Patents by Inventor Barrett Alan Trask

Barrett Alan Trask 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).

  • Synchronization and dynamic resizing of a segmented linear hash table
    Publication number: 20080021908
    Abstract: One exemplary system and method for managing access to data records in a multiprocessor computing environment. The system and method allocates a segmented linear hash table for storing the data records, performs a modification operation on the segmented linear hash table, performs a table restructuring operation on the segmented linear hash table in parallel with the modification operation, and performs at least one lookup operation on the segmented linear hash table in parallel with each other and with the modification operation or the table restructuring operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Barrett Alan Trask, Harold Michael Wenzel
  • System and method of configuring system components
    Patent number: 6981135
    Abstract: In a computer system, various pieces of hardware, such as a processor, may be replaced with newer or different models. The replacement may effect the communications between it and other components. The present system and method provides for configuring components so that they have settings more appropriate for the new hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Barrett Alan Trask