Patents by Inventor Duane K. Beyer

Duane K. Beyer 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).

  • Non-destructive simulation of a failure in a virtualization environment
    Patent number: 8145471
    Abstract: A method for simulating a hardware failure in a virtualization environment includes determining a location of an instruction pointer for a particular operating system operating in the virtualization environment; determining an address of a memory location containing an invalid instruction; and writing the address of the memory location containing the invalid instruction in the location of the instruction pointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Duane K. Beyer, Eli M. Dow, Frank R. LeFevre
  • NON-DESTRUCTIVE SIMULATION OF A FAILURE IN A VIRTUALIZATION ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20090276200
    Abstract: A method for simulating a hardware failure in a virtualization environment includes determining a location of an instruction pointer for a particular operating system operating in the virtualization environment; determining an address of a memory location containing an invalid instruction; and writing the address of the memory location containing the invalid instruction in the location of the instruction pointer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Duane K. Beyer, Eli M. Dow, Frank R. LeFevre