Patents by Inventor Robert C. Gore, Jr.

Robert C. Gore, Jr. 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).

  • File system and method for file system object customization which automatically invokes procedures in response to accessing an inode
    Patent number: 5771379
    Abstract: An improved file system, file system object and method for customizing a file system object within a data processing system are disclosed. The data processing system executes an operating system and includes a storage media having contents organized according to a file system. According to the present invention, a file system object is stored within the storage media which comprises object data, a procedure, and a node that contains a number of attributes of the file system object. The attributes of the file system object contained within the node include an object data location indicator which indicates one or more locations of the object data within the storage media and a procedure location indicator which indicates one or more locations of portions of the procedure within the storage media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Robert C. Gore, Jr.