Patents by Inventor Rich Megginson

Rich Megginson 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: 8595380
    Abstract: An update publishing system receives update data representing an update made to a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP)-based database. The publishing system identifies a list corresponding to the update data, converts the data into a wire level data format, and sends the converted data to an advanced message queuing protocol (AMQP) exchange corresponding to the list. The exchange enables a client not able to process update data in LDAP data format to receive data in a format that is compatible with the client. An update subscribing system subscribes to an AMQP messaging system for updates made to the LDAP-based database. The subscribing system receives update data from the messaging system, where the update data is in the different data format, identifies an entry identifier in the update data, and replaces an entry in a second database that has a matching entry identifier with an entry in the update data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventor: Rich Megginson
  • Publication number: 20110145320
    Abstract: An update publishing system receives update data representing an update made to a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP)-based database. The publishing system identifies a list corresponding to the update data, converts the data into a wire level data format, and sends the converted data to an advanced message queuing protocol (AMQP) exchange corresponding to the list. The exchange enables a client not able to process update data in LDAP data format to receive data in a format that is compatible with the client. An update subscribing system subscribes to an AMQP messaging system for updates made to the LDAP-based database. The subscribing system receives update data from the messaging system, where the update data is in the different data format, identifies an entry identifier in the update data, and replaces an entry in a second database that has a matching entry identifier with an entry in the update data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Rich Megginson
  • Patent number: 6973463
    Abstract: A directory server includes a supplier server, a consumer server in communication with the supplier server, a plurality of pluggable services that manage replication of data contained within the directory server from the supplier server to the consumer server, and a change log maintained on the consumer server of data replicated to the consumer server. The replication of data is managed by the plurality of pluggable services using the change log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Merrells, Olga Natkovich, Gordon Good, Rich Megginson, Ludovic Poitou, Mark C. Smith
  • Publication number: 20030088587
    Abstract: A directory server includes a supplier server, a consumer server in communication with the supplier server, a plurality of pluggable services that manage replication of data contained within the directory server from the supplier server to the consumer server, and a change log maintained on the consumer server of data replicated to the consumer server. The replication of data is managed by the plurality of pluggable services using the change log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: John Merrells, Olga Natkovich, Gordon Good, Rich Megginson, Ludovic Poitou, Mark C. Smith