Patents by Inventor Raymond Severt Barsness

Raymond Severt Barsness 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).

  • Subject/observer update control method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7693988
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for maintaining data consistency between a subject and an observer. In one embodiment, an observer configures an aspect with a desired update type indicator, and then instructs the aspect to attach itself to a subject. The subject sends an update to the aspect when it changes state. The aspect interrogates the update, generates a update type indication, and selectively communicates an update based on a comparison between the desired type indication and the update type indicator. Some embodiments may also selectively modify and accumulate the update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond Severt Barsness, Michael John Branson, Neela Patel, Andrew James Streit
  • Data processing method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20020129144
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for maintaining data consistency between a subject and an observer. In one embodiment, an observer configures an aspect with a desired update type indicator, and then instructs the aspect to attach itself to a subject. The subject sends an update to the aspect when it changes state. The aspect interrogates the update, generates a update type indication, and selectively communicates an update based on a comparison between the desired type indication and the update type indicator. Some embodiments may also selectively modify and accumulate the update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Raymond Severt Barsness, Michael John Branson, Neela Patel, Andrew James Streit