Patents by Inventor Robert William Gulledge

Robert William Gulledge 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: 8677379
    Abstract: A server manages middleware communication between the server and a plurality of client terminals through a communication network. The server includes a network interface device that communicates with the plurality of client terminals, storage that stores middleware management operational programs and data, and a processor that executes the middle management operational programs. The server implements a multi-layered marshaling process, which marshals middleware communications between the server and the plurality of terminals, and a consolidated middleware management process, which manages execution of middleware, the multi-layered marshaling process. The consolidated middleware management process is accessible to the plurality of client terminals communicating with the server via a plurality of different types of middleware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jonathan Chester Gathman, William Scott Bertrand, Robert William Gulledge, Bhanu Ramesh
  • Publication number: 20120331045
    Abstract: A server manages middleware communication between the server and a plurality of client terminals through a communication network. The server includes a network interface device that communicates with the plurality of client terminals, storage that stores middleware management operational programs and data, and a processor that executes the middle management operational programs. The server implements a multi-layered marshaling process, which marshals middleware communications between the server and the plurality of terminals, and a consolidated middleware management process, which manages execution of middleware, the multi-layered marshaling process. The consolidated middleware management process is accessible to the plurality of client terminals communicating with the server via a plurality of different types of middleware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jonathan Chester GATHMAN, William Scott BERTRAND, Robert William GULLEDGE, Bhanu RAMESH
  • Patent number: 8291437
    Abstract: A method and server manage a consolidation of multiple middleware threads, by identifying types of a plurality of middleware, selecting a main middleware from the plurality of middleware, and initializing the main middleware as a main middleware thread. The managing also includes identifying other middleware from the plurality of middleware, based on a consolidated middleware functionality, and selecting slave middleware from the identified other middleware. The managing further includes initializing the slave middleware as slave middleware threads by the main middleware thread, such that each initialized slave middleware thread functions independently of the main middleware thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jonathan Chester Gathman, William Scott Bertrand, Robert William Gulledge, Bhanu Ramesh
  • Patent number: 7991874
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an enterprise system including a message topic, a monitor definition, a monitoring manager, and an alert topic. The message topic includes a message associated with performance of a distributed computing application. The monitor definition includes performance rules for evaluating data associated with the message associated with the distributed computing application. The monitor definition is associated with a role. The monitoring manager is configured to access the message topic. The alert topic is configured to receive an alert message from the monitoring manager. The monitoring manager provides the alert message in accordance with the monitor definition. The alert message is accessible to a user associated with the role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert William Gulledge, Brian O'Neal Bearden, Gary Lee Dunn, Michael Khalili
  • Publication number: 20110023053
    Abstract: A method and server manage a consolidation of multiple middleware threads, by identifying types of a plurality of middleware, selecting a main middleware from the plurality of middleware, and initializing the main middleware as a main middleware thread. The managing also includes identifying other middleware from the plurality of middleware, based on a consolidated middleware functionality, and selecting slave middleware from the identified other middleware. The managing further includes initializing the slave middleware as slave middleware threads by the main middleware thread, such that each initialized slave middleware thread functions independently of the main middleware thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jonathan Chester Gathman, William Scott Bertrand, Robert William Gulledge, Bhanu Ramesh
  • Patent number: 7836459
    Abstract: A method for marshalling data from multiple middleware applications to an implementation includes receiving first data from a first middleware application, the first data having a first format of multiple available formats. A first path is selected from multiple paths based on the first format, the multiple paths corresponding to the multiple available formats. The first data is converted from the first format to a common format, which is compatible with the implementation, based on the selected first path. The method may further include receiving second data from a second middleware application, the second data have a second format of the multiple available formats; selecting a second path from the multiple paths based on the second format; and converting the second data from the second format to the common format based on the selected second path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jonathan Chester Gathman, William Scott Bertrand, Robert William Gulledge, Bhanu Ramesh
  • Publication number: 20080127207
    Abstract: A method for marshalling data from multiple middleware applications to an implementation includes receiving first data from a first middleware application, the first data having a first format of multiple available formats. A first path is selected from multiple paths based on the first format, the multiple paths corresponding to the multiple available formats. The first data is converted from the first format to a common format, which is compatible with the implementation, based on the selected first path. The method may further include receiving second data from a second middleware application, the second data have a second format of the multiple available formats; selecting a second path from the multiple paths based on the second format; and converting the second data from the second format to the common format based on the selected second path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
    Inventors: Jonathan Chester Gathman, William Scott Bertrand, Robert William Gulledge