Patents by Inventor William Davy

William Davy 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 for eliminating file fragmentation and reducing average seek times in a magnetic disk media environment
    Patent number: 5808821
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a method of intelligently organizing a magnetic storage medium is provided. The magnetic storage medium has free space and a plurality of files distributed thereon. The plurality of files includes volatile files created within a first predetermined period of time. First, the free space is substantially consolidated on the magnetic storage medium. Then, the volatile files are substantially positioned contiguous to the consolidated free space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Axent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: William Davy
  • Method of allocating memory among a plurality of processes of a computer system
    Patent number: 5517643
    Abstract: A method of dynamically tuning a computer system including a memory having a plurality of pages which is subjected to varying system loads based on the number of processes handled by the computer system is provided. Each process has an associated run priority. First, the current system load is determined. The current system load is then compared with the system load for which the computer system has been statically tuned. The computer system is statically tuned by the setting of tuning parameters. Finally, the tuning parameters are dynamically adjusted to tune the computer system to the current system load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Raxco Incorporated
    Inventor: William Davy
  • Method for eliminating file fragmentation and reducing average seek times in a magnetic disk media environment
    Patent number: 5398142
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a method of intelligently organizing a magnetic storage medium is provided. The magnetic storage medium has free space and a plurality of files distributed on it. The plurality of files includes volatile files created within a first predetermined period of time. First, the free space is substantially consolidated on the magnetic storage medium. Then, the volatile files are substantially positioned contiguous to the consolidated free space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Raxco, Inc.
    Inventor: William Davy