Patents by Inventor James E. Scurlock, Jr.

James E. Scurlock, Jr. 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: 9286147
    Abstract: A method for recovering and requeueing lost messages is disclosed. The lost messages are intended for delivery from a first computer program to a second computer program but are instead stranded in locations internal to the first program. The method extracts one or more of these stranded messages from the location internal to the first program, determines the original destination of each stranded message and delivers that message to the second program. Delivery of each message to the second program is facilitated by using message queues provided by middleware type software programs. The desired middleware program can be selected by the user of the method, and the method provides for the necessary formatting of each recovered message according to the selected middleware. Absent use of the present method, these stranded messages would not be routed to their original destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: James E. Scurlock, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9083697
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for determining a username comprises obtaining a digital certificate from a first computer application requesting a service; authenticating the digital certificate of the first computer application; and retrieving the username from the digital certificate that is recognized by a second computer application performing the service as a user of the second computer application. Other methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James E. Scurlock, Jr., Rex Blackwell, Bruce B. Burson, Jr., Neal F. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140245327
    Abstract: A method for recovering and requeueing lost messages is disclosed. The lost messages are intended for delivery from a first computer program to a second computer program but are instead stranded in locations internal to the first program. The method extracts one or more of these stranded messages from the location internal to the first program, determines the original destination of each stranded message and delivers that message to the second program. Delivery of each message to the second program is facilitated by using message queues provided by middleware type software programs. The desired middleware program can be selected by the user of the method, and the method provides for the necessary formatting of each recovered message according to the selected middleware. Absent use of the present method, these stranded messages would not be routed to their original destinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: James E. Scurlock, JR.
  • Patent number: 8695016
    Abstract: A method for recovering and requeueing lost messages is disclosed. The lost messages are intended for delivery from a first computer program to a second computer program but are instead stranded in locations internal to the first program. The method extracts one or more of these stranded messages from the location internal to the first program, determines the original destination of each stranded message and delivers that message to the second program. Delivery of each message to the second program is facilitated by using message queues provided by middleware type software programs. The desired middleware program can be selected by the user of the method, and the method provides for the necessary formatting of each recovered message according to the selected middleware. Absent use of the present method, these stranded messages would not be routed to their original destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: James E. Scurlock, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120304271
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for determining a username comprises obtaining a digital certificate from a first computer application requesting a service; authenticating the digital certificate of the first computer application; and retrieving the username from the digital certificate that is recognized by a second computer application performing the service as a user of the second computer application. Other methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: James E. Scurlock, JR., Rex Blackwell, Bruce B. Burson, JR., Neal F. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120291046
    Abstract: A method for recovering and requeueing lost messages is disclosed. The lost messages are intended for delivery from a first computer program to a second computer program but are instead stranded in locations internal to the first program. The method extracts one or more of these stranded messages from the location internal to the first program, determines the original destination of each stranded message and delivers that message to the second program. Delivery of each message to the second program is facilitated by using message queues provided by middleware type software programs. The desired middleware program can be selected by the user of the method, and the method provides for the necessary formatting of each recovered message according to the selected middleware. Absent use of the present method, these stranded messages would not be routed to their original destinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: James E. Scurlock, JR.
  • Patent number: 8266678
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for determining a username comprises obtaining a digital certificate from a first computer application requesting a service; authenticating the digital certificate of the first computer application; and retrieving the username from the digital certificate that is recognized by a second computer application performing the service as a user of the second computer application. Other methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James E. Scurlock, Jr., Rex Blackwell, Bruce B. Burson, Jr., Neal F. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8255925
    Abstract: A method for recovering and requeueing lost messages is disclosed. The lost messages are intended for delivery from a first computer program to a second computer program but are instead stranded in locations internal to the first program. The method extracts one or more of these stranded messages from the location internal to the first program, determines the original destination of each stranded message and delivers that message to the second program. Delivery of each message to the second program is facilitated by using message queues provided by middleware type software programs. The desired middleware program can be selected by the user of the method, and the method provides for the necessary formatting of each recovered message according to the selected middleware. Absent use of the present method, these stranded messages would not be routed to their original destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: James E. Scurlock, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090013384
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for determining a username comprises obtaining a digital certificate from a first computer application requesting a service; authenticating the digital certificate of the first computer application; and retrieving the username from the digital certificate that is recognized by a second computer application performing the service as a user of the second computer application. Other methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: AT & T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Scurlock, JR., Rex Blackwell, Bruce B. Burson, JR., Neal F. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080222650
    Abstract: A method for recovering and requeueing lost messages is disclosed. The lost messages are intended for delivery from a first computer program to a second computer program but are instead stranded in locations internal to the first program. The method extracts one or more of these stranded messages from the location internal to the first program, determines the original destination of each stranded message and delivers that message to the second program. Delivery of each message to the second program is facilitated by using message queues provided by middleware type software programs. The desired middleware program can be selected by the user of the method, and the method provides for the necessary formatting of each recovered message according to the selected middleware. Absent use of the present method, these stranded messages would not be routed to their original destinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventor: James E. Scurlock, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7376957
    Abstract: A method for recovering and requeueing lost messages is disclosed. The lost messages are intended for delivery from a first computer program to a second computer program but are instead stranded in locations internal to the first program. The method extracts one or more of these stranded messages from the location internal to the first program, determines the original destination of each stranded message and delivers that message to the second program. Delivery of each message to the second program is facilitated by using message queues provided by middleware type software programs. The desired middleware program can be selected by the user of the method, and the method provides for the necessary formatting of each recovered message according to the selected middleware. Absent use of the present method, these stranded messages would not be routed to their original destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Scurlock, Jr.