Patents by Inventor Gary G. Fenchel

Gary G. Fenchel 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).

  • Method and apparatus for a fast process monitor suitable for a high availability system
    Patent number: 6964047
    Abstract: An application initiates a parent process (102) to begin executing the application. The parent process (102) creates a child process (104) to execute the application. The parent monitors the death of the child process using inter-process communications (118). The child process monitors the parent process using polling (114, 116). If the parent process detects the death of the child, the parent process creates another child to continue the processing of the dead child. If the child process detects the death of the parent process (119), the child creates another child process (120) to execute the application it previously executed. The original child, now a parent, monitors the child process via inter-process communication (128).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Gary G. Fenchel
  • Method and apparatus for a fast process monitor suitable for a high availability system
    Publication number: 20030120713
    Abstract: An application initiates a parent process (102) to begin executing the application. The parent process (102) creates a child process (104) to execute the application. The parent monitors the death of the child process using inter-process communications (118). The child process monitors the parent process using polling (114, 116). If the parent process detects the death of the child, the parent process creates another child to continue the processing of the dead child. If the child process detects the death of the parent process (119), the child creates another child process (120) to execute the application it previously executed. The original child, now a parent, monitors the child process via inter-process communication (128).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventor: Gary G. Fenchel