Patents by Inventor Richard Matthew Hightower

Richard Matthew Hightower 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: 6510550
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an application with intermittent connectivity support is disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, an application development tool is configured for providing intermittent connectivity support in an application that uses distributed objects. The application development tool includes an intermittent connectivity framework that has program code for queuing method calls, as well as an intermittent connectivity component generator that has program code for converting an existing interface for a distributed object into an intermittent connectivity component configured to forward method calls to the intermittent connectivity framework. Method calls may be queued, for example, when there is no connection to the distributed object, and then later completed after restoration of the connection. According to one particular implementation of this embodiment, the intermittent connectivity component generator is in the form of a wizard utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Matthew Hightower, George Patrick Moakley