Patents by Inventor Daniel Keith Courter

Daniel Keith Courter 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).

  • Repartitioning data
    Patent number: 6125370
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer-implemented repartitioning system. Data is repartitioned in a database stored on a data storage device connected to a computer. First, it is detected that a partitioning scheme for the data has been altered. Next, partitions that would be affected by the altered partitioning scheme are identified. Then, the identified partitions are reorganized based on the altered partitioning scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Keith Courter, Paramesh Sampatrai Desai, Craig Alan Friske, John Marland Garth, Kevin Daniel Gougherty, Laura Michiko Kunioka-Weis, David Elmer Raiman, James Alan Ruddy, Julie Ann Watts, Kathryn Ruth Zeidenstein
  • Recovering different types of objects with one pass of the log
    Patent number: 6119128
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer implemented recovery system for restoring a database in a computer. The database contains objects and is stored on a primary data storage device connected to the computer. Objects of different types in the database are copied from the primary data storage device to a secondary data storage device. Modifications to the objects are logged in a log file. A recovery indicator is received that indicates that recovery of the objects in the database is required. The objects are copied from the secondary data storage device to the database on the primary data storage device. Modifications in the log file are applied to the copied objects during one pass through the log file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Keith Courter, Ming-Hung Hu, Laura Michiko Kunioka-Weis, Thomas Majithia, Deborah A. Matamoros, James Alan Ruddy, Yufen Wang