Patents by Inventor Christopher J. CAIN

Christopher J. CAIN 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).

  • Dynamically detecting and interrupting excessive execution time
    Patent number: 10169137
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising storing, by a kernel and in a queue, an indication that a first process has called a second process, collecting process data for at least one of the first process and the second process, determining, by the kernel, that an amount of time that has elapsed since the first process called the second process exceeds a time threshold, storing the queue and the process data as part of a failure data capture, and performing a predefined operation on at least one of the first process and the second process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Cain, Reed B. Frandsen, Lee N. Helgeson, James A. O'Connor
  • DYNAMICALLY DETECTING AND INTERRUPTING EXCESSIVE EXECUTION TIME
    Publication number: 20170139767
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising storing, by a kernel and in a queue, an indication that a first process has called a second process, collecting process data for at least one of the first process and the second process, determining, by the kernel, that an amount of time that has elapsed since the first process called the second process exceeds a time threshold, storing the queue and the process data as part of a failure data capture, and performing a predefined operation on at least one of the first process and the second process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher J. CAIN, Reed B. FRANDSEN, Lee N. HELGESON, James A. O'CONNOR