Patents by Inventor Leigh A. Williamson

Leigh A. Williamson 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, system and program product for routing requests in a distributed system
    Publication number: 20040088714
    Abstract: The present invention routes object requests in a distributed system using address information identified in object headers that accompany the request. Specifically, when an object is created under the present invention, address information is inserted into a corresponding object header. When a request related to the object is later issued, the object header accompanies the request. The address information is used to ensure that the request is efficiently and accurately routed to a target process within a target node of a target cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ping Wang, Leigh A. Williamson