Patents by Inventor Blake Alan Jones

Blake Alan Jones 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: 9430487
    Abstract: A method for executing an executable file. The method includes executing instructions in the executable file by a first process, receiving a write request from a second process to write to the executable file, generating an anonymous file from the executable file in response to the write request, executing the anonymous file by the first process, and accessing the executable file by the second process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Zolnowsky, George R. Cameron, Blake Alan Jones
  • Patent number: 9389973
    Abstract: A method for managing a corrupted memory block. The method includes detecting the corrupted memory block, and removing, after detecting the corrupted memory block, references to the corrupted memory block. The method further includes identifying, after detecting the corrupted memory block, an uncorrupted memory block and analyzing each cache line. The method further includes determining, while analyzing each cache line, that a first cache line includes an uncorrectable error and creating, based on determining the first cache line includes the uncorrectable error, a second cache line including an artificial error, and migrating the second cache line to the uncorrupted memory block, where a layout of the corrupted memory block is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Blake Alan Jones, Stephen Chessin
  • Patent number: 9336413
    Abstract: A method for accessing shared memory, the method includes loading a private context ID into a private context ID register, where the first private context ID enables a thread to access a private memory region only accessible by the thread. The method further includes receiving, from the thread, a first request to access a shared memory region, loading a shared context ID into a shared context register, permitting, by a memory management unit (MMU), the thread to access the shared memory region using the shared context ID, and receiving, from the thread, a second request to disable access to the shared memory region. The method further includes removing, in response to the second request, the shared context ID from the shared context ID register, where after removing the shared context ID from the shared context ID register the thread is no longer able to access the shared memory region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Blake Alan Jones
  • Publication number: 20150347254
    Abstract: A method for managing a corrupted memory block. The method includes detecting the corrupted memory block, and removing, after detecting the corrupted memory block, references to the corrupted memory block. The method further includes identifying, after detecting the corrupted memory block, an uncorrupted memory block and analyzing each cache line. The method further includes determining, while analyzing each cache line, that a first cache line includes an uncorrectable error and creating, based on determining the first cache line includes the uncorrectable error, a second cache line including an artificial error, and migrating the second cache line to the uncorrupted memory block, where a layout of the corrupted memory block is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Blake Alan Jones, Stephen Chessin
  • Publication number: 20150150145
    Abstract: A method for accessing shared memory, the method includes loading a private context ID into a private context ID register, where the first private context ID enables a thread to access a private memory region only accessible by the thread. The method further includes receiving, from the thread, a first request to access a shared memory region, loading a shared context ID into a shared context register, permitting, by a memory management unit (MMU), the thread to access the shared memory region using the shared context ID, and receiving, from the thread, a second request to disable access to the shared memory region. The method further includes removing, in response to the second request, the shared context ID from the shared context ID register, where after removing the shared context ID from the shared context ID register the thread is no longer able to access the shared memory region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Blake Alan Jones
  • Publication number: 20140297696
    Abstract: A method for executing an executable file. The method includes executing instructions in the executable file by a first process, receiving a write request from a second process to write to the executable file, generating an anonymous file from the executable file in response to the write request, executing the anonymous file by the first process, and accessing the executable file by the second process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: John E. Zolnowsky, George R. Cameron, Blake Alan Jones
  • Patent number: 8819359
    Abstract: A memory system that interleaves storage of data across and within a plurality memory modules is described. The memory system includes a hybrid interleaving mechanism which maps physical addresses to locations within memory modules and ranks so that physical addresses for a given page all map to the same memory module, and physical addresses for the given page are interleaved across the plurality of ranks which comprise the same memory module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Kapil, Blake Alan Jones
  • Publication number: 20100332775
    Abstract: A memory system that interleaves storage of data across and within a plurality memory modules is described. The memory system includes a hybrid interleaving mechanism which maps physical addresses to locations within memory modules and ranks so that physical addresses for a given page all map to the same memory module, and physical addresses for the given page are interleaved across the plurality of ranks which comprise the same memory module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Kapil, Blake Alan Jones