Patents by Inventor Heinz Kantz

Heinz Kantz 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 of determining a uniform global view of the system status of a distributed computer network
    Patent number: 6574744
    Abstract: A method of determining a uniform global view (GS) of the system status of a distributed computer network (VRNW) comprising at least three computers (R1, R2, R3) is provided in that the computers exchange messages over communication links (KV12, KV13, KV32) in successive transmission rounds, with each of the computers receiving a message from each of the other computers in each transmission round in the absence of an error. In each transmission round, each of the computers evaluates messages received from the other computers and, based on the result of the evaluation, assigns one of at least three differently defined computer states to each of the other computers and determines a local view (LS) of the system status therefrom. The computers exchange the local views of the system status determined by them, and each of the computers determines a uniform global view (GS) of the system status from the local views exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Heinz Kantz, Oliver Scheck, Peter Metzner