Patents by Inventor Ramprasad K. L. Sripada

Ramprasad K. L. Sripada 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 handling failures of resource managers in a clustered environment
    Publication number: 20040083225
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for committing a transaction. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprises assigning a resource manager a globally unique identifier (GUID), the resource manager assigned to complete the transaction; detecting a failure such that the resource manager cannot complete the transaction; and assigning a backup resource manager the GUID when the failure is detected such that the transaction is completed by the backup resource manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Albert C. Gondi, Johannes Klein, John S. de Roo, Sitaram V. Lanka, Ramprasad K.L. Sripada
  • Method and apparatus for handling failures of resource managers in a clustered environment
    Patent number: 6671704
    Abstract: A transaction processing system manages an information collection by employing a two-phase transaction commit protocol. Transaction participants are provided a unique identifier for use in communicating with the transaction management facility in a distributed environment. If the participant is lost, a backup participant is created, and provided with the same identifier as the failed participant to carry on with the transaction in place of the failed participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Albert C. Gondi, Johannes Klein, John S. de Roo, Sitaram V. Lanka, Ramprasad K. L. Sripada