Patents by Inventor Antoinette Elaine Herrmann

Antoinette Elaine Herrmann 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).

  • System of reporting errors by a hardware element of a distributed computer system
    Patent number: 5968189
    Abstract: An error message is generated by a hardware element of a distributed computer system, when an error is detected. The error message is then forwarded from the hardware element to one or more designated processing nodes of the distributed computer system. The hardware element includes, for instance, a switch element or a communications adapter adapted to report detected errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christine Marie Desnoyers, Derrick LeRoy Garmire, Antoinette Elaine Herrmann, Francis Alfred Kampf, Robert Frederick Stucke
  • Method of reporting errors by a hardware element of a distributed computer system
    Patent number: 5923840
    Abstract: An error message is generated by a hardware element of a distributed computer system, when an error is detected. The error message is then forwarded from the hardware element to one or more designated processing nodes of the distributed computer system. The hardware element includes, for instance, a switch element or a communications adapter adapted to report detected errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christine Marie Desnoyers, Derrick LeRoy Garmire, Antoinette Elaine Herrmann, Francis Alfred Kampf, Robert Frederick Stucke