Patents by Inventor Alfred Francis FOSTER

Alfred Francis FOSTER 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).

  • Controlled input/output in progress state during testcase processing
    Patent number: 12001328
    Abstract: A transient input/output in progress state is established during processing of a testcase by a test infrastructure in a computing environment. The method includes obtaining the testcase for an object having one or more pages, and processing the testcase by the test infrastructure. Processing the testcase by the test infrastructure includes, for a page of the object, generating a delay in the processing of the testcase for the page of the object. The delay opens a transient input/output in progress state during which one or more test operations reference the page of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Miller, Jr., Harris M. Morgenstern, Charles Eugene Mari, Christopher Lee Wood, Alfred Francis Foster
  • Controlled input/output in progress state during testcase processing
    Patent number: 11726904
    Abstract: A transient input/output in progress state is established during processing of an input/output testcase by a test infrastructure in a computing environment. The method includes obtaining the input/output testcase for an object having one or more pages, and processing the input/output testcase by the test infrastructure. Processing the input/output testcase by the test infrastructure includes, for a page of the object, generating a delay in the processing of the input/output testcase for the page of the object. The delay opens a transient input/output in progress state during which one or more concurrent test operations are to reference the page of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Miller, Jr., Harris M. Morgenstern, Charles Eugene Mari, Christopher Lee Wood, Alfred Francis Foster
  • CONTROLLED INPUT/OUTPUT IN PROGRESS STATE DURING TESTCASE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20230236959
    Abstract: A transient input/output in progress state is established during processing of a testcase by a test infrastructure in a computing environment. The method includes obtaining the testcase for an object having one or more pages, and processing the testcase by the test infrastructure. Processing the testcase by the test infrastructure includes, for a page of the object, generating a delay in the processing of the testcase for the page of the object. The delay opens a transient input/output in progress state during which one or more test operations reference the page of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Robert MILLER, JR., Harris M. MORGENSTERN, Charles Eugene MARI, Christopher Lee WOOD, Alfred Francis FOSTER
  • CONTROLLED INPUT/OUTPUT IN PROGRESS STATE DURING TESTCASE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20230086432
    Abstract: A transient input/output in progress state is established during processing of an input/output testcase by a test infrastructure in a computing environment. The method includes obtaining the input/output testcase for an object having one or more pages, and processing the input/output testcase by the test infrastructure. Processing the input/output testcase by the test infrastructure includes, for a page of the object, generating a delay in the processing of the input/output testcase for the page of the object. The delay opens a transient input/output in progress state during which one or more concurrent test operations are to reference the page of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Robert MILLER, JR., Harris M. MORGENSTERN, Charles Eugene MARI, Christopher Lee WOOD, Alfred Francis FOSTER