Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Scot Peek

Jeffrey Scot Peek 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).

  • Method and system for accessing system resources of a data processing system utilizing a kernel-only thread within a user process
    Patent number: 6732138
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for managing access to system resources by a user process within a multitasking data processing system. The data processing system includes a processor for executing kernel threads scheduled to the processor and a memory having a user address space which stores an application program and a kernel address space which stores an operating system kernel. The operating system kernel includes a kernel process comprising one or more first kernel threads which can each access the system resources. The user address space also stores a user process which has ownership of the system resources. The user process includes a second kernel thread comprising instructions within the application program. To access certain system resources, the second kernel thread invokes a first kernel thread within the user process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Luke Matthew Browning, Jeffrey Scot Peek