Patents by Inventor Scott Epter

Scott Epter 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).

  • Interface method, system, and program product for facilitating layering of a data communications protocol over an active message layer protocol
    Publication number: 20060069788
    Abstract: A protocol interface is provided for an active message protocol of a computing environment and a client process employing the active message protocol. The protocol interface includes an interface to a header handler function associated with the client process. The interface to the header handler function has parameters to be passed by and a parameter to be returned to the active message protocol when processing a message received through the active message protocol. The parameters to be passed include current message state information and current message type information for the received message. These parameters facilitate message-specific decisions by the header handler function about processing data of the message by the active message protocol. The parameter to be returned to the active message protocol instructs the active message protocol how to process the received message other than just where to store the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Blackmore, Xin Chen, Scott Epter, Chulho Kim, Rajeev Sivaram, Hanhong Xue