Patents by Inventor Syed Abdul Wadood

Syed Abdul Wadood 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 for providing synchronization between a local area network and a distributing computer environment
    Patent number: 5978813
    Abstract: A database synchronization system for synchronizing a plurality of local databases in a plurality of distributed computing systems is disclosed. The plurality of distributed computing systems form a distributed computing environment (DCE). The synchronization system includes a system server, a registry database, coupled to the system server, a local area network (LAN) synchronization server, coupled to the system server, a LAN server synchronization library, coupled to the system server, and a LAN server, coupled to the LAN synchronization server and selected ones of the plurality distributed computing systems forming a LAN. Synchronization between the LAN and the DCE registry occurs when registry modifications in the registry database affecting at least one of the plurality of local LAN databases invokes the LAN server synchronization library to synchronize the affected database. The synchronization system utilizes a registry database coupled to each of the local databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. Foltz, Sy Long Lin, John Vincent Meegan, Syed Abdul Wadood