James R O'Connor

US Patent:

6961740, Nov 1, 2005

Filed:

Aug 1, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/209762

Inventors:

James M. O'Connor - Monmouth Junction NJ, US
Aleta Ricciardi - West Windsor NJ, US

Assignee:

Valaran Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

G06F017/30

US Classification:

707206

Abstract:

This invention is a method and system for improved garbage collection in a distributed computing system. Garbage collection is the process of releasing resources that are no longer being utilized by the objects to which those resources are allocated. Specifically, a garbage collection system and method are described that allow for different types of garbage collection to be used at different times and/or on different objects or resources in the system. In the preferred embodiment, the garbage collection routines are contained in separate mobile code module that can be changed dynamically interchanged to provide different garbage collection algorithms.

US Patent:

20030093496, May 15, 2003

Filed:

Apr 29, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/135082

Inventors:

James O'Connor - Monmouth Junction NJ, US
James Kerr - Plainsboro NJ, US
Michael Ogg - West Windsor NJ, US
Aleta Ricciardi - West Windsor NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/217000, 709/226000

Abstract:

A novel method, system and service for delivering and instantiating resources and services in a distributed system is described. The invention removes dependencies on location, and the need for location-awareness that are present in existing products and practices. Instead of a lookup service pointing to a specific resource base, the invention returns a proxy that uses a resource service to locate and access resources. The present invention provides a highly-available resource base, allows for load balancing resource bases, admits of any other policy-based decisions (such as cost, speed, or quality of service) on where to retrieve a resource from. For service proxy writers, the invention does not require them to commit in advance to an specific code base servers. Using this method, a priori knowledge of specific resource bases is not required, allowing applications to be constructed dynamically and from the most appropriate resources. A similar methodology is also applied to the instantiation of new services, so that the location of a container for a new service need not to be known in advance.

US Patent:

20140241807, Aug 28, 2014

Filed:

Feb 28, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/192922

Inventors:

- Queensland, AU
James Timothy O'Connor - Avon by the Sea NJ, US

International Classification:

F16L 1/032
F16L 1/06

US Classification:

4051541

Abstract:

A plough vehicle assembly is described. The plough vehicle assembly may be able to lay pipe or cable, and include a plough vehicle and a support mounted to the plough vehicle to support a pipe to be laid. The support may include a ring.