Patents by Inventor Alan F. Martens

Alan F. Martens has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cross-system data piping using an external shared memory
    Patent number: 6170045
    Abstract: Data is written to and read from a shared pipe by applications of multiple systems. At least one shared pipe is located within an external shared memory coupled to one or more central processing complexes. Each of the central processing complexes has one or more operating system images, which controls execution of one or more piping applications. At least one piping application corresponding to at least one operating system image writes data to a shared pipe located in the external shared memory and at least one other application corresponding to one or more other operating system images reads data from the same shared pipe, thereby providing cross-system data piping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roman A. Bobak, Scott Brady Compton, Jon K. Johnson, Alan F. Martens, Max M. Maurer, David Lee Meck, William R. Richardson, Michael Allen Wright
  • Cross-system data piping method using an external shared memory
    Patent number: 6092166
    Abstract: Data is written to and read from a shared pipe by applications of multiple systems. At least one shared pipe is located within an external shared memory coupled to one or more central processing complexes. Each of the central processing complexes has one or more operating system images, which controls execution of one or more piping applications. At least one piping application corresponding to at least one operating system image writes data to a shared pipe located in the external shared memory and at least one other application corresponding to one or more other operating system images reads data from the same shared pipe, thereby providing cross-system data piping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roman A. Bobak, Scott Brady Compton, Jon K. Johnson, Alan F. Martens, Max M. Maurer, David Lee Meck, William R. Richardson, Michael Allen Wright
  • Cross-system data piping system using an external shared memory
    Patent number: 6061771
    Abstract: Data is written to and read from a shared pipe by applications of multiple systems. At least one shared pipe is located within an external shared memory coupled to one or more central processing complexes. Each of the central processing complexes has one or more operating system images, which controls execution of one or more piping applications. At least one piping application corresponding to at least one operating system image writes data to a shared pipe located in the external shared memory and at least one other application corresponding to one or more other operating system images reads data from the same shared pipe, thereby providing cross-system data piping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roman A. Bobak, Scott Brady Compton, Jon K. Johnson, Alan F. Martens, Max M. Maurer, David Lee Meck, William R. Richardson, Michael Allen Wright