Patents by Inventor Dwayne A. Lowe

Dwayne A. Lowe 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).

  • Publication number: 20150347211
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for scalable predictive failure analysis. Embodiments of the method may include gathering memory information for memory on a user computer system having at least one processor. Further, the method includes selecting one or more memory-related parameters. Further still, the method includes calculating based on the gathering and the selecting, a single bit error value for the scalable predictive failure analysis through calculations for each of the one or more memory-related parameters that utilize the memory information. Yet further, the method includes setting, based on the calculating, the single bit error value for the user computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Tu T. Dang, Michael C. Elles, Juan Q. Hernandez, Dwayne A. Lowe, Challis L. Purrington, SR.
  • Patent number: 9196383
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for scalable predictive failure analysis. Embodiments of the method may include gathering memory information for memory on a user computer system having at least one processor. Further, the method includes selecting one or more memory-related parameters. Further still, the method includes calculating based on the gathering and the selecting, a single bit error value for the scalable predictive failure analysis through calculations for each of the one or more memory-related parameters that utilize the memory information. Yet further, the method includes setting, based on the calculating, the single bit error value for the user computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tu T. Dang, Michael C. Elles, Juan Q. Hernandez, Dwayne A. Lowe, Challis L. Purrington, Sr.
  • Publication number: 20140013170
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for scalable predictive failure analysis. Embodiments of the method may include gathering memory information for memory on a user computer system having at least one processor. Further, the method includes selecting one or more memory-related parameters. Further still, the method includes calculating based on the gathering and the selecting, a single bit error value for the scalable predictive failure analysis through calculations for each of the one or more memory-related parameters that utilize the memory information. Yet further, the method includes setting, based on the calculating, the single bit error value for the user computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tu T. Dang, Michael C. Elles, Juan Q. Hernandez, Dwayne A. Lowe, Challis L. Purrington, SR.
  • Patent number: 8347154
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an error detection method wherein single-bit errors in a memory module are detected and identified as being a random error or a repeat error. Each identified random error and each identified repeat error occurring in a time interval is counted. An alert is generated in response to a number of identified random errors reaching a random-error threshold or a number of identified repeat errors reaching a repeat-error threshold during the predefined interval. The repeat-error threshold is set lower than the random-error threshold. A hashing process may be applied to the memory address of each detected error to map the location of the error in the memory system to a corresponding location in an electronic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sumanta K. Bahali, Tu T. Dang, Michael C. Elles, Juan Q. Hernandez, Dwayne A. Lowe, Challis L. Purrington, Michael L. Scollard, Ivan R. Zapata
  • Publication number: 20120102367
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for scalable predictive failure analysis. Embodiments of the method may include gathering memory information for memory on a user computer system having at least one processor. Further, the method includes selecting one or more memory-related parameters. Further still, the method includes calculating based on the gathering and the selecting, a single bit error value for the scalable predictive failure analysis through calculations for each of the one or more memory-related parameters that utilize the memory information. Yet further, the method includes setting, based on the calculating, the single bit error value for the user computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tu T. Dang, Michael C. Elles, Juan Q. Hernandez, Dwayne A. Lowe, Challis L. Purrington
  • Publication number: 20120072786
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an error detection method wherein single-bit errors in a memory module are detected and identified as being a random error or a repeat error. Each identified random error and each identified repeat error occurring in a time interval is counted. An alert is generated in response to a number of identified random errors reaching a random-error threshold or a number of identified repeat errors reaching a repeat-error threshold during the predefined interval. The repeat-error threshold is set lower than the random-error threshold. A hashing process may be applied to the memory address of each detected error to map the location of the error in the memory system to a corresponding location in an electronic table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sumanta K. Bahali, Tu T. Dang, Michael C. Elles, Juan Q. Hernandez, Dwayne A. Lowe, Challis L. Purrington, Michael L. Scollard, Ivan R. Zapata