Patents by Inventor Michael Hallinan

Michael Hallinan 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).

  • Resource allocation in data processing systems
    Patent number: 6996614
    Abstract: A method for allocating resources of a service provider to a plurality of users of the service provider in a data processing system wherein the resources are maintained in a resource pool when not allocated to a user and comprise a plurality of first and second resources, each second resource being associated with a first resource for use together with the associated first resource, and wherein, to invoke performance of a service by the service provider, a user issues a first resource request, requesting a first resource, one or more second resource requests, requesting one or more second resources, and, following receipt of the requested resources, issues a service request including the received first resource and at least one received second resource, requesting performance of the service, the method comprising steps of: dispensing dummy resources to a user in response to first and second resource requests, each dummy resource representing a resource requested by the user; and in response to the service req
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hallinan, Stephen James Paul Todd
  • Resource allocation in data processing systems
    Publication number: 20010029519
    Abstract: A method for allocating resources of a service provider to a plurality of users of the service provider in a data processing system wherein the resources are maintained in a resource pool when not allocated to a user and comprise a plurality of first and second resources, each second resource being associated with a first resource for use together with the associated first resource, and wherein, to invoke performance of a service by the service provider, a user issues a first resource request, requesting a first resource, one or more second resource requests, requesting one or more second resources, and, following receipt of the requested resources, issues a service request including the received first resource and at least one received second resource, requesting performance of the service, the method comprising steps of: dispensing dummy resources to a user in response to first and second resource requests, each dummy resource representing a resource requested by the user; and in response to the service req
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Michael Hallinan, Stephen James Paul Todd