Patents by Inventor Alan F. Brodnick

Alan F. Brodnick 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).

  • Dynamic inactivation of program exits of the application program while the system program is running
    Patent number: 5136710
    Abstract: An arrangement and method of inactivating dynamically an exit in a computer system. An exit is a program module associated with a first program and which is invoked while active by a second program in response to the occurrence of a prescribed system event. When a request to inactivate exit is received, it is determined if one or more invocations of the exit are in progress or scheduled. If an invocation of the exit is not in progress or scheduled, the exit is marked as inactive. However, if one or more invocations of the exit are in progress or scheduled, the exit is marked as inactive only when all such invocations that are in progress or scheduled are complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Arnold, Graham P. Bate, Alan F. Brodnick, Joel M. Salzman, Timothy L. Spickler