Patents by Inventor Kevin Frederic Foster

Kevin Frederic Foster 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).

  • Sorted merge of streaming data
    Patent number: 9549014
    Abstract: A method for sorting and merging data from at least two sources may include providing a multi-state merge of queues from a first input queue and a second input queue to a merged output, responsive to states of the first and second input queues, setting the state of the first input queue; preventing merging of the first input queue with the non-empty second input queue while the state of the first input queue is empty waiting; and merging the first input queue with the non-empty second input queue responsive to the state of the first input queue being active or ignore, or the wait duration time being exceeded, or in response to a startup command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kevin Frederic Foster