Patents by Inventor Ward L. Boole

Ward L. Boole 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).

  • Method and apparatus for load balancing in a distributed object architecture
    Patent number: 6393458
    Abstract: A load balancing system for use in a distributed computing environment. An event publish and subscribe model implements the load balancing system. In the system, at least one client object publishes an event for response by a number of server hosts. A load balancing object monitors the load to the server hosts to determine a balanced distribution for the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Genrad, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel S. Gigliotti, Ward L. Boole