Michael D. Swanson
51Patents
30h-index
42Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 28, 1988 → Dec 22, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5544345A | Coherence controls for store-multiple shared data coordinated by cache directory entries in a shared electronic storage | Physics | 1,096 | Expired |
| US5317739A | Method and apparatus for coupling data processing systems | Physics | 202 | Expired |
| US5537574A | Sysplex shared data coherency method | Physics | 181 | Expired |
| US5465359A | Method and system for managing data and users of data in a data processing system | Physics | 176 | Expired |
| US5339427A | Method and apparatus for distributed locking of shared data, employing a central coupling facility | Physics | 174 | Expired |
| US5390328A | Data processing system and method for providing notification in a central processor of state changes for shared data structure on external storage | Physics | 154 | Expired |
| US5561809A | In a multiprocessing system having a coupling facility, communicating messages between the processors and the coupling facility in either a synchronous operation or an asynchronous operation | Physics | 154 | Expired |
| US5493668A | Multiple processor system having software for selecting shared cache entries of an associated castout class for transfer to a DASD with one I/O operation | Physics | 144 | Expired |
| US5463736A | Coupling facility for receiving commands from plurality of hosts for activating selected connection paths to I/O devices and maintaining status thereof | Physics | 103 | Expired |
| US5331673A | Integrity of data objects used to maintain state information for shared data at a local complex | Physics | 102 | Expired |
| US5457793A | Software cache management of a shared electronic store in a supplex | Physics | 101 | Expired |
| US5634072A | Method of managing resources in one or more coupling facilities coupled to one or more operating systems in one or more central programming complexes using a policy | Physics | 73 | Expired |
| US5305448A | Shared access serialization featuring second process lock steal and subsequent write access denial to first process | Physics | 65 | Expired |
| US5515499A | Method and system for reconfiguring a storage structure within a structure processing facility | Physics | 63 | Expired |
| US5630050A | Method and system for capturing and controlling access to information in a coupling facility | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US5604863A | Method for coordinating executing programs in a data processing system | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US5742830A | Method and apparatus for performing conditional operations on externally shared data | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 50 | Expired |
| US5664155A | Dynamically assigning a dump space in a shared data facility to receive dumping information to be captured | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 47 | Expired |
| US5388266A | Management of data objects used intain state information for shared data at a local complex | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US5410695A | Apparatus and method for list management in a coupled data processing system | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US5392397A | Command execution system for using first and second commands to reserve and store second command related status information in memory portion respectively | Physics | 45 | Expired |
| US5450590A | Authorization method for conditional command execution | Physics | 44 | Expired |
| US5860115A | Requesting a dump of information stored within a coupling facility, in which the dump includes serviceability information from an operating system that lost communication with the coupling facility | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 44 | Expired |
| US5339405A | Command quiesce function | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US5887135A | System and method for management of object transitions in an external storage facility accessed by one or more processors | Physics | 41 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.