Patents by Inventor Clive Richard Kates

Clive Richard Kates 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 and system for application-based normalization of processor clocks in a multiprocessor environment
    Patent number: 7340629
    Abstract: A method is presented for enabling application-level software to normalize processor clock values within a multiprocessor data processing system. A first processor number associated with a first processor is obtained such that the first processor executes one or more instructions for obtaining the first processor number. Subsequent to obtaining the first processor number, a processor clock value is obtained such that the processor clock value is associated with a processor that executes one or more instructions for obtaining the processor clock value. Subsequent to obtaining the processor clock value, a second processor number associated with a second processor is obtained such that the second processor executes one or more instructions for obtaining the second processor number. If the first processor number and the second processor number are equal, then the first processor number is used to retrieve a compensation value for a normalization operation on the processor clock value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clive Richard Kates, Frank Eliot Levine, Robert John Urquhart
  • Method and system for application-based normalization of processor clocks in a multiprocessor environment
    Publication number: 20040268172
    Abstract: A method is presented for enabling application-level software to normalize processor clock values within a multiprocessor data processing system. A first processor number associated with a first processor is obtained such that the first processor executes one or more instructions for obtaining the first processor number. Subsequent to obtaining the first processor number, a processor clock value is obtained such that the processor clock value is associated with a processor that executes one or more instructions for obtaining the processor clock value. Subsequent to obtaining the processor clock value, a second processor number associated with a second processor is obtained such that the second processor executes one or more instructions for obtaining the second processor number. If the first processor number and the second processor number are equal, then the first processor number is used to retrieve a compensation value for a normalization operation on the processor clock value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clive Richard Kates, Frank Eliot Levine, Robert John Urquhart