Inventor · Lewisville, TX, US

David U. Shorter

19Patents
10h-index
14Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 29, 1988 → Mar 13, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5063500A System for executing segments of application program concurrently/serially on different/same virtual machine Physics 240 Expired
US4949254A Method to manage concurrent execution of a distributed application program by a host computer and a large plurality of intelligent work stations on an SNA network Physics 158 Expired
US4969092A Method for scheduling execution of distributed application programs at preset times in an SNA LU 6.2 network environment Physics 134 Expired
US5291597A Method to provide concurrent execution of distributed application programs by a host computer and an intelligent work station on an SNA network Physics 71 Expired
US5201049A System for executing applications program concurrently/serially on different virtual machines Physics 66 Expired
US5946681A Method of determining the unique ID of an object through analysis of attributes related to the object Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US4991089A Method for establishing current terminal addresses for system users processing distributed application programs in an SNA LU 6.2 network environment Physics 45 Expired
US7143094B2 Method and apparatus for ensuring data consistency amongst a plurality of disparate systems having multiple consumer channels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US5946680A Method of determining the unique ID of an object in a peer to peer configuration of object indexes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6687707B1 Unique object identification in a network of computing systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6070169A Method and system for the determination of a particular data object utilizing attributes associated with the object Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7366772B2 Method and apparatus for creating and exposing order status within a supply chain having disparate systems Physics 7 Expired
US6182064A Method and system for identifying an object located among a number of multiple interconnected computing systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US7222116B2 Method and system for matching complex customer requirements with provider solutions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7987287B2 Method and system for routing data repository messages between computing devices Electricity 2 Active
US7356607B2 Method and system for routing data repository messages between computing devices Electricity 1 Expired
USRE35448E Method for establishing current terminal addresses for system users processing distributed application programs in an SNA LU 6.2 network environment General 1 Expired
US7703670B2 Method and apparatus for creating and exposing order status within a supply chain having disparate systems Physics 0 Active
US7673791B2 Method and apparatus for creating and exposing order status within a supply chain having disparate systems Physics 0 Active

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