Patents by Inventor Deborah Anne Totten Larnerd

Deborah Anne Totten Larnerd 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).

  • Method and system for providing a common hardware system console interface in data processing systems
    Patent number: 6182106
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a user interface in a data processing system to be utilized for performing a plurality of tasks on a plurality of diverse central processing complexes, wherein processes utilized to perform the plurality of tasks are transparent to a user, and wherein the user interface utilized to perform the plurality of tasks is common across diverse central processor complexes. A library containing interface parameters for each central processing complex is established. The interface parameters include information necessary to tailor the user interface for the specific target central processing complex, as well as processes for performing selected tasks within each of the central processing complexes. The user is prompted to select a task for at least one of the diverse central processing complexes. At least one interface parameter from the library of interface parameters is selected in response to the user selecting a task for at least one of the diverse central processing complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bernice Ellen Casey, Gregory Lee Dunlap, Margaret Croft Enichen, Deborah Anne Totten Larnerd, James Andrew Morrell, Stephen Richard Nichols, Peter David Pagerey, Sammy Lee Rockwell