Patents by Inventor James Bruce Fields

James Bruce Fields 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).

  • File lock
    Patent number: 9582340
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for managing file locks, including initiating, by a processing device executing a kernel, executions of a number of active tasks that each has acquired a respective lock to a record, and in response to release of a first lock to the record by an active task, waking up a previously-designated worker task out of a number of idle tasks, in which the worker task is to attempt an acquisition of a second lock on behalf of at least one remaining task of the idle tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Layton, James Bruce Fields
  • FILE LOCK AND UNLOCK MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20150193268
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for managing file locks, including initiating, by a processing device executing a kernel, executions of a number of active tasks that each has acquired a respective lock to a record, and in response to release of a first lock to the record by an active task, waking up a previously-designated worker task out of a number of idle tasks, in which the worker task is to attempt an acquisition of a second lock on behalf of at least one remaining task of the idle tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Layton, James Bruce Fields