Patents by Inventor Gerald Quammen

Gerald Quammen 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).

  • Load balancing and failover of gateway devices
    Patent number: 8832819
    Abstract: Methods and systems for load balancing and failover among gateway devices are disclosed. One method provides for assigning communication transaction handling to a gateway. The method includes receiving a request for a license from a computing device at a control gateway within a group of gateway devices including a plurality of gateway devices configured to support communication of cryptographically split data. The method also includes assigning communications from the computing device to one of the plurality of gateway devices based on a load balancing algorithm, and routing the communication request to the assigned gateway device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Johnson, Kathleen Wild, Gerald Quammen
  • LOAD BALANCING AND FAILOVER OF GATEWAY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140157042
    Abstract: Methods and systems for load balancing and failover among gateway devices are disclosed. One method provides for assigning communication transaction handling to a gateway. The method includes receiving a request for a license from a computing device at a control gateway within a group of gateway devices including a plurality of gateway devices configured to support communication of cryptographically split data. The method also includes assigning communications from the computing device to one of the plurality of gateway devices based on a load balancing algorithm, and routing the communication request to the assigned gateway device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Robert A. Johnson, Kathleen Wild, Gerald Quammen
  • Load balancing and failover of gateway devices
    Patent number: 8341722
    Abstract: Methods and systems for load balancing and failover among gateway devices are disclosed. One method provides for assigning communication transaction handling to a gateway. The method includes receiving a request for a license from a computing device at a control gateway within a group of gateway devices including a plurality of gateway devices configured to support communication of cryptographically split data. The method also includes assigning communications from the computing device to one of the plurality of gateway devices based on a load balancing algorithm, and routing the communication request to the assigned gateway device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Johnson, Kathleen Wild, Gerald Quammen
  • LOAD BALANCING AND FAILOVER OF GATEWAY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20110131645
    Abstract: Methods and systems for load balancing and failover among gateway devices are disclosed. One method provides for assigning communication transaction handling to a gateway. The method includes receiving a request for a license from a computing device at a control gateway within a group of gateway devices including a plurality of gateway devices configured to support communication of cryptographically split data. The method also includes assigning communications from the computing device to one of the plurality of gateway devices based on a load balancing algorithm, and routing the communication request to the assigned gateway device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Robert A. Johnson, Kathleen Wild, Gerald Quammen