Patents by Inventor James W. Collings

James W. Collings 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 and method for reconciling transactions between a replication system and a recovered database
    Patent number: 7461103
    Abstract: The invention is a reconcile system for providing data replication between a source system and a target system. The reconcile system includes a reconcile process that determines a recovery position for a failed or otherwise desynchronized target system, and purges queues of the reconcile system of stale transactions occurring before the recovery position, thereby ensuring synchronization between the source and target systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Quest Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Eyal M. Aronoff, James W. Collings
  • System and method for reconciling transactions between a replication system and a recovered database
    Patent number: 7065538
    Abstract: The invention is a reconcile system for providing data replication between a source system and a target system. The reconcile system includes a reconcile process that determines a recovery position for a failed or otherwise desynchronized target system, and purges queues of the reconcile system of stale transactions occurring before the recovery position, thereby ensuring synchronization between the source and target systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Quest Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Eyal M. Aronoff, James W. Collings
  • System and method for reconciling transactions between a replication system and a recovered database
    Publication number: 20020049776
    Abstract: The invention is a reconcile system for providing data replication between a source system and a target system. The reconcile system includes a reconcile process that determines a recovery position for a failed or otherwise desynchronized target system, and purges queues of the reconcile system of stale transactions occurring before the recovery position, thereby ensuring synchronization between the source and target systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Eyal M. Aronoff, James W. Collings