Patents by Inventor Timothy Nicholas Holloway

Timothy Nicholas Holloway 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).

  • Publish/subscribe data processing with publication points for customized message processing
    Patent number: 7103680
    Abstract: A message broker data processing apparatus comprising: a unit for receiving published messages on a topic from a plurality of publisher applications; a unit for processing the received messages; and a unit for distributing the processed messages to a subscriber application; wherein the unit for receiving includes a plurality of publication point data processing nodes, each of which receives published messages on the topic from a publisher application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Antony James Holdsworth, Stephen James Paul Todd, Malcolm David Ayres, Timothy Nicholas Holloway, Marc-Thomas Schmidt, Michael George Taylor
  • Publish/subscribe data processing with subscription points for customized message processing
    Patent number: 6643682
    Abstract: A message broker data processing apparatus has a unit for receiving published messages on a topic from a publisher application; a unit for processing the received messages; and a unit for distributing the processed messages to subscriber applications; wherein the unit for distributing includes a plurality of subscription point data processing nodes, a first subscription point data processing node distributes messages to a subscriber application which has previously registered a subscription request identifying the first subscription point data processing node with the broker apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen James Paul Todd, Malcolm David Ayres, Timothy Nicholas Holloway, Simon Anthony James Holdsworth, Marc-Thomas Schmidt, Michael George Taylor
  • Method, system, and program for accessing stored procedures in a message broker
    Patent number: 6636855
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and program for processing a data flow. A message is received at an input node. The message is transferred to a plurality of nodes according to a defined data flow. At one stored procedure node, the message is processed to generate input parameters for a stored procedure call. The stored procedure node transfers the stored procedure call to a stored procedure at a server computer, wherein the server executes the stored procedure to process data and generate output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Nicholas Holloway, Constance Jane Nelin, Marc-Thomas Schmidt, Stephen James Todd, Charles Daniel Wolfson
  • Method, system, and program for accessing stored procedures in a message broker
    Publication number: 20020129023
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and program for processing a data flow. A message is received at an input node. The message is transferred to a plurality of nodes according to a defined data flow. At one stored procedure node, the message is processed to generate input parameters for a stored procedure call. The stored procedure node transfers the stored procedure call to a stored procedure at a server computer, wherein the server executes the stored procedure to process data and generate output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Timothy Nicholas Holloway, Constance Jane Nelin, Marc-Thomas Schmidt, Stephen James Todd, Charles Daniel Wolfson