Patents by Inventor Mark A. Grubbs

Mark A. Grubbs 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).

  • Code set conversion management optimization
    Patent number: 8704687
    Abstract: A management module registers a request to convert code from a first code set to a second code set, identifies a code set converter (CSC), determines whether a most recently used CSC is the identified CSC and, in response to determining that the most recently used CSC is not the identified CSC, locates a user-preferred CSC pool comprising a subset of locally stored CSCs each corresponding to a preference index. The management module, in response to determining that the identified CSC is located within the user-preferred CSC pool, searches the user-preferred CSC pool for the identified CSC, loads the identified CSC, initiates the identified CSC that converts the code from the first code set to the second code set, modifies usage data for the identified CSC, and orders the user-preferred CSC pool based on a preference index for each CSC stored in the CSC pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David N. Clissold, Mark A. Grubbs, Su Liu, Kevin R. Sloan
  • CODE SET CONVERSION MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION
    Publication number: 20140035764
    Abstract: A management module registers a request to convert code from a first code set to a second code set, identifies a code set converter (CSC), determines whether a most recently used CSC is the identified CSC and, in response to determining that the most recently used CSC is not the identified CSC, locates a user-preferred CSC pool comprising a subset of locally stored CSCs each corresponding to a preference index. The management module, in response to determining that the identified CSC is located within the user-preferred CSC pool, searches the user-preferred CSC pool for the identified CSC, loads the identified CSC, initiates the identified CSC that converts the code from the first code set to the second code set, modifies usage data for the identified CSC, and orders the user-preferred CSC pool based on a preference index for each CSC stored in the CSC pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David N. Clissold, Mark A. Grubbs, Su Liu, Kevin R. Sloan