Patents by Inventor Geoffrey G. Kratz

Geoffrey G. Kratz 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).

  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for reducing database workload volume
    Patent number: 8234241
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for reducing database workload volume. Methods include collecting a sequence of database commands directed to a single database record in a database. The sequence of database commands are reduced to a net result by combining database commands within the sequence of database commands. The net result is written to an output entity when the net result includes a database command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey G. Kratz, Chon N. Lei, Rajesh P. Ramachandran
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REDUCING DATABASE WORKLOAD VOLUME
    Publication number: 20080168025
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for reducing database workload volume. Methods include collecting a sequence of database commands directed to a single database record in a database. The sequence of database commands are reduced to a net result by combining database commands within the sequence of database commands. The net result is written to an output entity when the net result includes a database command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geoffrey G. Kratz, Chon N. Lei, Rajesh P. Ramachandran
  • Failure detection and reporting for a computer mail gateway
    Patent number: 5644706
    Abstract: Failure detection and reporting for a computer mail gateway is provided. In a preferred embodiment, two computer mail systems are connected by a gateway. The gateway includes an automatic gateway failure detection and reporting facility. The gateway also includes a message transfer store. The facility transmits a message from the first mail system into the message transfer store for retrieval by the second mail system. The facility then detects that the transmitted message from the first mail system has remained in the message transfer store for at least a predetermined time without being retrieved by the second mail system. In response to detecting that the transmitted message from the first mail system has remained in the message transfer store for at least a predetermined time without being retrieved by the second mail system, the facility diagnoses the failure of the gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian Ruigrok, Geoffrey G. Kratz, Andrew John Wallace, Neil Karl Koorland, James Ross, Safa Alikashani, Marcel Laforce