Patents by Inventor Laura Jean Merritt

Laura Jean Merritt 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).

  • Message distribution capability which uses distribution nodes to collect acknowledgements for a primary node
    Patent number: 6067567
    Abstract: Messages are sent from a primary node of a computer system to one or more distribution nodes of the system. Each of the distribution nodes then further sends the message to one or more other nodes of the computer system. After receipt of the message, the other nodes forward an acknowledgement to the particular distribution node, which sent the message. The distribution nodes collect their respective acknowledgements, and when all of the expected acknowledgements are received by a distribution node, the distribution node sends one acknowledgement to the primary node. The one acknowledgement indicates receipt of the message by the other nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Francis Bartfai, John Divirgilio, John William Doxtader, Laura Jean Merritt, Kevin John Reilly