Patents by Inventor Jason Alan Clegg

Jason Alan Clegg 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).

  • Apparatus and method for adaptive address-based historical utilization recording
    Patent number: 6934936
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recording segment execution times in a processing system are provided. The method includes the steps of recording a timestamp corresponding to the beginning of a segment to be executed, wherein the recording step is conducted through a firmware operation. The method further includes the step of updating the timestamp with an elapsed segment execution time, wherein the updating step is conducted through a plurality of hardware based operations that are executed without firmware interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Alan Clegg, Charles Scott Graham, Shawn Michael Lambeth, Gene Steven Van Grinsven
  • Apparatus and method for adaptive address-based historical utilization recording
    Publication number: 20020147944
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recording segment execution times in a processing system are provided. The method includes the steps of recording a timestamp corresponding to the beginning of a segment to be executed, wherein the recording step is conducted through a firmware operation. The method further includes the step of updating the timestamp with an elapsed segment execution time, wherein the updating step is conducted through a plurality of hardware based operations that are executed without firmware interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Alan Clegg, Charles Scott Graham, Shawn Michael Lambeth, Gene Steven Van Grinsven