Patents by Inventor Mark L. Antes

Mark L. Antes 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).

  • Methods, systems and computer program products for providing failure recovery of network secure communications in a cluster computing environment
    Patent number: 7146432
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products provide for recovering from the failure of a primary distribution processor which provides secure communications over a network in a distributed workload environment having target hosts which are accessed through the primary distribution processor by a common network address. Information sufficient to restart communications through the primary distribution processor utilizing network security is provided to a backup distribution processor. Failure of the primary distribution processor is detected and the communications utilizing network security restarted at the backup distribution processor utilizing the provided information. Both inbound and outbound communications with target hosts utilizing the common network address and which are associated with a secure network communication are then routed through the backup distribution processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark L. Antes, James Russell Godwin, David Anthony Herr, Linwood H. Overby, Jr., David J. Wierbowski
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for transferring security processing between processors in a cluster computing environment
    Patent number: 6941366
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products provide for transferring network security based communications from a first distribution processor, which provides secure communications over a network in a distributed workload environment having target hosts which are accessed through the first distribution processor by a common network address, to a second distribution processor. Information sufficient to restart the transferred network security based communications at the second distribution processor is provided. Takeover of the common address by the second distribution processor is detected and existing network security based communications to the first distribution processor are terminated. The transferred communications are restarted at the second distribution processor utilizing the provided information. Both inbound and outbound network security based communications with target hosts utilizing the common network address are routed through the second distribution processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark L. Antes, James Russell Godwin, David Anthony Herr, Linwood H. Overby, Jr., David J. Wierbowski
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for providing failure recovery of network secure communications in a cluster computing environment
    Publication number: 20030018813
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products provide for recovering from the failure of a primary distribution processor which provides secure communications over a network in a distributed workload environment having target hosts which are accessed through the primary distribution processor by a common network address. Information sufficient to restart communications through the primary distribution processor utilizing network security is provided to a backup distribution processor. Failure of the primary distribution processor is detected and the communications utilizing network security restarted at the backup distribution processor utilizing the provided information. Both inbound and outbound communications with target hosts utilizing the common network address and which are associated with a secure network communication are then routed through the backup distribution processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Mark L. Antes, James Russell Godwin, David Anthony Herr, Linwood H. Overby, David J. Wierbowski
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for transferring security processing between processors in a cluster computing environment
    Publication number: 20020095496
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products provide for transferring network security based communications from a first distribution processor, which provides secure communications over a network in a distributed workload environment having target hosts which are accessed through the first distribution processor by a common network address, to a second distribution processor. Information sufficient to restart the transferred network security based communications at the second distribution processor is provided. Takeover of the common address by the second distribution processor is detected and existing network security based communications to the first distribution processor are terminated. The transferred communications are restarted at the second distribution processor utilizing the provided information. Both inbound and outbound network security based communications with target hosts utilizing the common network address are routed through the second distribution processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Mark L. Antes, James Russell Godwin, David Anthony Herr, Linwood H. Overby, David J. Wierbowski