Patents by Inventor Luis Angel Daniel Bathen

Luis Angel Daniel Bathen 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).

  • Adjusting parameters used to prefetch data from storage into cache
    Patent number: 7702857
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for adjusting parameters used to prefetch data from storage into cache. Data units are added from a storage to a cache, wherein requested data from the storage is returned from the cache. A degree of prefetch is processed indicating a number of data units to prefetch into the cache. A trigger distance is processed indicating a prefetched trigger data unit in the cache. The number of data units indicated by the degree of prefetch is prefetched in response to processing the trigger data unit. The degree of prefetch and the trigger distance are adjusted based on a rate at which data units are accessed from the cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Binny Sher Gill, Luis Angel Daniel Bathen, Steven Robert Lowe, Thomas Charles Jarvis
  • ADJUSTING PARAMETERS USED TO PREFETCH DATA FROM STORAGE INTO CACHE
    Publication number: 20090055595
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for adjusting parameters used to prefetch data from storage into cache. Data units are added from a storage to a cache, wherein requested data from the storage is returned from the cache. A degree of prefetch is processed indicating a number of data units to prefetch into the cache. A trigger distance is processed indicating a prefetched trigger data unit in the cache. The number of data units indicated by the degree of prefetch is prefetched in response to processing the trigger data unit. The degree of prefetch and the trigger distance are adjusted based on a rate at which data units are accessed from the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Binny Sher Gill, Luis Angel Daniel Bathen, Steven Robert Lowe, Thomas Charles Jarvis