Patents by Inventor Gilligan Markham

Gilligan Markham 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).

  • SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A CACHE MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20230009934
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for providing an out of band cache mechanism for ensuring availability of data. An example system may include a client device configured to, in response to determining requested data is not available in a cache, access the requested data from a data source, transmit, to a cache mechanism, an indication that the requested data is unavailable in the cache, the indication configured to be placed in a queue as an element pointing to the requested data, a cache mechanism configured to receive an indication of requested data, determine whether an element, the element indicative of the requested data, exists in a queue, and in an instance in which the element is not present in the queue, placing the element in the queue, the queue being a list of elements, each indicative of requested data needing to be placed in the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Steven BLACK, Stuart SIEGRIST, Gilligan MARKHAM
  • System, method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing a cache mechanism
    Patent number: 11429539
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for providing an out of band cache mechanism for ensuring availability of data. An example system may include a client device configured to, in response to determining requested data is not available in a cache, access the requested data from a data source, transmit, to a cache mechanism, an indication that the requested data is unavailable in the cache, the indication configured to be placed in a queue as an element pointing to the requested data, a cache mechanism configured to receive an indication of requested data, determine whether an element, the element indicative of the requested data, exists in a queue, and in an instance in which the element is not present in the queue, placing the element in the queue, the queue being a list of elements, each indicative of requested data needing to be placed in the cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Black, Stuart Siegrist, Gilligan Markham
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A CACHE MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20190361817
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for providing an out of band cache mechanism for ensuring availability of data. An example system may include a client device configured to, in response to determining requested data is not available in a cache, access the requested data from a data source, transmit, to a cache mechanism, an indication that the requested data is unavailable in the cache, the indication configured to be placed in a queue as an element pointing to the requested data, a cache mechanism configured to receive an indication of requested data, determine whether an element, the element indicative of the requested data, exists in a queue, and in an instance in which the element is not present in the queue, placing the element in the queue, the queue being a list of elements, each indicative of requested data needing to be placed in the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Black, Stuart Siegrist, Gilligan Markham
  • System, method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing a cache mechanism
    Patent number: 10360159
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for providing an out of band cache mechanism for ensuring availability of data. An example system may include a client device configured to, in response to determining requested data is not available in a cache, access the requested data from a data source, transmit, to a cache mechanism, an indication that the requested data is unavailable in the cache, the indication configured to be placed in a queue as an element pointing to the requested data, a cache mechanism configured to receive an indication of requested data, determine whether an element, the element indicative of the requested data, exists in a queue, and in an instance in which the element is not present in the queue, placing the element in the queue, the queue being a list of elements, each indicative of requested data needing to be placed in the cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Black, Stuart Siegrist, Gilligan Markham