Patents by Inventor George F. Thomas, III

George F. Thomas, III 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).

  • Fault-tolerant distributed database system and method for the management of correctable subtransaction faults by the global transaction source node
    Patent number: 5247664
    Abstract: A fault-tolerant method and system for processing global transactions in a distributed database system. If a fault occurs in the distributed database system, a transaction management system will suspend the processing of a transaction and renew it when the fault is remedied. The transaction management system identifies one or more sites in the distributed database system that contain data needed for a global transaction and divides each transaction into subtransactions for processing at one or more identified sites. If a fault occurs in the distributed database system, the transaction management system maintains the status of each subtransaction. When a fault in the distributed database system is corrected, the transaction management system updates the status of each subtransaction and restarts processing of the transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn R. Thompson, Wen F. Lee, Peter L. Olson, Tom C. Reyes, George F. Thomas, III, Bing Vassaur