Patents by Inventor Michael C. Werts

Michael C. Werts 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).

  • Patent number: 8112540
    Abstract: A forward and backward compatible streaming protocol requires subsequent versions of the protocol to be purely additive relative to earlier versions. When a data segment is transmitted as a data stream, a first stream of data that is in accordance with a first version of the protocol is transmitted, with additional streams of data that are in accordance with subsequent versions of the protocol appended in sequence to the first stream of data. When a read module implements an earlier version of the protocol than a write module, the data segment is truncated to include only the data supported by the version implemented by the read module. On the other hand, when the read module implements a later version of the protocol than the write module, receipt of the data segment is terminated after the data supported by the version implemented by the write module is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark E. Davis, Andrew G. Heninger, Marc Jablonski, Glenn A. Marcy, Michael C. Werts
  • Patent number: 7330870
    Abstract: A forward and backward compatible streaming protocol quires subsequent versions of the protocol to be purely additive relative to earlier versions. When a data segment is transmitted as a data stream, a first stream of data that is in accordance with a first version of the protocol is transmitted, with additional streams of data that are in accordance with subsequent versions of the protocol appended in sequence to the first stream of data. When a read module implements an earlier version of the protocol than a write module, the data segment is truncated to include only the data supported by the version implemented by the read module. On the other hand, when the read module implements a later version of the protocol than the write module, receipt of the data segment is terminated after the data supported by the version implemented by the write module is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark E. Davis, Andrew G. Heninger, Marc Jablonski, Glenn A. Marcy, Michael C. Werts