Patents by Inventor Neil A. Malek

Neil A. Malek 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).

  • Updating interface settings for an interface
    Patent number: 9008196
    Abstract: A computer system includes a processor, and the processor includes at least one interface for communicating with an electronic component. Each of the at least one interface has a set of interface settings. The computer system further includes a memory containing machine executable instructions. Execution of the instructions causes the processor to: monitor communications traffic on the at least one interface; store, eye distribution data acquired during the monitoring of the communications traffic in a database; compare the eye distribution data to a set of predetermined criteria; and generate a set of updated interface settings if the eye distribution does not satisfy the set of predetermined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frank W. Angelotti, Michael D. Campbell, Kenneth L. Christian, Martin Eckert, Hubert Harrer, Rohan Jones, Neil A. Malek, Gary A. Peterson, Andrew A. Turner, Dermot Weldon
  • UPDATING INTERFACE SETTINGS FOR AN INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20120278519
    Abstract: A computer system includes a processor, and the processor includes at least one interface for communicating with an electronic component. Each of the at least one interface has a set of interface settings. The computer system further includes a memory containing machine executable instructions. Execution of the instructions causes the processor to: monitor communications traffic on the at least one interface; store, eye distribution data acquired during the monitoring of the communications traffic in a database; compare the eye distribution data to a set of predetermined criteria; and generate a set of updated interface settings if the eye distribution does not satisfy the set of predetermined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank W. Angelotti, Michael D. Campbell, Kenneth L. Christian, Martin Eckert, Hubert Harrer, Rohan Jones, Neil A. Malek, Gary A. Peterson, Andrew A. Turner, Dermot Weldon