Patents by Inventor Neguine Navab

Neguine Navab 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).

  • Method and apparatus for managing connections for communication among objects in a distributed object system
    Patent number: 6336147
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing connections between objects in a distributed object system includes a method and apparatus for terminating connections between objects. In one aspect, the method for terminating a connection, a connection end message is sent from a server to a client indicating to the client that the server will no longer accept requests before the connection is terminated. Preferably a connection end code is included with the connection end message. In another aspect, the invention includes a method for making connections between objects are formed by intelligently closing existing connections that meet the criteria of being established and across which no unfulfilled requests or unforwarded replies are pending. If several connections meet these criteria, the oldest unused connection is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Brownell, Pavani Diwanji, Neguine Navab, Peter Vanderbilt