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William M. Pitts
Also filed as: PITTS WILLIAM M · PITTS WILLIAM MICHAEL
24 granted patents·17 pending applications·7,367 citations·filing 1979–2021
98Inventor score
Files withPITTS WILLIAM M21AUSPEX SYSTEMS INC5INCA TECHNOLOGY INC3NETWORK CACHING TECHNOLOGY L L3PITTS WILLIAM MICHAEL2
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41 records- 0199US5611049ASystem for accessing distributed data cache channel at each network node to pass requests and dataFiled 1992·Granted Mar 11, 1997·763 cites·30 claims
- 0298US6804706B2Network system for transmitting overwritten portion of client side node cache image to server site through intermediate downstream nodes updating cache images of data requested by clientNETWORK CACHING TECHNOLOGY L L·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 12, 2004·266 cites·3 claims
- 0398US6505241B2Network intermediate node cache serving as proxy to client node to request missing data from serverNETWORK CACHING TECHNOLOGY L L·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 7, 2003·522 cites·17 claims
- 0498US6366952B2Cache channel at network nodes to pass request and data or pointer to shared bufferNETWORK CACHING TECHNOLOGY L L·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 2, 2002·272 cites·1 claims
- 0598US6026452ANetwork distributed site cache RAM claimed as up/down stream request/reply channel for storing anticipated data and meta dataFiled 1998·Granted Feb 15, 2000·492 cites·20 claims
- 0698US5931918AParallel I/O network file server architectureAUSPEX SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 3, 1999·511 cites·16 claims
- 0798US5802366AParallel I/O network file server architectureAUSPEX SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 1, 1998·438 cites·20 claims
- 0898US5355453AParallel I/O network file server architectureAUSPEX SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 11, 1994·615 cites·38 claims
- 0998US5163131AParallel i/o network file server architectureAUSPEX SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1989·Granted Nov 10, 1992·1.4k cites·67 claims
- 1097US6205475B1Request interceptor in network nodes for determining local storage of file image satisfying predetermined criteriaFiled 1999·Granted Mar 20, 2001·334 cites·10 claims
- 1197US5892914ASystem for accessing distributed data cache at each network node to pass requests and dataFiled 1997·Granted Apr 6, 1999·430 cites·16 claims
- 1295US6085234ARemote file services network-infrastructure cacheINCA TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 4, 2000·726 cites·19 claims
- 1392US6167446AAutomatically configuring network-name-servicesINCA TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 26, 2000·394 cites·17 claims
- 1488US8504597B2Distributed file system consistency mechanism extension for enabling internet video broadcastingPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 6, 2013·10 cites·24 claims
- 1587US8504565B2Full text search capabilities integrated into distributed file systems— incrementally indexing filesPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 6, 2013·19 cites·6 claims
- 1686US5946690ANDC consistency reconnect mechanismINCA TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 31, 1999·134 cites·2 claims
- 1778US10440141B2Distributed filesystem atomic flush transactionsPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 8, 2019·1 cites·8 claims
- 1877US9449017B2Distributed file system consistency mechanism extension for enabling internet video broadcastingPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 20, 2016·2 cites·17 claims
- 1973US11349949B2Method of using path signatures to facilitate the recovery from network link failuresPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2021·Granted May 31, 2022·0 cites·17 claims
- 2070US6847968B2Method for facilitating access to remote filesFiled 2002·Granted Jan 25, 2005·15 cites·5 claims
- 2166US11050839B2Method of creating path signatures to facilitate the recovery from network link failuresPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 29, 2021·0 cites·13 claims
- 2257US2010228835A1System for Accessing Distributed Data Cache Channel at Each Network Node to Pass Requests and DataPITTS WILLIAM MICHAEL·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2357US2014006464A1Using projected timestamps to control the sequencing of file modifications in distributed filesystemsPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2457US2014006618A1Method of creating path signatures to facilitate the recovery from network link failuresPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2557US2014006543A1Distributed filesystem atomic flush transactionsPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2657US2015006649A1Method of using path signatures to recover from network link failuresPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2757US2014006542A1Recursive ascent network link failure notificationsPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2854US8005951B2Method for creating an extensible content distribution frameworkPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 23, 2011·0 cites·3 claims
- 2954US2017011055A1Presentation of search resultsPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3054US2012191818A1Intermediate cache and system with client interface routine connecting server to clientsPITTS WILLIAM MICHAEL·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 3150US2010005072A1Nomadic File SystemsPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3250US2004172458A1System for accessing distributed data cache channel at each network node to pass requests and dataFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3350US2010036840A1Presentation of Search ResultsPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3450US2010070982A1Distributed File System Consistency Mechanism Extension For Accelerating Communications Between Distributed ApplicationsPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3549US4280731ARestraining device for wheelchairs and the likePITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 1979·Granted Jul 28, 1981·23 cites·9 claims
- 3646US2002083111A1Parallel I/O network file server architectureAUSPEX SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 3745US2013325916A1Full text search capabilities integrated into distributed file systems - Incrementally Indexing FilesPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3844US7409396B2Method for creating an extensible content distribution frameworkPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 5, 2008·4 cites·10 claims
- 3944US2007101124A1Secure provisioning of digital contentPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4044US2006168145A1Method for creating a secure and reliable content distribution frameworkPITTS WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4144US2004158622A1Auto-sizing channelFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
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