Patents by Inventor Gerald Thornbrugh

Gerald Thornbrugh 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).

  • Systems and methods for automatically passing hints to a file system
    Patent number: 10262007
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for passing optimization information, which may be used to optimize input/output (“I/O”) requests, from a database management system to a file system, using various protocols of a network file system. The optimization information provided by the database management system may relate to various aspects of an I/O request that may be optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Lee Wong, Chunli Zhang, Gerald Thornbrugh, Siddheshwar Mahesh
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PASSING HINTS TO A FILE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170255644
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for passing optimization information, which may be used to optimize input/output (“I/O”) requests, from a database management system to a file system, using various protocols of a network file system. The optimization information provided by the database management system may relate to various aspects of an I/O request that may be optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Lee Wong, JR., Chunli Zhang, Gerald Thornbrugh, Siddheshwar Mahesh
  • Systems and methods for automatically passing hints to a file system
    Patent number: 9678983
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for passing optimization information, which may be used to optimize input/output (“I/O”) requests, from a database management system to a file system, using various protocols of a network file system. The optimization information provided by the database management system may relate to various aspects of an I/O request that may be optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Lee Wong, Chunli Zhang, Gerald Thornbrugh, Siddheshwar Mahesh