Patents by Inventor Grayson Randall

Grayson Randall 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 STRUCTURE FOR DELETING LEAVES IN TREE TABLE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20060271576
    Abstract: A technique is provided to delete a leaf from a Patricia tree having a direct table and a plurality of PSCB's which decode portions of the pattern of a leaf in the tree without shutting down the functioning of the tree. A leaf having a pattern is identified as a leaf to be deleted. Using the pattern, the tree is walked to identify the location of the leaf to be deleted. The leaf to be deleted is identified and deleted, and any relevant PSCB modified, if necessary. The technique also is applicable to deleting a prefix of a prefix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Claude Basso, Jean Calvignac, Gordon Davis, Marco Heddes, Piyush Patel, Steven Perrin, Grayson Randall, Sonia Rovner