Patents by Inventor Olivier Alain Denis Cremel

Olivier Alain Denis Cremel 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).

  • Efficient forking of a process
    Patent number: 5717926
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer system, and memory for performing a fork operation of a parent process is provided. The parent process includes one or more threads, each having a kernel stack. The method includes the steps of locating the kernel stacks in a first memory location (e.g., segment 1) if the parent process is multi-threaded, in response to an initiation of a fork by a calling thread, switching the kernel stack of the calling thread to a second memory location if the parent process is multi-threaded, and copying the second memory location (e.g., segment 2) to create a child process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Luke Matthew Browning, Olivier Alain Denis Cremel, Jeffrey Scott Peek