Patents by Inventor An Ding Chen

An Ding Chen 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).

  • Patent number: 10078418
    Abstract: In an approach for updating instructions of machine repairs to a user interface, a processor populates a quantity of machine components used to construct a machine model. A processor receives the machine model constructed from the quantity of machine components. A processor couples the machine model with a set of vital product data. A processor associates a set of instructions for a repair procedure with the machine model and the vital product data file. A processor generates a visual representation of the repair procedure specific to the machine model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: An Ding Chen, Timothy G. McNamara
  • Patent number: 10078970
    Abstract: In an approach for updating instructions of machine repairs to a user interface, a processor populates a quantity of machine components used to construct a machine model. A processor receives the machine model constructed from the quantity of machine components. A processor couples the machine model with a set of vital product data. A processor associates a set of instructions for a repair procedure with the machine model and the vital product data file. A processor generates a visual representation of the repair procedure specific to the machine model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: An Ding Chen, Timothy G. McNamara
  • Patent number: 9760284
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system maintain virtual product data (VPD) in a computer system. The method includes a processor obtaining a first indicator, which may indicate a repair has commenced in a computer system or an initial program load has commenced in the computer system, accessing VPD related to the computer system, and duplicating the VPD to create a copy of the VPD. The processor stores the copy of the VPD in at least one computing element internal to the processor or accessible to the processor via a communications network. The processor obtains a second indicator that indicates that the initial program load is complete or that the repair process is complete, compares the VPD to the copy of the VPD, and determines whether to replace at least a portion of the VPD with at least a portion of the copy of the VPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carl A. Bender, An Ding Chen
  • Patent number: 9679411
    Abstract: In an approach for updating instructions of machine repairs to a user interface, a processor populates a quantity of machine components used to construct a machine model. A processor receives the machine model constructed from the quantity of machine components. A processor couples the machine model with a set of vital product data. A processor associates a set of instructions for a repair procedure with the machine model and the vital product data file. A processor generates a visual representation of the repair procedure specific to the machine model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: An Ding Chen, Timothy G. McNamara
  • Publication number: 20170109046
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system maintain virtual product data (VPD) in a computer system. The method includes a processor obtaining a first indicator, which may indicate a repair has commenced in a computer system or an initial program load has commenced in the computer system, accessing VPD related to the computer system, and duplicating the VPD to create a copy of the VPD. The processor stores the copy of the VPD in at least one computing element internal to the processor or accessible to the processor via a communications network. The processor obtains a second indicator that indicates that the initial program load is complete or that the repair process is complete, compares the VPD to the copy of the VPD, and determines whether to replace at least a portion of the VPD with at least a portion of the copy of the VPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Carl A. Bender, An Ding Chen
  • Publication number: 20170090717
    Abstract: In an approach for updating instructions of machine repairs to a user interface, a processor populates a quantity of machine components used to construct a machine model. A processor receives the machine model constructed from the quantity of machine components. A processor couples the machine model with a set of vital product data. A processor associates a set of instructions for a repair procedure with the machine model and the vital product data file. A processor generates a visual representation of the repair procedure specific to the machine model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: An Ding Chen, Timothy G. McNamara
  • Publication number: 20170092149
    Abstract: In an approach for updating instructions of machine repairs to a user interface, a processor populates a quantity of machine components used to construct a machine model. A processor receives the machine model constructed from the quantity of machine components. A processor couples the machine model with a set of vital product data. A processor associates a set of instructions for a repair procedure with the machine model and the vital product data file. A processor generates a visual representation of the repair procedure specific to the machine model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: An Ding Chen, Timothy G. McNamara
  • Patent number: 9569889
    Abstract: In an approach for updating instructions of machine repairs to a user interface, a processor populates a quantity of machine components used to construct a machine model. A processor receives the machine model constructed from the quantity of machine components. A processor couples the machine model with a set of vital product data. A processor associates a set of instructions for a repair procedure with the machine model and the vital product data file. A processor generates a visual representation of the repair procedure specific to the machine model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: An Ding Chen, Timothy G. McNamara
  • Publication number: 20160225185
    Abstract: In an approach for updating instructions of machine repairs to a user interface, a processor populates a quantity of machine components used to construct a machine model. A processor receives the machine model constructed from the quantity of machine components. A processor couples the machine model with a set of vital product data. A processor associates a set of instructions for a repair procedure with the machine model and the vital product data file. A processor generates a visual representation of the repair procedure specific to the machine model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: An Ding Chen, Timothy G. McNamara
  • Patent number: 9218240
    Abstract: An approach to determine whether errors associated with transmitted data are associated with a transmitting device, a receiving device, and/or a connecting device that connects the transmitting device to the receiving device. The approach includes a method that includes receiving transmitted data with a buffer. The approach further includes analyzing the transmitted data which includes an error correcting process to detect errors and determine that the transmitted data has an error that requires additional analysis. The approach further includes determining that the error is associated with a receiving device, the transmitting device, or a connecting device that connects the receiving device and the transmitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Scott L. Chambers, An Ding Chen, Doyle J. McCoy