Patents by Inventor Robert Thaddeus Gintowt

Robert Thaddeus Gintowt 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).

  • Method of converting a filesystem while the filesystem remains in an active state
    Patent number: 8667035
    Abstract: A filesystem conversion process converts a filesystem from one implementation type to another type while the filesystem remains active and fully accessible. The conversion process builds a list of directories in the filesystem that are of the old filesystem type and then converts each directory until the entire filesystem is converted. Instead of the filesystem being shutdown to perform the conversion, the conversion process may run as a background thread that does not interfere with normal filesystem operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Steven DeLorme, Margaret Rose Fenlon, Robert Thaddeus Gintowt, Alan Leon Levering, Thomas Marcus McBride, Michael John Oberholtzer, Jeffrey John Parker, Richard Michael Theis, Jerry Leroy Von Berge