Patents by Inventor Thiha Than

Thiha Than 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).

  • Resolution of group membership for resources
    Patent number: 8055744
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a plurality of resources are grouped into a plurality of groups, wherein one group may be included in another in the plurality of groups, and wherein the plurality of resources and the plurality of groups comprise items. A recursive determination is made of valid items in a group by excluding those items that have already been determined to be included in the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marshall Lee Humphries, Thiha Than
  • Method for efficiently managing membership in a hierarchical data structure
    Patent number: 7499939
    Abstract: A method is disclosed to efficiently manage membership within a hierarchical data structure. A record module is included to create a record that includes a member identifier, a member type, and an ancestor list for a member of a hierarchical data structure. The member type identifies the member as resource or a group comprising at least one resource, and the ancestor list comprises group identifiers ordered to represent a hierarchical relationship between the member and a top-level group. A storage module is included that stores the record in a collection. A reference module is included that references the record in response to accessing the member of the hierarchical data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Srinivas Jandhyala, Thiha Than
  • Resolution of group membership for resources
    Publication number: 20060229927
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a plurality of resources are grouped into a plurality of groups, wherein one group may be included in another in the plurality of groups, and wherein the plurality of resources and the plurality of groups comprise items. A recursive determination is made of valid items in a group by excluding those items that have already been determined to be included in the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Marshall Humphries, Thiha Than
  • Apparatus, system, and method for efficiently managing membership in a hierarchical data structure
    Publication number: 20060085440
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to efficiently manage membership within a hierarchical data structure. A record module is included to create a record that includes a member identifier, a member type, and an ancestor list for a member of a hierarchical data structure. The member type identifies the member as resource or a group comprising at least one resource, and the ancestor list comprises group identifiers ordered to represent a hierarchical relationship between the member and a top-level group. A storage module is included that stores the record in a collection. A reference module is included that references the record in response to accessing the member of the hierarchical data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Srinivas Jandhyala, Thiha Than