David Taiwai Kwan

Title: David Taiwai Kwan: Patents in Remote Access and Multilingual File Systems.

Introduction

David Taiwai Kwan is an inventor associated with Los Gatos, California, and International Business Machines Corporation. His two listed patents address remote access to client computers and the management of filesystem objects across multilingual distributed environments.

Latest Patents

Kwan’s listed patents include “System and Method for Remotely Accessing a Client in a Client Server Environment.” The invention describes a browser-based way to access client functions: a user enters a URL containing a machine name and port number, and a listening program on the client establishes communication with the browser and invokes a client agent. The agent serves an applet that lets the user perform functions such as backing up, restoring, migrating, recalling, archiving, and retrieving files.

His other listed patent, “System and Method for Managing Filesystem Objects in a Multilingual Distributed Environment,” concerns remote filesystem management across distributed systems. A client agent uses Unicode encoding to convert filesystem objects into a universal translation form, supporting their recognition and management across languages.

Career Highlights

The supplied information associates Kwan’s patent work with International Business Machines Corporation. His listed inventions focus on practical challenges in distributed computing, including remote client operations and multilingual handling of filesystem objects. He is credited with 2 patents.

Collaborations

The supplied information names John Viksne and Brett Walker as Kwan’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the listed inventions.

Conclusion

David Taiwai Kwan’s two listed patents reflect work on remote computer access and reliable filesystem management in multilingual distributed environments.