Patents by Inventor David K. Abercrombie

David K. Abercrombie 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).

  • Patent number: 7844744
    Abstract: When a hypervisor in a computer server receives input/output (I/O) data traffic, the hypervisor sends the I/O data traffic to a security sensor application shared by multiple operating system (OS) partitions. If the security sensor application indicates that the I/O data traffic meets pre-defined security standards in the security sensor application, and the I/O data traffic is addressed to one of the OS partitions in the computer server, the hypervisor sends the I/O data traffic to the applicable OS partition. If the I/O data traffic meets the pre-defined security standards, and the I/O data traffic is not addressed to one of the OS partitions, the hypervisor sends the I/O data traffic to an external destination in a network coupled to the computer server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David K. Abercrombie, Aaron Ches Brown, Robert George Kovacs, Renato J. Recio
  • Publication number: 20090271494
    Abstract: When a hypervisor in a computer server receives input/output (I/O) data traffic, the hypervisor sends the I/O data traffic to a security sensor application shared by multiple operating system (OS) partitions. If the security sensor application indicates that the I/O data traffic meets pre-defined security standards in the security sensor application, and the I/O data traffic is addressed to one of the OS partitions in the computer server, the hypervisor sends the I/O data traffic to the applicable OS partition. If the I/O data traffic meets the pre-defined security standards, and the I/O data traffic is not addressed to one of the OS partitions, the hypervisor sends the I/O data traffic to an external destination in a network coupled to the computer server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David K. Abercrombie, Aaron C. Brown, Robert G. Kovacs, Renato J. Recio
  • Publication number: 20090249330
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for regulating received data in a multiple operating system environment on an I/O adapter. The method includes a hypervisor for determining that the I/O adapter indicated a receive completion. The hypervisor, responsive to retrieving the receive completion, determines that the receive completion is associated with a successful status. The hypervisor, determines in hypervisor space whether an at least one data packet satisfies a security criterion. The hypervisor, routes the data packet to at least one selected from a group consisting of an operating system partition of the multiple operating system environment and a network address on a local area network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: David K. Abercrombie, Aaron C. Brown, Robert G. Kovacs, Renato J. Recio