Patents by Inventor Winston C. W. Leong

Winston C. W. Leong 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).

  • Server for starting client application on client if client is network terminal and initiating client application on server if client is non network terminal
    Patent number: 5828840
    Abstract: A plurality of clients are connected to one or more servers. When a client initiates a connection with a server, the server responds to the request for connection by transmitting a message back to the client to determine whether the client is a network terminal or not. The client responds with a message that is received by an application dispatcher at the server which takes one of a pair of actions based on whether the client is a network terminal. If the client terminal is a network terminal, then the application dispatcher spawns a server application in the server which responds to the client application in the client. Going forward, the server application responds to all future requests from the client application. If the client is not a network terminal, then the application dispatcher initiates a client application in the server to service the client terminal application requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Verifone, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Cowan, Gordon P. Eckley, Prasad V. R. Panchangam, Winston C. W. Leong