Patents by Inventor Thomas Phillip Bridges

Thomas Phillip Bridges 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 processing transactions in a multisystem database environment
    Patent number: 7814176
    Abstract: A system for satisfying a request from a client for a send-then-commit transaction includes a front-end information management system (IMS) server. Shared message queues (SMQ) communicate with the front-end IMS server and plural back-end IMS. The front-end IMS server receives the request from the client and transmits the request to the SMQ. A back-end IMS server accesses the SMQ and generates a transaction output in response to the request. The back-end IMS server transmits the result to the front-end IMS server and the front-end IMS server interfaces with the client to communicate the response thereto. The back-end IMS server and front-end IMS server operate in separate system images, but work together in a resource recovery services (RRS) environment to commit or backout the transaction output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Michael Bock, Thomas Phillip Bridges, Richard G. Hannan, Steve T. Kuo, Richard Schneider, Judy Y. Tse, Vern Lee Watts, Jack Chiu-Chiu Yuan, Jerome Joseph Zentner, Mark Neal Ziebarth
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS IN A MULTISYSTEM DATABASE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20080228872
    Abstract: A system for satisfying a request from a client for a send-then-commit transaction includes a front-end information management system (IMS) server. Shared message queues (SMQ) communicate with the front-end IMS server and plural back-end IMS. The front-end IMS server receives the request from the client and transmits the request to the SMQ. A back-end IMS server accesses the SMQ and generates a transaction output in response to the request. The back-end IMS server transmits the result to the front-end IMS server and the front-end IMS server interfaces with the client to communicate the response thereto. The back-end IMS server and front-end IMS server operate in separate system images, but work together in a resource recovery services (RRS) environment to commit or backout the transaction output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Steven Michael Bock, Thomas Phillip Bridges, Richard G. Hannan, Steve T. Kuo, Richard Schneider, Judy Y. Tse, Vern Lee Watts, Jack Chiu-Chiu Yuan, Jerome Joseph Zentner, Mark Neal Ziebarth
  • System and method for processing transactions in a multisystem database environment
    Patent number: 7406511
    Abstract: A system for satisfying a request from a client for a send-then-commit transaction includes a front-end information management system (IMS) server. Shared message queues (SMQ) communicate with the front-end IMS server and plural back-end IMS. The front-end IMS server receives the request from the client and transmits the request to the SMQ. A back-end IMS server accesses the SMQ and generates a transaction output in response to the request. The back-end IMS server transmits the result to the front-end IMS server and the front-end IMS server interfaces with the client to communicate the response thereto. The back-end IMS server and front-end IMS server operate in separate system images, but work together in a resource recovery services (RRS) environment to commit or backout the transaction output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Michael Bock, Thomas Phillip Bridges, Richard G. Hannan, Steve T. Kuo, Richard Schneider, Judy Y. Tse, Vern Lee Watts, Jack Chiu-Chiu Yuan, Jerome Joseph Zentner, Mark Neal Ziebarth
  • System and method for processing transactions in a multisystem database environment
    Publication number: 20040039777
    Abstract: A system for satisfying a request from a client for a send-then-commit transaction includes a front-end information management system (IMS) server. Shared message queues (SMQ) communicate with the front-end IMS server and plural back-end IMS. The front-end IMS server receives the request from the client and transmits the request to the SMQ. A back-end IMS server accesses the SMQ and generates a transaction output in response to the request. The back-end IMS server transmits the result to the front-end IMS server and the front-end IMS server interfaces with the client to communicate the response thereto. The back-end IMS server and front-end IMS server operate in separate system images, but work together in a resource recovery services (RRS) environment to commit or backout the transaction output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Michael Bock, Thomas Phillip Bridges, Richard G. Hannan, Steve T. Kuo, Richard Schneider, Judy Y. Tse, Vern Lee Watts, Jack Chiu-Chiu Yuan, Jerome Joseph Zentner, Mark Neal Ziebarth