Patents by Inventor Brent R. Tiefenthaler

Brent R. Tiefenthaler 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).

  • Visual feedback system for multiple partitions on a server
    Patent number: 8245086
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for conveying which hardware components of a logically partitioned computer system are assigned to a selected logical partition of the computer system. Partition information for the computer system is received. Further, a request is received from a user to view which hardware components of the computer system are assigned to a selected logical partition of the computer system. Based on the received partition information, one or more hardware components are determined that are assigned to the selected logical partition. Based on the determined hardware components, a virtual model of the computer system is generated that visually distinguishes hardware components assigned to the selected logical partition from hardware components not assigned to the selected logical partition. The virtual model is output responsive to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis S. Eide, Michael T. Kalmbach, Aditya Kumar, Timothy L. Thompson, Brent R. Tiefenthaler
  • VISUAL FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR USERS USING MULTIPLE PARTITIONS ON A SERVER
    Publication number: 20100332912
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for conveying which hardware components of a logically partitioned computer system are assigned to a selected logical partition of the computer system. Partition information for the computer system may be received. Further, a request may be received from a user to view which hardware components of the computer system are assigned to a selected logical partition of the computer system. Based on the received partition information, hardware components may be determined that are assigned to the selected logical partition. Based on the determined hardware components, a virtual model of the computer system may be generated that visually distinguishes hardware components assigned to the selected logical partition from hardware components not assigned to the selected logical partition. Responsive to the request, the virtual model may be output to a graphical display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: CURTIS S. EIDE, MICHAEL T. KALMBACH, ADITYA KUMAR, TIMOTHY L. THOMPSON, BRENT R. TIEFENTHALER