Patents by Inventor Marshall L. Smith, JR.

Marshall L. Smith, JR. 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).

  • Transaction management in a web service messaging environment
    Patent number: 8732709
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing database transactions in a web service messaging environment. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a web service call indicating a beginning of a database transaction from a client, and creating a database transaction in response to this web service call. The method further includes receiving subsequent web service calls from the client, and for each subsequent web service call, associating a corresponding web service call with the database transaction, and performing the corresponding web service call. Afterwards, the database transaction is terminated upon committing or rolling back data resulting from the subsequent web service calls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventor: Marshall L. Smith, Jr.
  • Transaction management in a web service messaging environment
    Publication number: 20090199210
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing database transactions in a web service messaging environment. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a web service call indicating a beginning of a database transaction from a client, and creating a database transaction in response to this web service call. The method further includes receiving subsequent web service calls from the client, and for each subsequent web service call, associating a corresponding web service call with the database transaction, and performing the corresponding web service call. Afterwards, the database transaction is terminated upon committing or rolling back data resulting from the subsequent web service calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Marshall L. Smith, JR.