Patents by Inventor Robert L. Guenther

Robert L. Guenther 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).

  • Unified working storage management
    Patent number: 5109336
    Abstract: A process of efficiently managing working storage that unifies the use of queues of fixed size free storage blocks and a global list of blocks of random size. The process implements continuous garbage collection that continually purges unused storage blocks from the fixed size queues to ensure maximum free storage availability. Data processing system throughput is enhanced by reducing the processor overhead required to allocate and return free storage blocks and by reducing the overhead required to manage temporary extensions of working storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Guenther, Stephen B. Rondeau, Joseph P. Spano, Paul W. Van Leer, Mark C. Zelek