Patents by Inventor Steven L. Dobbelstein

Steven L. Dobbelstein 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).

  • Quasi disk drive for testing disk interface performance
    Patent number: 10002062
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to diagnostic evaluation of hardware components of a computer machine. A conventional storage device is replaced with a modified storage device. Read and write operations are received by the modified storage device. Issuance of a response to the read and write operations is limited to an acknowledgement receipt, which is employed to evaluate performance and/or bandwidth of the machines with respect to hardware for data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven L. Dobbelstein, Steven L. Pratt
  • Quasi Disk Drive For Testing Disk Interface Performance
    Publication number: 20160117233
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to diagnostic evaluation of hardware components of a computer machine. A conventional storage device is replaced with a modified storage device. Read and write operations are received by the modified storage device. Issuance of a response to the read and write operations is limited to an acknowledgement receipt, which is employed to evaluate performance and/or bandwidth of the machines with respect to hardware for data storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven L. Dobbelstein, Steven L. Pratt
  • Quasi disk drive for testing disk interface performance
    Patent number: 9244807
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to diagnostic evaluation of hardware components of a computer machine. A conventional storage device is replaced with a modified storage device. Read and write operations are received by the modified storage device. Issuance of a response to the read and write operations is limited to an acknowledgement receipt, which is employed to evaluate performance and/or bandwidth of the machines with respect to hardware for data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven L. Dobbelstein, Steven L. Pratt
  • Quasi Disk Drive for Testing Disk Interface Performance
    Publication number: 20120331344
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to diagnostic evaluation of hardware components of a computer machine. A conventional storage device is replaced with a modified storage device. Read and write operations are received by the modified storage device. Issuance of a response to the read and write operations is limited to an acknowledgement receipt, which is employed to evaluate performance and/or bandwidth of the machines with respect to hardware for data storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven L. Dobbelstein, Steven L. Pratt