Patents by Inventor David Albert Smith

David Albert Smith 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).

  • Full-function to high availability large database conversion
    Patent number: 8321480
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable medium for migrating Information Management System (IMS) Full-Function databases to IMS High Availability Large Databases (HALDBs) are described. Full Function database conversion operations in accordance with this disclosure assign a unique identifier to each segment having a physically paired logically related child segment. These unique identifiers may then be used during HALDB load operations to identify a segment's physically paired logically related segment. Use of the disclosed unique identifiers permit Full Function database conversion operations to avoid the input-output (I/O) and compare operations needed by prior art unload techniques to completely identify physically paired logically related segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventor: David Albert Smith
  • Full-Function to HALDB Conversion
    Publication number: 20120131067
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable medium for migrating Information Management System (IMS) Full-Function databases to IMS High Availability Large Databases (HALDBs) are described. Full Function database conversion operations in accordance with this disclosure assign a unique identifier to each segment having a physically paired logically related child segment. These unique identifiers may then be used during HALDB load operations to identify a segment's physically paired logically related segment. Use of the disclosed unique identifiers permit Full Function database conversion operations to avoid the input-output (I/O) and compare operations needed by prior art unload techniques to completely identify physically paired logically related segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventor: David Albert Smith