Patents by Inventor Mark Patrick Mc Keown

Mark Patrick Mc Keown 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, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-DISRUPTIVE UPGRADES TO A REPLICATED STATE MACHINE IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20210218827
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and distributed system for maintaining consistency of client applications on a plurality of server nodes may comprise providing a first and second versions of a distributed coordination engine (DConE). The first version of the DConE may receive proposals, reach agreements thereon and generate a first ordering of agreements that specifies an order in which the client applications are to execute the agreed-upon proposals and correspondingly update their respective states. A ChangeVersion proposal may then be processed by the first version of the DConE, whereupon the first version of the DConE may stop reaching any further agreements. A second version of the DConE may then take over reaching agreements on the proposals and generate a second ordering of agreements, beginning with the agreed-upon ChangeVersion proposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventor: Mark Patrick Mc Keown
  • METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-DISRUPTIVE UPGRADES TO A DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION ENGINE IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20200137194
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and distributed system for maintaining consistency of client applications on a plurality of server nodes may comprise providing a first and second versions of a distributed coordination engine (DConE). The first version of the DConE may receive proposals, reach agreements thereon and generate a first ordering of agreements that specifies an order in which the client applications are to execute the agreed-upon proposals and correspondingly update their respective states. A ChangeVersion proposal may then be processed by the first version of the DConE, whereupon the first version of the DConE may stop reaching any further agreements. A second version of the DConE may then take over reaching agreements on the proposals and generate a second ordering of agreements, beginning with the agreed-upon ChangeVersion proposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Patrick Mc Keown