Patents by Inventor Steven Marlow Wootton

Steven Marlow Wootton 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 updating a cache
    Patent number: 7000074
    Abstract: A system and method designed to reduce network congestion. In one aspect, a system according to the invention includes a server and two or more clients. Each client has software that runs on the client. The software requires data that is stored at the server. Advantageously, the software maintains a cache for storing the required data after the data is retrieved by the software from the server. Once the required data is in a cache, the software need not retrieve the required data from the server; the software can retrieve the required data from the software's cache. To ensure that the data that is stored in the cache does not become stale and to avoid network overload, the software updates its cache at a random point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Marlow Wootton
  • System and method for updating a cache
    Publication number: 20040220924
    Abstract: A system and method designed to reduce network congestion. In one aspect, a system according to the invention includes a server and two or more clients. Each client has software that runs on the client. The software requires data that is stored at the server. Advantageously, the software maintains a cache for storing the required data after the data is retrieved by the software from the server. Once the required data is in a cache, the software need not retrieve the required data from the server; the software can retrieve the required data from the software's cache. To ensure that the data that is stored in the cache does not become stale and to avoid network overload, the software updates its cache at a random point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventor: Steven Marlow Wootton
  • System and method for updating a cache
    Patent number: 6792510
    Abstract: A system and method designed to reduce network congestion. In one aspect, a system according to the invention includes a server and two or more clients. Each client has software that runs on the client. The software requires data that is stored at the server. Advantageously, the software maintains a cache for storing the required data after the data is retrieved by the software from the server. Once the required data is in a cache, the software need not retrieve the required data from the server; the software can retrieve the required data from the software's cache. To ensure that the data that is stored in the cache does not become stale and to avoid network overload, the software updates its cache at a random point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Marlow Wootton