Patents by Inventor Scott McLoughlin

Scott McLoughlin 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).

  • System and method for the establishment and the utilization of networked idle computational processing power
    Patent number: 6463457
    Abstract: A distributed computing platform using the idle computational processing power of a plurality of provider computers is disclosed. At least one networked server collects tasks from client computers, schedules and distributes the tasks to networked provider computers, and collects and returns results to client computers. A client API forms tasks and collects results. A compute engine operates on the provider computers to communicate with the server and execute tasks using idle computational power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Parabon Computation, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Armentrout, James O'Connor, James Gannon, Brian Sletten, Sean Cier, Sarah Carlson, Antony Davies, Jonathan Davis, Greg DuPertuis, Scott McLoughlin