Patents by Inventor William C. Blackwell, Jr.

William C. Blackwell, Jr. 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).

  • Web application server with secure common gateway interface
    Patent number: 5857191
    Abstract: A web browser communicates through a secure local proxy to a web server that has an interface for secure communications. The application server has an application program conforming to the CGI programming model that can run continuously as a process and can maintain state information, such as pointers to next records, thus requiring less computational and memory overhead for a succession of requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Gradient Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Blackwell, Jr., Robin Alston, Kevin M. Farrington