Patents by Inventor James Edward Simmons

James Edward Simmons 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).

  • Gap detector detecting gaps between transactions transmitted by clients and transactions processed by servers
    Patent number: 6871293
    Abstract: A client/server computer architecture having a gap detector detecting gaps in sequence numbers of transactions transmitted by clients and processed by servers. When a gap is detected to thereby indicate that a respective transaction was transmitted but not processed, the client that originally transmitted the transaction is notified so that the client can retransmit the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: American Management Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joanes DePaula Bomfim, Richard Stephen Rothstein, James Edward Simmons, Ashish Singh
  • Gap detector detecting gaps between transactions transmitted by clients and transactions processed by servers
    Publication number: 20030033554
    Abstract: A client/server computer architecture having a gap detector detecting gaps in sequence numbers of transactions transmitted by clients and processed by servers. When a gap is detected to thereby indicate that a respective transaction was transmitted but not processed, the client that originally transmitted the transaction is notified so that the client can retransmit the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: American Management Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joanes DePaula Bomfim, Richard Stephen Rothstein, James Edward Simmons, Ashish Singh