Patents by Inventor Mark K. Horsburgh

Mark K. Horsburgh 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).

  • Complex event processing system having multiple redundant event processing engines
    Patent number: 9009234
    Abstract: A system and method for replicating a distributed computer system state among a plurality of deterministic event processing engines are disclosed. A sender module receives a plurality of input events or input event streams and generates a serialized message sequence describing an order in which input events are processed. The serialized message sequence is then transmitted to a plurality of deterministic event processing engines for processing. As the event processing engines are deterministic, each event processing engine produces the same ordered sequence responsive to the received serialized message sequence. The ordered sequences from each deterministic event processing engine are transmitted to a merger module which generates an output from the plurality of ordered sequences. The merger module removes one or more redundant ordered sequences and associates the resulting output with a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Software AG
    Inventors: Robert Scott Mitchell, Mark K. Horsburgh, Richard M. Bentley
  • COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE REDUNDANT EVENT PROCESSING ENGINES
    Publication number: 20080189352
    Abstract: A system and method for replicating a distributed computer system state among a plurality of deterministic event processing engines are disclosed. A sender module receives a plurality of input events or input event streams and generates a serialized message sequence describing an order in which input events are processed. The serialized message sequence is then transmitted to a plurality of deterministic event processing engines for processing. As the event processing engines are deterministic, each event processing engine produces the same ordered sequence responsive to the received serialized message sequence. The ordered sequences from each deterministic event processing engine are transmitted to a merger module which generates an output from the plurality of ordered sequences. The merger module removes one or more redundant ordered sequences and associates the resulting output with a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Scott Mitchell, Mark K. Horsburgh, Richard M. Bentley