Patents by Inventor Adelaide M. Richards

Adelaide M. Richards 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).

  • Verification of hardware configuration
    Patent number: 8930904
    Abstract: A method for verifying an input/output (I/O) hardware configuration is provided. Data from an input/output data set (IOCDS) is extracted for building a verification command. The IOCDS contains hardware requirements that define at least software devices associated with a logical control unit (LCU). The verification command is processed. The verification command includes a software device address range associated with a logical control unit (LCU) of the I/O hardware. The LCU utilizes a first logical path. The software device address range utilizing the first logical path is compared with an existing software device address range utilizing at least one additional logical path. The verification command is accepted if the software device address range and the existing software device address range match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Juan A. Coronado, Roger G. Hathorn, Dinh H. Le, Daniel J. Perkin, Adelaide M. Richards, Aaron E. Taylor