Patents by Inventor Colin Edward Honess

Colin Edward Honess 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).

  • Wakeup-attribute-based allocation of threads to processors
    Patent number: 8621470
    Abstract: A method of co-locating threads and corresponding system are described. The method comprises a first thread executing on a first processor awakening a second thread for execution on a second processor and assigning the second thread to execute on the first processor based on a determination that the first thread awakened the second thread at a prior awakening of the second thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Ruemmler, Colin Edward Honess, Patrick O. Kilfoyle
  • Thread hand off
    Patent number: 8032884
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices, including computer executable instructions for transferring threads are described. The method comprises determining an idle processor by checking a handoff state of the processor prior to placing an identified runnable thread in a run queue of an idle processor. The method also comprises transferring the runnable thread to a determined idle processor by setting the handoff state of the processor to a handle of the runnable thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Harshadrai Parekh, Colin Edward Honess, Douglas V. Larson, Swapneel Kekre
  • WAKEUP PATTERN-BASED COLOCATION OF THREADS
    Publication number: 20090193423
    Abstract: A method of co-locating threads and corresponding system are described. The method comprises a first thread executing on a first processor awakening a second thread for execution on a second processor and assigning the second thread to execute on the first processor based on a determination that the first thread awakened the second thread at a prior awakening of the second thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher P. RUEMMLER, Colin Edward HONESS, Patrick O. KILFOYLE
  • THREAD HAND OFF
    Publication number: 20080104593
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices, including computer executable instructions for transferring threads are described. The method comprises determining an idle processor by checking a handoff state of the processor prior to placing an identified runnable thread in a run queue of an idle processor. The method also comprises transferring the runnable thread to a determined idle processor by setting the handoff state of the processor to a handle of the runnable thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Harshadrai Parekh, Colin Edward Honess, Douglas V. Larson, Swapneel Kekre