Patents by Inventor Joshua A. Redstone

Joshua A. Redstone 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 managing access to a resource
    Patent number: 8549104
    Abstract: A server system includes a processor and a data structure having an entry for a resource, the entry including a first sequence number. The server has communication procedures for receiving a request from a client to access the resource, where the request includes a second sequence number obtained from a service, and a resource request handling program. Upon receiving the request, the resource request handling program determines whether the server has any record of having previously received a request to access the resource. If not, the server returns a provisional rejection to the client, requiring the client to verify that it holds a lock on the specified resource. A provisional bit in the entry is initially set to indicate that the resource has not been accessed since the system was last initialized. The provisional bit is reset when a request to access the resource is granted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua A. Redstone, Sean Quinlan, Michael Burrows
  • System and Method for Resource Locking
    Publication number: 20120254302
    Abstract: A server system includes a processor and a data structure having an entry for a resource, the entry including a first sequence number. The server has communication procedures for receiving a request from a client to access the resource, where the request includes a second sequence number obtained from a service, and a resource request handling program. Upon receiving the request, the resource request handling program determines whether the server has any record of having previously received a request to access the resource. If not, the server returns a provisional rejection to the client, requiring the client to verify that it holds a lock on the specified resource. A provisional bit in the entry is initially set to indicate that the resource has not been accessed since the system was last initialized. The provisional bit is reset when a request to access the resource is granted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua A. Redstone, Sean Quinlan, Michael Burrows
  • System and method for resource locking
    Patent number: 8200774
    Abstract: A server system includes a processor and a data structure having an entry for a resource, the entry including a first sequence number. The server has communication procedures for receiving a request from a client to access the resource, where the request includes a second sequence number obtained from a service, and a resource request handling program. Upon receiving the request, the resource request handling program determines whether the server has any record of having previously received a request to access the resource. If not, the server returns a provisional rejection to the client, requiring the client to verify that it holds a lock on the specified resource. A provisional bit in the entry is initially set to indicate that the resource has not been accessed since the system was last initialized. The provisional bit is reset when a request to access the resource is granted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua A. Redstone, Sean Quinlan, Michael Burrows