Patents by Inventor Samuel Ryan Smith

Samuel Ryan Smith 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).

  • Selecting a plurality of processing systems to sort a data set
    Patent number: 11481190
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for selecting a plurality of processing systems to sort a data set. A determination is made of processing systems to perform a sort of records in a data set. The data set is divided into data subsets, each data subset comprising a portion of the records of the data set. Each of the determined processing systems of is notified of a data subset to sort. In response to receiving notification from the determined processing systems that the records in the data subsets have been sorted, the sorted data subsets are merged into a sorted data set comprising the records of the data set sorted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHIINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael R. Scott, Ronald David Boenig, II, David C. Reed, Samuel Ryan Smith
  • SELECTING A PLURALITY OF PROCESSING SYSTEMS TO SORT A DATA SET
    Publication number: 20210365238
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for selecting a plurality of processing systems to sort a data set. A determination is made of processing systems to perform a sort of records in a data set. The data set is divided into data subsets, each data subset comprising a portion of the records of the data set. Each of the determined processing systems of is notified of a data subset to sort. In response to receiving notification from the determined processing systems that the records in the data subsets have been sorted, the sorted data subsets are merged into a sorted data set comprising the records of the data set sorted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael R. SCOTT, Ronald David BOENIG, II, David C. REED, Samuel Ryan Smith