Patents by Inventor Walter G. Wilson

Walter G. Wilson 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).

  • System and method for assuring atomicity of distributed update requests in a parallel database
    Patent number: 5630124
    Abstract: In parallel database management systems, database update requests typically result in activity at several nodes. Rollback of all updates is required if the update of any node fails. A coordination process monitors for failure or success of updates. The coordinator further provides for distinguishing activities that have taken place at any given node from the other nodes for different database update requests. Savepoints are local. This allows rollback of a selected update without affecting nodes which did not process the update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Coyle, Jr., Amy Chang, Timothy R. Malkemus, Walter G. Wilson