Patents by Inventor Frank Carl Gover

Frank Carl Gover 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 selecting and distinguishing an event sequence using an effective address in a processing system
    Patent number: 6708296
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a match on a selected event in performance monitoring of a processing system, the processing system including at least one performance monitor counter (PMC) is disclosed. The method and system comprises initializing the at least one PMC and controlling counting in the at least one PMC based upon the nth occurrence of a match to a specified address, where n is grater than or equal to one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Carl Gover, Frank Eliot Levine, Bret R. Olszewski, Charles Philip Roth, Edward Hugh Welbon, Charles Wright
  • Method and system for performance monitoring through monitoring an order of processor events during execution in a processing system
    Patent number: 5752062
    Abstract: A method and system for reconstructing a relationship among events in a processing system, the processing system including at least one performance monitor counter (PMC) and at least one monitor mode control register (MMCR) to configure the operations of the at least one PMC, includes controlling a mode of updating the at least one PMC through a bit set within the at least one MMCR, the bit set having a plurality of logic levels. Further included are determining if the bit set is at a first logic level, and placing the at least one PMC in a history mode if the bit set is at the first logic level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Carl Gover, Frank Eliot Levine, Edward Hugh Welbon