Patents by Inventor Friedrich F. X. Ferstl

Friedrich F. X. Ferstl 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).

  • Submitting jobs in a distributed computing environment
    Patent number: 7185046
    Abstract: Method and system for submitting computing jobs in a distributed computing environment including receiving a job request with an instruction to execute a computing job, selecting a job handler for handling the computing job based on selection information and submitting the computing job to the selected job handler. The invention can be embodied in a client unit, thus providing a decentralized distribution of computing jobs and avoiding bottlenecks in the distribution of computing jobs for example in a computing grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Friedrich F. X. Ferstl, Andreas U. J. Haas, Shannon V. Davidson
  • Submitting jobs in a distributed computing environment
    Publication number: 20040044718
    Abstract: Method and system for submitting computing jobs in a distributed computing environment including receiving a job request with an instruction to execute a computing job, selecting a job handler for handling the computing job based on selection information and submitting the computing job to the selected job handler. The invention can be embodied in a client unit, thus providing a decentralized distribution of computing jobs and avoiding bottlenecks in the distribution of computing jobs for example in a computing grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Friedrich F.X. Ferstl, Andreas U.J. Haas, Shannon V. Davidson