Patents by Inventor Mikel L. Martin

Mikel L. Martin 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).

  • Parallel processing using a bottom up approach
    Patent number: 10423693
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, computer program product, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to parallel process hierarchical data. Hierarchical data is obtained. The hierarchical data is organized in a relationship graph having two or more nodes (consisting of parent nodes that are dependent on child nodes). The relationship graph requires bottom-up processing. Cycles are identified in the relationship graph. The relationship graph is leveled by traversing the graph and assigning all graph nodes into levels. The hierarchical data is processed by parallel processing the nodes in a first level of the one or more levels before parallel processing the nodes in a subsequent level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy E. Abla, Michael Alan Foster, John T. Koerner, Mikel L. Martin, Dennis M. Mulonas, Matthew W. Smith
  • PARALLEL PROCESSING USING A BOTTOM UP APPROACH
    Publication number: 20160078118
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, computer program product, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to parallel process hierarchical data. Hierarchical data is obtained. The hierarchical data is organized in a relationship graph having two or more nodes (consisting of parent nodes that are dependent on child nodes). The relationship graph requires bottom-up processing. Cycles are identified in the relationship graph. The relationship graph is leveled by traversing the graph and assigning all graph nodes into levels. The hierarchical data is processed by parallel processing the nodes in a first level of the one or more levels before parallel processing the nodes in a subsequent level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy E. Abla, Michael Alan Foster, John T. Koerner, Mikel L. Martin, Dennis M. Mulonas, Matthew W. Smith