmit the electronic message to the recipient may be automatically cancelled and/or expunged from the server if the output of the electronic screening tool indicates that the unsent electronic message contains content that is potentially not authorized by the business or potentially harmful to the business.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Susquehanna International Group, LLP
    Inventors: John E. Arnold, Joel K. Greenberg, Edward W. Macomber
  • Patent number: 7444263
    Abstract: A metric monitoring and analysis system including dynamic sampling agents located in monitored system elements and a service management platform. Each sampling agent includes a data adapter collecting metric data in a common format, a threshold generator for determining dynamic metric threshold ranges, an alarm detector generating an indicator when a metric deviates outside a dynamic threshold range or a static threshold, and a deviation tracker generating an alarm severity scores. The service platform includes an alarm analyzer identifying root causes of system alarm conditions by correlation of grouped metrics or forensic analysis of temporally or statistically correlated secondary forensic data or data items from a service model of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Opnet Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ronald White, John J. McGee, Steven J. Baron, Edward W. Macomber, Earl Charles LaBatt, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040177271
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for identifying content in an unsent electronic message composed by a sender affiliated with a business, wherein the content is potentially not authorized by the business or potentially harmful to the business. An electronic screening tool is applied to the unsent electronic message prior to transmission of the unsent electronic message from a server, associated with the business, to the recipient. The electronic screening tool is programmed to identify content that is potentially not authorized by the business or potentially harmful to the business. The sender's request to transmit the electronic message to the recipient may be automatically cancelled and/or expunged from the server if the output of the electronic screening tool indicates that the unsent electronic message contains content that is potentially not authorized by the business or potentially harmful to the business.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: Susquehanna International Group, LLP
    Inventors: John E. Arnold, Joel K. Greenberg, Edward W. Macomber
  • Patent number: 5533174
    Abstract: A font server communicates with workstations and printers, i.e., clients, on a network and provides them with font-specific information that allow them to select a licensed font and to specify how to customize the font. The font server responds to a client's printing or display requests regarding a specific font or printing or display features, such as letter height, orientation, writing mode. The font server may customize a font by remapping glyphs, rotating or scaling characters and symbols, or adding special kerning pairs or ligatures. The font server then performs all the necessary rendering calculations and manipulations using the font, and produces the bit maps or outlines required for displaying or printing the desired characters and symbols. The font server translates fonts into a format that is compatible with the client's text processing application and operating system. To minimize traffic on the network, the font server and client use name-identifiers to communicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Flowers, Jr., Ned Batchelder, Edward W. Macomber