Patents by Inventor Charles M. Norcutt, Jr.

Charles M. Norcutt, Jr. 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 integrated system load control through dynamic time-slicing in a virtual storage environment
    Patent number: 5386561
    Abstract: A priority preemptive, time distribution operating system operating in accordance with the method of the present invention provides enhanced efficiency in operation of a data processing system having a central processing unit, a computer memory and an auxiliary memory. The operating system manages the central processing unit, the computer memory and the auxiliary memory where a plurality of processes are presented for execution on the central processing unit by: ordering the processes for execution; allocating a predetermined time slice for execution of a process from the ordering; executing a first current process in the ordering on the central processing unit for the predetermined time slice; responsive to occurrence of a storage access operation during execution of the first current process, allocating a supplemental time slice to the current process for execution; and continuing execution of the current process for the supplemental time slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Khoa D. Huynh, Charles M. Norcutt, Jr., Theodore C. Waldron, III