High performance locking facility

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6185650
SERIAL NO

09143328

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A method of assigning and releasing locks, in a network computing environment having a plurality of central processing units coupled to a high performance locking facility. The method comprises of the steps of first processing multiple requests for locking operations simultaneously and then recording lock names and lock states in entry records of a lock table based on the requests. When a request is being processed, providing high-speed searching to search any particular lock entry in the table and altering and modifying the table accordingly. Finally an appropriate response and the status of the lock state will be generated and sent to other requestors requesting the lock.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boonie, Mark A Hopewell Junction, NY 6 99
Nick, Jeffrey M Fishkill, NY 77 4504
Sutton, Peter G Lagrangeville, NY 120 1634
Wilkinson, Wendell W Hyde Park, NY 16 1458
Yeh, Phil C Poughkeepsie, NY 65 1437

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