Patents by Inventor James D. Beecham

James D. Beecham 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).

  • Hybrid file systems
    Patent number: 9471802
    Abstract: Methods may provide a virtual system with direct access to one or more sectors of a resource of a computer system. The method may include providing, by a computer system to a virtual system, first access control data associated with a regular computer file that corresponds to a resource on the computer system. The method may additionally include receiving, at the computer system, a direct read from or direct write to one or more sectors of the resource represented by the regular computer file from the virtual system. The method may further include hiding, at the computer system, a hidden computer file from the virtual system. The method may additionally include routing, at the computer system, the direct read from or direct write to the hidden computer file on the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Beecham, William K. Bittner, Venkateswararao Jujjuri, Samuel W. Yang
  • Hybrid file systems
    Patent number: 9454670
    Abstract: Systems and computer program products may provide a virtual system with direct access to one or more sectors of a resource of a computer system. The system and computer program products may include providing, by a computer system to a virtual system, first access control data associated with a regular computer file that corresponds to a resource on the computer system. The system and computer program products may additionally include receiving, at the computer system, a direct read from or direct write to one or more sectors of the resource represented by the regular computer file from the virtual system. The system and computer program products may further include hiding, at the computer system, a hidden computer file from the virtual system. The system and computer program products may additionally include routing, at the computer system, the direct read from or direct write to the hidden computer file on the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James D Beecham, William K Bittner, Venkateswararao Jujjuri, Samuel W Yang
  • Hybrid File Systems
    Publication number: 20140156706
    Abstract: Methods may provide a virtual system with direct access to one or more sectors of a resource of a computer system. The method may include providing, by a computer system to a virtual system, first access control data associated with a regular computer file that corresponds to a resource on the computer system. The method may additionally include receiving, at the computer system, a direct read from or direct write to one or more sectors of the resource represented by the regular computer file from the virtual system. The method may further include hiding, at the computer system, a hidden computer file from the virtual system. The method may additionally include routing, at the computer system, the direct read from or direct write to the hidden computer file on the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James D. Beecham, William K. Bittner, Venkateswararao Jujjuri, Samuel W. Yang
  • HYBRID FILE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140156705
    Abstract: Systems and computer program products may provide a virtual system with direct access to one or more sectors of a resource of a computer system. The system and computer program products may include providing, by a computer system to a virtual system, first access control data associated with a regular computer file that corresponds to a resource on the computer system. The system and computer program products may additionally include receiving, at the computer system, a direct read from or direct write to one or more sectors of the resource represented by the regular computer file from the virtual system. The system and computer program products may further include hiding, at the computer system, a hidden computer file from the virtual system. The system and computer program products may additionally include routing, at the computer system, the direct read from or direct write to the hidden computer file on the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James D. Beecham, William K. Bittner, Venkateswararao Jujjuri, Samuel W. Yang