Patents by Inventor Magaret Rose Fenlon

Magaret Rose Fenlon 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 for supporting multiple filesystem implementations
    Patent number: 7984088
    Abstract: A data structure used by an operating system to refer to a filesystem object includes information that permits the structure to be associated with filesystem objects having different filesystem implementations. The data structure is associated with a filesystem object that is linked into different directories that have different filesystem implementations. Therefore, the data structure includes respective information within it about each different link. As a result, a filesystem object, such as a directory, having one filesystem implementation may be created in or moved to another directory having a different filesystem implementation; or, a file may be linked in multiple directories having different implementations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Steven DeLorme, Magaret Rose Fenlon, Alan Leon Levering, Michael John Oberholtzer, Jeffrey John Parker, Richard Michael Theis, Jerry Leroy Von Berge