Daniel David Zimmerman

US Patent:

6898791, May 24, 2005

Filed:

Apr 21, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/295957

Inventors:

K. Mani Chandy - La Cañada CA, US
Joseph Kiniry - Pasadena CA, US
Adam Rifkin - Pasadena CA, US
Daniel Zimmerman - Pasadena CA, US
Wesley Tanaka - Alea HI, US
Luke Weisman - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

California Institute of Technology - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

G60F009/46

US Classification:

719314, 714 15

Abstract:

A distributed system framework and a distributed system architecture that includes three features: it can accommodate a large number of addressable entities, it is possible to connect any arbitrary group of entities together into a virtual network, and the infrastructure supports large numbers of concurrent virtual networks. In one aspect, the invention includes a distributed system framework for a networked environment, including a plurality of process objects, each process object including: a program method for creating at least one inbox for storing messages received from another process object; a program method for creating at least one outbox for storing messages to be transmitted to another process object; a freeze method that saves the state of the process object to persistent storage, thereby changing the process object to a frozen process object; a thaw method that restores the frozen process object from the persistent storage, thereby changing the frozen process object to a ready process object; a program method for interconnecting each created outbox of the process object to a created inbox of at least one other process object, thereby establishing a personal network between the process object and such other process objects within a communication session to perform at least one task by passing messages between the interconnected outboxes and in-boxes.

US Patent:

8176409, May 8, 2012

Filed:

Jul 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/881004

Inventors:

David Novo - Los Angeles CA, US
Juan Luis Almara - Parana Entre Rios, AR
Allen Michael Dixon - Pasadena CA, US
Daniel Zimmerman - Los Angeles CA, US
Vladyslav Kryvokobylsky - Studio City CA, US

Assignee:

De Novo Software - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/21
G06F 17/22

US Classification:

715200, 715248

Abstract:

Electronic publication systems are disclosed that enable the analysis and publication of layout files, which contain an analysis strategy and embedded raw data. The published layout files can be accessed by reader applications that are able to read the layout files and modify the analysis strategy within the layout file using the embedded raw data. In many embodiments, the reader applications are unable to access the embedded raw data. In several embodiments, the reader applications prevent the saving or printing of layout files.