Patents by Inventor Richard W. Potts, Jr.

Richard W. Potts, Jr. 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: 7200839
    Abstract: Debugging of a transaction across multiple processors is facilitated by having debug information follow the transaction from processor to processor. The transaction can be debugged across processors without predefining the transaction path, and without performing a debug registration process between the client controlling the debugging and each processor of the multiple processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bradd A. Kadlecik, Colette A. Manoni, Richard W. Potts, Jr., Richard E. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 6662209
    Abstract: A high performance client/server editor and method for editing documents with improved performance. A server listening for editing requests from a client to edit a file located with the server spawns a thread for each editing request to handle that particular request. A client receiving input commands from a user for editing requests spawns a thread for each editing request received, enabling more than one editing request to be processed simultaneously. When an edit feature is invoked, the client sends a request to the server to download the file. While the file is downloading from the server to the client location, the client displays the first page of the file to the user to enable the user to start editing the file before the entire file is downloaded. The client handles the user's edit commands for portions of the file downloaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard W. Potts, Jr., Colette A. Manoni
  • Patent number: 6516339
    Abstract: A high performance client/server editor and method for editing documents with improved performance. A server listening for editing requests from a client to edit a file located with the server spawns a thread for each editing request to handle that particular request. A client receiving input commands from a user for editing requests spawns a thread for each editing request received, enabling more than one editing request to be processed simultaneously. When an edit feature is invoked, the client sends a request to the server to download the file. While the file is downloading from the server to the client location, the client displays the first page of the file to the user to enable the user to start editing the file before the entire file is downloaded. The client handles the user's edit commands for portions of the file downloaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard W. Potts, Jr., Colette A. Manoni
  • Patent number: 6314432
    Abstract: A system and method for storing, saving and printing information in a computer network system, particularly the internet, where a plurality of network server devices are in communication with at least one user device. First a network session is established between a user device and one or more of the network server devices. A display device is provided to show a target page including a plurality of first level link references for selection by the user. Each first level link reference in turn includes subsequent level link references. A server search is conducted to identify all level link references pertaining to a specified server network. The results are in turn stored, printed or saved at a memory location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Richard W. Potts, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6223307
    Abstract: A debugging apparatus for debugging a particular application, session or transaction in a computer network environment. The environment includes a plurality of clients in processing communication with one another. The apparatus comprises identifying means for identifying a debugging mechanism to the computing environment, a debug table accessible to the debugging apparatus for storing any pertinent information relating to said debugging apparatus, identifying means for identifying at least one client present in the environment. The debug table stores any and all pertinent information about any identified clients as well as whether or not a particular application, session or transaction needs to be debugged. A determining means is also provided for determining if a particular application, session or transaction needs debugging so that debugging operation can be started accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colette A. Mastrangelo, Richard W. Potts, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6219804
    Abstract: A computer program device and a computer program product are introduced comprising a computer storage debugging device readable by a digital processing apparatus; and a debugging program means is introduced. The debugging program means is to be used with the program storage device and includes instructions executable by the digital processing apparatus for performing method steps for debugging a particular transaction in a computer network environment, where the environment includes a plurality of clients in processing communication with one another. The method steps comprise: identifying at least one client present in said environment and storing pertinent information about any identified clients; providing information about whether or not a particular session needs to be debugged; and determining if a particular session needs debugging so that debugging operation can be started accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colette A. Mastrangelo, Richard W. Potts, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6202175
    Abstract: A method for debugging of a particular application, session or transaction in a computer network environment. The environment includes a plurality of clients in processing communication with one another. The method comprises of the steps of identifying a debugging mechanism to the computing environment, identifying any particular client and storing its pertinent information in a debugging table accessible by said debugging mechanism, and accessing said debug table at a later time when necessary to determine if a particular application, session or transaction running on a particular client needs to be debugged and recover the characteristic of the particular client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colette A. Mastrangelo, Richard W. Potts, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6067560
    Abstract: An apparatus for retrieving information in a computer network system having at least one network server device and a user device. The user device and said network server having established a successful network session so that they are in processing communication with one another. At first a target page is displayed on a screen or monitor connected to the user device. The target page including a number of first level link references for selection by any user where each first level link reference further includes subsequent level link references. An on-screen search option menu will then be provided to allow any user to search all reference links provided by the target page and all subsequent pages, and to identify only specific references according to the menu selection made. Some of the menu selection provided according to different embodiments of the present invention are media searches, FTP file searches, HREF searches and usernet/newsgroup searches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Richard W. Potts, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6035325
    Abstract: A method for retrieving information in a computer network system having at least one network server device and a user device. The user device and said network server having established a successful network session so that they are in processing communication with one another. At first a target page is displayed on a screen or monitor connected to the user device. The target page including a number of first level link references for selection by any user where each first level link reference further includes subsequent level link references. An on-screen search option menu will then be provided to allow any user to search all reference links provided by the target page and all subsequent pages, and to identify only specific references according to the menu selection made. Some of the menu selection provided according to different embodiments of the present invention are media searches, FTP file searches, HREF searches and usernet/newsgroup searches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Richard W. Potts, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6026432
    Abstract: A system and method for retrieving information in a computer network system having at least one network server device and a user device. The user device and the network server having established a successful network session so that they are in processing communication with one another. The system and method comprises of displaying a target page with reference links on a screen or monitor device connected to the user device. Then all reference links provided by the target page or by subsequent reference pages is then searched for content by allowing the user identify a word or string of words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Richard W. Potts, Jr.