Patents by Inventor Beth Glendening

Beth Glendening 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).

  • Multiple logical input/output subsystem facility
    Patent number: 7587531
    Abstract: An input/output subsystem is configured as a plurality of input/output subsystem images, each of which appears to a program as an independent input/output subsystem. An input/output subsystem image is identified by an input/output subsystem image identifier, which is used by various programs to designate the particular input/output subsystem image for which an I/O operation is to be performed. An input/output subsystem image includes, for instance, one or more input/output paths. An input/output path of an input/output subsystem image is identified by an input/output path identifier, as well as a physical input/output path identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frank W. Brice, Jr., Janet R. Easton, Charles W. Gainey, Jr., Steven G. Glassen, Beth Glendening, Marten J. Halma, Jeffrey P. Kubala, Hans-Helge Lehmann, Tan Lu, Allan S. Meritt, Kenneth J. Oakes, Charles E. Shapley, John S. Trotter, Leslie W. Wyman, Harry M. Yudenfriend
  • MULTIPLE LOGICAL INPUT/OUTPUT SUBSYSTEM FACILITY
    Publication number: 20080263238
    Abstract: An input/output subsystem is configured as a plurality of input/output subsystem images, each of which appears to a program as an independent input/output subsystem. An input/output subsystem image is identified by an input/output subsystem image identifier, which is used by various programs to designate the particular input/output subsystem image for which an I/O operation is to be performed. An input/output subsystem image includes, for instance, one or more input/output paths. An input/output path of an input/output subsystem image is identified by an input/output path identifier, as well as a physical input/output path identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank W. Brice, Janet R. Easton, Charles W. Gainey, Steven G. Glassen, Beth Glendening, Marten J. Halma, Jeffrey P. Kubala, Hans-Helge Lehmann, Tan Lu, Allan S. Meritt, Kenneth J. Oakes, Charles E. Shapley, John S. Trotter, Leslie W. Wyman, Harry M. Yudenfriend
  • CHANNEL SUBSYSTEM SERVER TIME PROTOCOL COMMANDS AND SYSTEM THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20080183898
    Abstract: A protocol for communicating with the timing facility used in a data processing network to provide synchronization is provided via the execution of a machine instruction that accepts a plurality of commands. The interaction is provided through the use of message request blocks and their associated message response blocks. In this way timing parameters may be determined, modified and communicated. This makes it much easier for multiple servers or nodes in a data processing network to exist as a coordinated timing network and to thus more cooperatively operate on the larger yet identical data files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott M. Carlson, Donald Crabtree, Dennis J. Dahlen, Beth A. Glendening, Michel H. T. Hack, Denise M. Sevigny, Ronald M. Smith, David E. Whitney
  • Multiple logical input/output subsystem facility
    Patent number: 7290070
    Abstract: An input/output subsystem is configured as a plurality of input/output subsystem images, each of which appears to a program as an independent input/output subsystem. An input/output subsystem image is identified by an input/output subsystem image identifier, which is used by various programs to designate the particular input/output subsystem image for which an I/O operation is to be performed. An input/output subsystem image includes, for instance, one or more input/output paths. An input/output path of an input/output subsystem image is identified by an input/output path identifier, as well as a physical input/output path identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frank W. Brice, Jr., Janet R. Easton, Charles W. Gainey, Jr., Steven G. Glassen, Beth Glendening, Marten J. Halma, Jeffrey P. Kubala, Hans-Helge Lehmann, Tan Lu, Allan S. Meritt, Kenneth J. Oakes, Charles E. Shapley, John S. Trotter, Leslie W. Wyman, Harry M. Yudenfriend
  • Sharing communications adapters across a plurality of input/output subsystem images
    Patent number: 7174550
    Abstract: A communications adapter is shared by a plurality of input/output (I/O) subsystem images of an I/O subsystem of a central processing complex. To enable the sharing, the communications adapter is configured to a plurality of I/O paths of the plurality of I/O subsystem images. An I/O subsystem may have one or more shared communications adapters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frank W. Brice, Jr., Charles W. Gainey, Jr., Beth Glendening, Marten J. Halma, Jeffrey P. Kubala, Hans-Helge Lehmann, Tan Lu, Allan S. Meritt, Ugochukwo Njoku-Charles, Kenneth J. Oakes, Charles E. Shapley, John S. Trotter, Leslie W. Wyman, Harry M. Yudenfriend
  • Multiple logical input/output subsystem facility
    Publication number: 20040230721
    Abstract: An input/output subsystem is configured as a plurality of input/output subsystem images, each of which appears to a program as an independent input/output subsystem. An input/output subsystem image is identified by an input/output subsystem image identifier, which is used by various programs to designate the particular input/output subsystem image for which an I/O operation is to be performed. An input/output subsystem image includes, for instance, one or more input/output paths. An input/output path of an input/output subsystem image is identified by an input/output path identifier, as well as a physical input/output path identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frank W. Brice, Janet R. Easton, Charles W. Gainey, Steven G. Glassen, Beth Glendening, Marten J. Halma, Jeffrey P. Kubala, Hans-Helge Lehmann, Tan Lu, Allan S. Meritt, Kenneth J. Oakes, Charles E. Shapley, John S. Trotter, Leslie W. Wyman, Harry M. Yudenfriend
  • Sharing communications adapters across a plurality of input/output subsystem images
    Publication number: 20040230713
    Abstract: A communications adapter is shared by a plurality of input/output (I/O) subsystem images of an I/O subsystem of a central processing complex. To enable the sharing, the communications adapter is configured to a plurality of I/O paths of the plurality of I/O subsystem images. An I/O subsystem may have one or more shared communications adapters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frank W. Brice, Charles W. Gainey, Beth Glendening, Marten J. Halma, Jeffrey P. Kubala, Hans-Helge Lehmann, Tan Lu, Allan S. Meritt, Ugochukwo Njoku-Charles, Kenneth J. Oakes, Charles E. Shapley, John S. Trotter, Leslie W. Wyman, Harry M. Yudenfriend
  • System for synchronizing logical clock in logical partition of host processor with external time source by combining clock adjustment value with specific value of partition
    Patent number: 5636373
    Abstract: An external time source is connected to a partitioned data processing system, having host processors controlled by a host hypervisor, and having operating systems in the partitions. The host processors each have a timer facility comprising a time-of-day (TOD) clock, and a clock comparator. When the hypervisor detects a need for synchronization between the external time source and a host timer facility, it insulates the operating system in the partition on that host from host synchronization, and synchronizes the host timer facility with the external time source. Subsequently, the operating system is placed into normal execution, with an adjustment value used for timer facility references, and with a synchronization interrupt pending if the operating system is aware of the external time source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Beth A. Glendening, Roger E. Hough, Karen Udy, Stephanie W. W. Zhang