Patents by Inventor Frank R. LeFevre, Jr.

Frank R. LeFevre, Jr. 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).

  • Tetherless device charging for chained devices
    Patent number: 10396587
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes integrating a charging pad into a powered device having a power supply, where the powered device is at least one of a monitor and a keyboard. The method includes configuring the charging pad to receive a first chargeable device in a charging position relative to the charging pad. The method further includes configuring the charging pad to deliver an electrical charge from the power supply to the first chargeable device when the chargeable device is in the charging position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, James P. Gilchrist, Galina Gorelik, Frank R. LeFevre, Jr., Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
  • Tetherless device charging for chained devices
    Patent number: 9935484
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes integrating a charging pad into a powered device having a power supply, where the powered device is at least one of a monitor and a keyboard. The method includes configuring the charging pad to receive a first chargeable device in a charging position relative to the charging pad. The method further includes configuring the charging pad to deliver an electrical charge from the power supply to the first chargeable device when the chargeable device is in the charging position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, James P. Gilchrist, Galina Gorelik, Frank R. LeFevre, Jr., Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
  • TETHERLESS DEVICE CHARGING FOR CHAINED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180083476
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes integrating a charging pad into a powered device having a power supply, where the powered device is at least one of a monitor and a keyboard. The method includes configuring the charging pad to receive a first chargeable device in a charging position relative to the charging pad. The method further includes configuring the charging pad to deliver an electrical charge from the power supply to the first chargeable device when the chargeable device is in the charging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, James P. Gilchrist, Galina Gorelik, Frank R. LeFevre, JR., Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
  • Tetherless device charging for chained devices
    Patent number: 9882414
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes integrating a charging pad into a powered device having a power supply, where the powered device is at least one of a monitor and a keyboard. The method includes configuring the charging pad to receive a first chargeable device in a charging position relative to the charging pad. The method further includes configuring the charging pad to deliver an electrical charge from the power supply to the first chargeable device when the chargeable device is in the charging position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, James P. Gilchrist, Galina Gorelik, Frank R. LeFevre, Jr., Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
  • TETHERLESS DEVICE CHARGING FOR CHAINED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160380463
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes integrating a charging pad into a powered device having a power supply, where the powered device is at least one of a monitor and a keyboard. The method includes configuring the charging pad to receive a first chargeable device in a charging position relative to the charging pad. The method further includes configuring the charging pad to deliver an electrical charge from the power supply to the first chargeable device when the chargeable device is in the charging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, James P. Gilchrist, Galina Gorelik, Frank R. LeFevre, JR., Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
  • TETHERLESS DEVICE CHARGING FOR CHAINED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160380465
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes integrating a charging pad into a powered device having a power supply, where the powered device is at least one of a monitor and a keyboard. The method includes configuring the charging pad to receive a first chargeable device in a charging position relative to the charging pad. The method further includes configuring the charging pad to deliver an electrical charge from the power supply to the first chargeable device when the chargeable device is in the charging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, James P. Gilchrist, Galina Gorelik, Frank R. LeFevre, JR., Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
  • Method, computer program product, and hardware product for supporting virtual machine guest migration overcommit
    Patent number: 8327355
    Abstract: Virtual machine guest migration overcommit is supported by providing a virtual machine with an unschedulable resource that is not available for system scheduling. The unschedulable resource may, but need not, be provided in the form of a memory buffer, or one or more network resources, or one or more resources that are accessible from a network. The unschedulable resource is utilized in one or more domains to temporarily conceal one or more user environments that do not fit into a set of currently available resources, such that the one or more temporarily concealed user environments are not terminated or paged out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Frank R. LeFevre, Jr., Ray Mansell, Jessie Yu
  • METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND HARDWARE PRODUCT FOR SUPPORTING VIRTUAL MACHINE GUEST MIGRATION OVERCOMMIT
    Publication number: 20100017800
    Abstract: Virtual machine guest migration overcommit is supported by providing a virtual machine with an unschedulable resource that is not available for system scheduling. The unschedulable resource may, but need not, be provided in the form of a memory buffer, or one or more network resources, or one or more resources that are accessible from a network. The unschedulable resource is utilized in one or more domains to temporarily conceal one or more user environments that do not fit into a set of currently available resources, such that the one or more temporarily concealed user environments are not terminated or paged out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Frank R. LeFevre, JR., Ray Mansell, Jessie Yu