Patents by Inventor Bryan K. Tanoue

Bryan K. Tanoue 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).

  • Synchronizing cross checked processors during initialization by miscompare
    Patent number: 7747902
    Abstract: A few inexpensive hardware facilities are incorporated in a tightly synchronized cross checked design. These facilities allow initialization software to quickly bring the two processors to the same state by rapid, repeated resets and execution of the initialization software. The resets are done in a way as to be transparent to the rest of the system and to the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Needham, Bryan K. Tanoue, Jeffrey M. Turner
  • Synchronizing Cross Checked Processors During Initialization by Miscompare
    Publication number: 20080215917
    Abstract: A few inexpensive hardware facilities are incorporated in a tightly synchronized cross checked design. These facilities allow initialization software to quickly bring the two processors to the same state by rapid, repeated resets and execution of the initialization software. The resets are done in a way as to be transparent to the rest of the system and to the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas D. Needham, Bryan K. Tanoue, Jeffrey M. Turner
  • Synchronizing cross checked processors during initialization by miscompare
    Patent number: 7392432
    Abstract: A few inexpensive hardware facilities are incorporated in a tightly synchronized cross checked design. These facilities allow initialization software to quickly bring the two processors to the same state by rapid, repeated resets and execution of the initialization software. The resets are done in a way as to be transparent to the rest of the system and to the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Needham, Bryan K. Tanoue, Jeffrey M. Turner