Patents by Inventor Robert W. Eckert

Robert W. Eckert 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: 7853956
    Abstract: A method and system for bridging services is provided. The method and system includes retrieving at last one message from a first messaging tool using at least one processing thread to retrieve message objects from a messaging queue of the first messaging tool. This aspect of the invention further includes executing a preprocessing on the retrieved message object using a predefined application programming interface (API) and placing the preprocessed message on an API of a second messaging tool. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium including a computer readable program which, when executed causes the computer to implement the steps of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Robert W. Eckert