Thomas Paul Dickens

US Patent:

8621479, Dec 31, 2013

Filed:

Jan 5, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/344474

Inventors:

Thomas P. Dickens - Renton WA, US
David Christian Caccia - Tacoma WA, US

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G06F 9/46

US Classification:

718104, 718105

Abstract:

Systems and methods for performing a task are provided. One example method includes if the task allocation metric indicates load balancing associated with the processor is below a first threshold, determining whether the task is a reentrant task, if the task is a reentrant task, determining whether a stopping criteria is satisfied, re-entering the task into a queue of tasks if the stopping criteria is not satisfied and the task is a reentrant task, if the task allocation metric indicates core affinity associated with the at least one processor is below a second threshold, determining whether the task is a main task, if the task is not a main task, determining whether a stopping criteria is satisfied, and if the stopping criteria is satisfied and the task is not a main task, pulling a parent task associated with the task into the thread.

US Patent:

20120233241, Sep 13, 2012

Filed:

Mar 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/044626

Inventors:

Thomas Dickens - Bothell WA, US
Manoj Sivakumar - Issaquah WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203

Abstract:

This disclosure relates to requesting content items of a web page, via a first request and a second request and responding to the requests. The server computer receives the first request from a client computer and responds to the first request by sending a plurality of default content items to the requesting client computer. The server computer receives the second request from the client computer and responds to the second request by sending a plurality of non-default content items to the requesting client computer. In one or more disclosed embodiments, the client computer stores the plurality of non-default content items in a cache. This disclosure also relates to parsing data in the cache.

US Patent:

20130064431, Mar 14, 2013

Filed:

Apr 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/640291

Inventors:

Graham A. Winbow - Mill Creek WA, US
Thomas A. Dickens - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382109

Abstract:

Method for efficient computation of wave equation migration angle gathers by using multiple imaging conditions. Common reflection angle or common azimuth gathers or gathers including both common reflection angles and common azimuth angles are produced as the data are migrated. In the course of either wave equation migration or reverse time migration, the pressures and particle motion velocities that need to be computed are sufficient to also compute the Poynting vector pointing in the direction of source-side () or receiver-side () wavefield propagation. From that, the reflection and azimuth angles can be computed (). The seismic images can then be stored in the appropriate angle bins, from which common reflection angle or azimuth data volumes can be assembled ().