Patents by Inventor Estel P. Devany

Estel P. Devany 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 for reducing communications overhead in distributed database transactions by serializing in order related requests into single transmission message and receiving transmission response
    Patent number: 5179660
    Abstract: A system suitable for use on a computer network provides a user interface on a local node and an application to be run on a remote node. An application for accepting input from the user and translating it to appropriate commands for the remote application is divided, and located partially on the local node and partially on the remote node. That portion located on the local node gathers any information required from the user and transmits it to the portion located on the remote node in an efficient manner. The remote location portion uses the transmitted information to interface with the remote application and obtain results. The results are collected and transmitted to the local portion, from which they are returned to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: International Business Machines Incorporated
    Inventors: Estel P. Devany, Jane R. Garrison, Dwayne C. Jacobs, Lloyd E. Jordan, II