Inventor · Somerville, MA, US

Robert W. Scheifler

34Patents
21h-index
18Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 15, 1997 → Dec 26, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7886021B2 System and method for programmatic management of distributed computing resources Electricity 138 Active
US6185611A Dynamic lookup service in a distributed system Electricity 128 Expired
US6016500A Leasing for failure detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 88 Expired
US6134603A Method and system for deterministic hashes to identify remote methods Physics 88 Expired
US6760736B2 Methods and systems for distributed failure detection and recovery using leasing techniques Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US6182083A Method and system for multi-entry and multi-template matching in a database Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US6560656B1 Apparatus and method for providing downloadable code for use in communicating with a device in a distributed system Electricity 62 Expired
US6243716A Methods and systems for distributed failure detection and recovery using leasing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 61 Expired
US6393497B1 Downloadable smart proxies for performing processing associated with a remote procedure call in a distributed system Physics 53 Expired
US6226746A Stack-based system and method to combine security requirements of methods Physics 51 Expired
US6138238A Stack-based access control using code and executor identifiers Electricity 48 Expired
US6247026A Method, apparatus, and product for leasing of delegation certificates in a distributed system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US6282652A System for separately designating security requirements for methods invoked on a computer Physics 45 Expired
US6604127B2 Dynamic lookup service in distributed system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US6389540B1 Stack based access control using code and executor identifiers Electricity 35 Expired
US6877163B1 Method and system for dynamic proxy classes Physics 32 Expired
US6845393B1 Lookup discovery service in a distributed system having a plurality of lookup services each with associated characteristics and services Electricity 31 Expired
US6564240B2 Method, apparatus, and product for leasing of group membership in a distributed system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US6832223B1 Method and system for facilitating access to a lookup service Electricity 25 Expired
US6925644B2 Method, apparatus, and product for leasing of group membership in a distributed system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6421704B1 Method, apparatus, and product for leasing of group membership in a distributed system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6567820B1 Method and system for in-place modifications in a database Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6901518B1 Method and system for establishing trust in downloaded proxy code Physics 15 Expired
US6957427B1 Remote object activation in a distributed system Physics 14 Expired
US6629154B1 Method and system for deterministic hashes to identify remote methods Electricity 14 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.