Patents by Inventor Colin Penfold

Colin Penfold 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, apparatus and software for processing software for use in a multithreaded processing environment
    Patent number: 8448154
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and software for processing software code for use in a multithreaded processing environment in which lock verification mechanisms are automatically inserted in the software code and arranged to determine whether a respective shared storage element is locked prior to the use of the respective shared storage element by a given processing thread in a multithreaded processing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Colin Penfold
  • Method, Apparatus and Software for Processing Software for Use in a Multithreaded Processing Environment
    Publication number: 20090198968
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and software for processing software code for use in a multithreaded processing environment in which lock verification mechanisms are automatically inserted in the software code and arranged to determine whether a respective shared storage element is locked prior to the use of the respective shared storage element by a given processing thread in a multithreaded processing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Colin Penfold