Patents by Inventor Kenneth Allen Adelman

Kenneth Allen Adelman 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).

  • Method and apparatus for a TCP/IP load balancing and failover process in an internet protocol (IP) network clustering system
    Patent number: 6078957
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for monitoring packet loss activity in an Internet Protocol (IP) network clustering system which can provide a useful, discrete and tangible mechanism for controlled failover of the TCP/IP network cluster system. An adaptive interval value is determined as a function of the average packet loss in the system, and this adaptive interval value used to determine when a cluster member must send a next keepalive message to all other cluster members, and wherein the keepalive message is used to determine network packet loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Network Alchemy, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Adelman, David Lyon Kashtan, William L. Palter, Derrell D. Piper, II
  • Method and apparatus for an internet protocol (IP) network clustering system
    Patent number: 6006259
    Abstract: The present invention is an Internet Protocol (IP) network clustering system which can provide a highly scalable system which optimizes message throughput by adaptively load balancing its components, and which minimizes delay and packet loss especially in the TCP mode by a controlled fail-over process. An innovative process of defining the essential portion of TCP state required to maintain reliable message connections across the cluster is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Network Alchemy, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Adelman, David Lyon Kashtan, William L. Palter, Derrell D. Piper, II