Patents by Inventor Robert G. Daugherty

Robert G. Daugherty 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).

  • Methods and systems for dynamically establishing one or more connections between a software application and a cluster of message broker
    Patent number: 9038091
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a broker-based messaging system detecting a request provided by a software application for the software application to connect to any one of a plurality of brokers included in a cluster of brokers, dynamically identifying, in response to the request and in accordance with a connection distribution heuristic, a broker included in the cluster of brokers and that is available for connection to the software application, and attempting to establish a connection between the software application and the broker. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh S. Jonnagadla, Robert G. Daugherty, Shailender K. Gola, Ha Tam Nham
  • Load balancing in broker-based messaging systems and methods
    Patent number: 8880621
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a message broker subsystem receiving a message intended for delivery to a recipient software application instance, determining that the recipient software application instance is included in a plurality of functionally equivalent software application instances that are registered with a global directory service subsystem that is communicatively coupled to the message broker subsystem, automatically selecting a software application instance from the plurality of software application instances for receipt of the message in accordance with a load balancing heuristic, and attempting to deliver the message to the selected software application instance. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh S. Jonnagadla, Shailender Gola, Robert G. Daugherty
  • Methods and Systems for Dynamically Establishing One or More Connections Between a Software Application and a Cluster of Message Broker
    Publication number: 20130055288
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a broker-based messaging system detecting a request provided by a software application for the software application to connect to any one of a plurality of brokers included in a cluster of brokers, dynamically identifying, in response to the request and in accordance with a connection distribution heuristic, a broker included in the cluster of brokers and that is available for connection to the software application, and attempting to establish a connection between the software application and the broker. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Suresh S. Jonnagadla, Robert G. Daugherty, Shailender K. Gola, Ha Tam Nham
  • Load Balancing in Broker-Based Messaging Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20110320888
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a message broker subsystem receiving a message intended for delivery to a recipient software application instance, determining that the recipient software application instance is included in a plurality of functionally equivalent software application instances that are registered with a global directory service subsystem that is communicatively coupled to the message broker subsystem, automatically selecting a software application instance from the plurality of software application instances for receipt of the message in accordance with a load balancing heuristic, and attempting to deliver the message to the selected software application instance. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Suresh S. Jonnagadla, Shailender Gola, Robert G. Daugherty