Inventor
KIRBY ORVALLE THEODORE
US25 patents
Patents
25 patentsUS5696896ADec 9, 1997
Program product for group leader recovery in a distributed computing environment
IBM153 citations99
US5926619AJul 20, 1999
Apparatus and program product for recovery of a name server managing membership of a domain of processors in a distributed computing environment
IBM96 citations98
US6016505AJan 18, 2000
Program product to effect barrier synchronization in a distributed computing environment
IBM63 citations96
US5896503AApr 20, 1999
Managing membership of a domain of processors in a distributed computing environment
IBM74 citations96
US5805786ASep 8, 1998
Recovery of a name server managing membership of a domain of processors in a distributed computing environment
IBM69 citations96
US5748958AMay 5, 1998
System for utilizing batch requests to present membership changes to process groups
IBM85 citations96
US5704032ADec 30, 1997
Method for group leader recovery in a distributed computing environment
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US7636772B1Dec 22, 2009
Method and apparatus for dynamic retention of system area network management information in non-volatile store
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US7136907B1Nov 14, 2006
Method and system for informing an operating system in a system area network when a new device is connected
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US6104871AAug 15, 2000
Utilizing batch requests to present membership changes to process groups
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US6216150B1Apr 10, 2001
Program product for an application programming interface unifying multiple mechanisms
IBM27 citations92
US6052712AApr 18, 2000
System for barrier synchronization wherein members dynamic voting controls the number of synchronization phases of protocols and progression to each subsequent phase
IBM27 citations92
US6026447AFeb 15, 2000
System for serializing actions of independent process groups
IBM17 citations92
US6026426AFeb 15, 2000
Application programming interface unifying multiple mechanisms
IBM29 citations92
US5991821ANov 23, 1999
Method for serializing actions of independent process groups
IBM20 citations92
US5799146AAug 25, 1998
Communications system involving groups of processors of a distributed computing environment
IBM50 citations92
US5793962AAug 11, 1998
System for managing membership of a group of processors in a distributed computing environment
IBM43 citations92
US5790788AAug 4, 1998
Managing group events by a name server for a group of processors in a distributed computing environment
IBM27 citations92
US5790772AAug 4, 1998
Communications method involving groups of processors of a distributed computing environment
IBM45 citations92
US5768538AJun 16, 1998
Barrier synchronization method wherein members dynamic voting controls the number of synchronization phases of protocols and progression to each new phase
IBM36 citations92
US5764875AJun 9, 1998
Communications program product involving groups of processors of a distributed computing environment
IBM41 citations92
US5699501ADec 16, 1997
System for group leader recovery in a distributed computing environment
IBM28 citations92
US5787250AJul 28, 1998
Program product for managing membership of a group of processors in a distributed computing environment
IBM17 citations84
US5996087ANov 30, 1999
Program product for serializating actions of independent process groups
IBM16 citations82
US6912713B2Jun 28, 2005
Program product for an application programming interface unifying multiple mechanisms
IBM2 citations62