Patents by Inventor Tim Marsland

Tim Marsland 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 and system for managing resource allocation in non-uniform resource access computer systems
    Patent number: 7313795
    Abstract: A method and system of managing resource allocation in a non-uniform resource access computer system is disclosed. A method comprises determining access costs between resources in a computer system having non-uniform access costs between the resources. The method also includes constructing a hierarchical data structure comprising the access costs. The hierarchical data structure is traversed to manage a set of the resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Chew, Robert L. Berube, Kevin Clarke, Tim Marsland, Eric Saxe, Bart Smaalders
  • Method and system for managing resource allocation in non-uniform resource access computer systems
    Publication number: 20040243660
    Abstract: A method and system of managing resource allocation in a non-uniform resource access computer system is disclosed. A method comprises determining access costs between resources in a computer system having non-uniform access costs between the resources. The method also includes constructing a hierarchical data structure comprising the access costs. The hierarchical data structure is traversed to manage a set of the resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Jonathan Chew, Robert L. Berube, Kevin Clarke, Tim Marsland, Eric Saxe, Bart Smaalders