Patents by Inventor Robert Spier

Robert Spier 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).

  • Preferred master election
    Patent number: 8874960
    Abstract: Systems and method of automated master election for high availability database system are discussed herein. Automated lock competition and master worker selection based on factors that may include geographic parameters, processing power, connection speed, and relative locations of database(s) and worker(s) are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: GOOGLE Inc.
    Inventors: Tameen Khan, Jun Lu, Robert Spier, Laura Werner, Sandor Szego, Shibani Sanan