Patents by Inventor Zachary M. Loafman

Zachary M. Loafman 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).

  • Systems and methods of managing resource utilization on a threaded computer system
    Patent number: 8966080
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to incremental computing. Specifically, embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for the concurrent processing of multiple, incremental changes to a data value while at the same time monitoring and/or enforcing threshold values for that data value. Embodiments of the invention also include systems and methods of managing utilization of a resource of a computer system having a number of threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler Arthur Akidau, Nate E. Dire, Neal T. Fachan, Peter J. Godman, Zachary M. Loafman
  • Delayed deletion of extended attributes
    Patent number: 7778961
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products for delayed deletion of extended attributes associated with a file in a file system are provided. Embodiments include identifying a file to delete, moving an extended attribute directory associated with the file to a background deletion directory, deleting the file, and deleting in the background the extended attribute directory. Some embodiments also include deleting an ACL associated with the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joon Chang, Zachary M. Loafman, Jean-Philippe Sugarbroad
  • Systems and methods of managing resource utilization on a threaded computer system
    Publication number: 20080256545
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to incremental computing. Specifically, embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for the concurrent processing of multiple, incremental changes to a data value while at the same time monitoring and/or enforcing threshold values for that data value. Embodiments of the invention also include systems and methods of managing utilization of a resource of a computer system having a number of threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Tyler Arthur Akidau, Nate E. Dire, Neal T. Fachan, Peter J. Godman, Zachary M. Loafman