Patents by Inventor Joseph Martin Herbst

Joseph Martin Herbst 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).

  • Patent number: 6910054
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for storing data that use a rolling window file that maintains a defined file size while sequentially replacing an oldest portion of previously stored data with new data are provided. The rolling window file operates without the use of a wrap buffer implemented through manipulation of a current offset pointer by moving a first storage region in a sequentially linked plurality of storage regions associated with the rolling window file to become the new last (or end of file) storage region associated with the file. Newly received data may then be stored in the newly designated end of file storage region. Operations moving the first region in the linked sequence to the last position can repeat theoretically indefinitely as new data is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Martin Herbst, Joel Mark Yarborough