Patents by Inventor Richard Louis Firth

Richard Louis Firth 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).

  • System having a library of protocol independent reentrant network interface functions for providing common calling interface for communication and application protocols
    Patent number: 5987517
    Abstract: A library of reentrant networking functions organized with file system semantics is provided to allow a client application on a client computer connected to a computer network to establish communications with and exchange information with a server application on a server network computer. The library of reentrant networking functions are organized with file system semantics and parallel the function, structure and organization of a file system. Individual reentrant networking functions provide multiple networking features. The reentrant networking functions also provide asynchronous operations and security features. The library of reentrant networking functions can be included in, and called from multiple client applications. This library of reentrant networking function simplifies the creation of client applications such as network browsers that communicate with the Internet or an intranet computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Louis Firth, David Treadwell