Patents by Inventor Randy E. Mays

Randy E. Mays 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).

  • Server and terminal emulator for persistent connection to a legacy host system with direct As/400 host interface
    Patent number: 6205417
    Abstract: A computer network environment (10) allowing connection of a client system (36) to a legacy host system (18,19) using a server (26) is provided. The computer network environment (10) includes a legacy host system (18,19) having TCP/IP connectivity. The legacy host system (18,19) is operable to support a terminal session for access to the legacy host system (18,19). The computer network environment (10) also includes a server (26) operable to communicate with the legacy host system (18,19) across a persistent TCP/IP socket connection (30). The computer network environment (10) further includes a client system (36) executing an applet process (42) under a web browser (38). The applet process (42) is operable to communicate with the client thread (28) across another persistent TCP/IP socket connection (44) and is operable to provide a terminal session to a user of the client system (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Openconnect Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas H. Butts, Stuart H. Burris, Jr., Randy E. Mays