Patents by Inventor Robert Edward Walkup

Robert Edward Walkup 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).

  • Binary programmable method for application performance data collection
    Patent number: 8527959
    Abstract: A method for application performance data collection includes steps or acts of: customizing a performance tool for collecting application performance data of an application; modifying the application by inserting the performance tool while the application does not need to be rebuilt from the source; executing the application; and collecting the application execution performance data such that only interesting data is collected. Customizing the performance tool proceeds by implementing at least one configurable tracing function that can be programmed by the user; compiling the function(s) into an object file; and inserting the object file into the performance tool using binary instrumentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: I-Hsin Chung, Kattamuri Ekanadham, David Joseph Klepacki, Simone Sbaraglia, Robert Edward Walkup, Hui-Fang Wen, Hao Yu
  • BINARY PROGRAMMABLE METHOD FOR APPLICATION PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTION
    Publication number: 20090150874
    Abstract: A method for application performance data collection includes steps or acts of: customizing a performance tool for collecting application performance data of an application; modifying the application by inserting the performance tool while the application does not need to be rebuilt from the source; executing the application; and collecting the application execution performance data such that only interesting data is collected. Customizing the performance tool proceeds by implementing at least one configurable tracing function that can be programmed by the user; compiling the function(s) into an object file; and inserting the object file into the performance tool using binary instrumentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: I-Hsin Chung, Kattamuri Ekanadham, David Joseph Klepacki, Simone Sbaraglia, Robert Edward Walkup, Hui-Fang Wen, Hao Yu