Patents by Inventor Allan H. Trautman

Allan H. Trautman 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).

  • Computer system and method of selectively rebooting the same in response to a system program code update
    Patent number: 6044461
    Abstract: A computer system and method restart only affected system program code levels of a computer system in response to a program code update to one or more system program code levels in the computer system. An affected system program code level may be a system program code level that is modified by a program code update, as well as a system program code level that otherwise must be restarted in response to an update to another system program code level. By restarting only affected system program code levels in response to a program code update, the time required to perform many program code updates may be reduced. As a result, the downtime for the computer system may be minimized, thereby maximizing user access to enterprise-critical computer systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Salim A. Agha, Mark F. Diez, David H. Sandifer, Allan H. Trautman