Patents by Inventor Kathleen K. Tubbs

Kathleen K. Tubbs 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 system for managing environments with a data processing system
    Patent number: 5896531
    Abstract: A method and system of increasing efficiency within a data processing system having multiple applications executing within the data processing system. Each of the applications requires a specific environment. A collection of parameters which specify an environment is stored within the data processing system in response to an initialization of the environment for utilization by a first application. Next, the minimal requirements of an second application requesting an environment are determined in response to an attempted initialization of the second application. An existing environment is then utilized if the collection of parameters specifying the environment meets the minimal requirements of the second application, wherein data processing efficiency is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Curtis, W. Pettus Gewin, Thomas F. Mitchell, Michael P. Priven, William L. Rich, Kathleen K. Tubbs