Patents by Inventor Frank B. Ehrenfried

Frank B. Ehrenfried 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 rapid completion of data processing tasks distributed on a network
    Patent number: 6775831
    Abstract: A computer program and task request interface which enables large volumes of data to be processed efficiently and rapidly by multiple computers on a network. The data that requires processing can be in any format. The task request interface allows any arbitrary task to be performed on the input data. The number of computers which may participate in any given data processing task is essentially unlimited. The number of programs that can participate in the system is also essentially unlimited if the program uses run time evaluable code. Any computer operating system that runs a specified computer language interpreter can participate in the distributed processing of the input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Overture Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Joseph Carrasco, Stephan Doliov, Frank B. Ehrenfried