Patents by Inventor Joel Matthew Soderberg

Joel Matthew Soderberg 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).

  • Efficiently sending event notifications over a computer network
    Patent number: 7546350
    Abstract: A method for efficiently sending notifications over a network. A client system requests to be notified when an event occurs. A server system receives the requests and monitors for the occurrence of the event. When the event occurs a single packet using a connectionless protocol (such as User Datagram Protocol) is sent to the client to notify the client of the occurrence of the event. Using a connectionless protocol to send notification reduces the overall amount of data on the network and thus reduces network congestion and the processing capacity of the server and client. When the client system receives notification an attempt to establish a connection using as connection-oriented protocol is executed. Additional data associated with the occurrence of the event is transferred over the connection. The server may repeatedly send notification using a connectionless protocol until a connection using a connection-oriented protocol is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Deen, Joel Matthew Soderberg, Alex Hopmann
  • Efficiently sending event notifications over a computer network
    Patent number: 6999992
    Abstract: A method for efficiently sending notifications over a network. A client system requests to be notified when an event occurs. A server system receives the requests and monitors for the occurrence of the event. When the event occurs a single packet using a connectionless protocol (such as User Datagram Protocol) is sent to the client to notify the client of the occurrence of the event. Using a connectionless protocol to send notification reduces the overall amount of data on the network and thus reduces network congestion and the processing capacity of the server and client. When the client system receives notification an attempt to establish a connection using as connection-oriented protocol is executed. Additional data associated with the occurrence of the event is transferred over the connection. The server may repeatedly send notification using a connectionless protocol until a connection using a connection-oriented protocol is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Deen, Joel Matthew Soderberg, Alex Hopmann