Patents by Inventor Adelaide Margaret Richards

Adelaide Margaret 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 input/output hardware configuration
    Patent number: 8327331
    Abstract: A method for verifying an input/output (I/O) hardware configuration is provided. A 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: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Juan Alonso Coronado, Roger Gregory Hathorn, Dinh Hai Le, Daniel J. Perkin, Adelaide Margaret Richards, Aaron Eugene Taylor
  • VERIFICATION OF INPUT/OUTPUT HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20090187891
    Abstract: A method for verifying an input/output (I/O) hardware configuration is provided. A 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: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan Alonso CORONADO, Roger Gregory HATHORN, Dinh Hai LE, Daniel J. PERKIN, Adelaide Margaret RICHARDS, Aaron Eugene TAYLOR