Patents by Inventor Adrian Larner

Adrian Larner 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 of controlling use of resources in a data processing system by at least two processes
    Patent number: 4584644
    Abstract: A data processing system in which a process having a low priority may be interrupted by a process having a higher priority and in which an interrupted process ceases its current operation immediately the interrupt occurs, a mechanism by which the higher priority interrupting process finishes the interrupted operation of the lower priority process before commencing its own next operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventor: Adrian Larner