Patents by Inventor Carolyn L. Lay

Carolyn L. Lay 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).

  • Apparatus for communicating a change in system configuration in an information handling network
    Patent number: 5504905
    Abstract: An information handling network includes a plurality of information processing systems having a pretermit system configuration operating under the control of a corresponding number of operating systems where during a initial microcode load (IML) period prior to loading the operating systems a change in the system configuration is detected based on the predetermined system configuration. Upon detecting the change, a communication adaptor device is activated for communicating certain configuration information over the network before loading the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Cleary, Carolyn L. Lay, Mitchell E. Medford, Michael R. Primm, Frederick C. Stanley