Patents by Inventor Howard A. Aikins

Howard A. Aikins 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).

  • Patent number: 7296268
    Abstract: An implementation of a technology, described herein, for remotely and dynamically monitoring the availability of the members of a load-balancing cluster. An implementation of the claimed invention includes a dynamic, exocluster application-layer monitor for dynamically monitoring and dynamically controlling the members of a load-balancing cluster. It may actively control the members that it monitors. The exocluster monitor is protocol agnostic. It dynamically adjusts so that it can monitor all of the members of the cluster as members are added and removed. This abstract itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Darling, Michael E. Gernaey, Hallvard S. Kaldestad, Howard A. Aikins
  • Patent number: 7263518
    Abstract: A database architecture for an air traffic information display system includes a data manager including a first interface, a first database server connected to the data manager via the first interface, a firewall connected to the first database server; and a second database server connected to the first database server via the firewall and including a stored procedure for copying data from the first database. The second database server is used for computations based upon the data transactions pulled from the first database server. Thereby off-loading the first database server so that it can be more responsive to the data manager with respect to current changes. The firewall between the two servers prevents the data in the first server from being corrupted by users of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Nav Canada
    Inventors: Robert Ledingham, Keith Penny, Roman Zak, Jeff Zanin, Howard Aikins
  • Patent number: 7203596
    Abstract: An air traffic information display system includes a server having data manager. The data manager includes a first interface connected with a first database server and a plurality of second interfaces connected to a plurality of clients. The data manager includes a subscription list for the plurality of clients for providing the clients with data updates. The subscription list also includes criteria for each client. The data updates are distributed based upon the criteria of each client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: NAV Canada
    Inventors: Robert Ledingham, Keith Penny, Roman Zak, Jaff Zanin, Howard Aikins
  • Publication number: 20050080794
    Abstract: A database architecture for an air traffic information display system includes a data manager including a first interface, a first database server connected to the data manager via the first interface, a firewall connected to the first database server; and a second database server connected to the first database server via the firewall and including a stored procedure for copying data from the first database. The second database server is used for computations based upon the data transactions pulled from the first database server. Thereby off-loading the first database server so that it can be more responsive to the data manager with respect to current changes. The firewall between the two servers prevents the data in the first server from being corrupted by users of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Ledingham, Keith Penny, Roman Zak, Jeff Zanin, Howard Aikins
  • Publication number: 20050080551
    Abstract: An air traffic information display system includes a server having data manager. The data manager includes a first interface connected with a first database server and a plurality of second interfaces connected to a plurality of clients. The data manager includes a subscription list for the plurality of clients for providing the clients with data updates. The subscription list also includes criteria for each client. The data updates are distributed based upon the criteria of each client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Ledingham, Keith Penny, Roman Zak, Jeff Zanin, Howard Aikins
  • Publication number: 20020078263
    Abstract: An implementation of a technology, described herein, for remotely and dynamically monitoring the availability of the members of a load-balancing cluster. An implementation of the claimed invention includes a dynamic, exocluster application-layer monitor for dynamically monitoring and dynamically controlling the members of a load-balancing cluster. It may actively control the members that it monitors. The exocluster monitor is protocol agnostic. It dynamically adjusts so that it can monitor all of the members of the cluster as members are added and removed. This abstract itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher L. Darling, Michael E. Gernaey, Hallvard S. Kaldestad, Howard A. Aikins