Patents by Inventor Fred C. Shaheen

Fred C. Shaheen 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).

  • Hypervisor subpartition as concurrent upgrade
    Patent number: 9058239
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method for a concurrent software service upgrade is provided. The processor implemented method may include receiving a type of service request corresponding to the software service upgrade, determining, by the processor, the type of service request and then generating a plurality of subpartitions corresponding to a hypervisor. The method may further include applying the service request to at least one subpartition within the plurality of subpartitions, wherein the service request is applied to the at least one subpartition based on the type of service request and balancing the system resources among the plurality of subpartitions upon the applying of the service request to the at least one subpartition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: George V. Madl, III, Thomas E. Murphy, Fred C. Shaheen, Steven Shultz
  • HYPERVISOR SUBPARTITION AS CONCURRENT UPGRADE
    Publication number: 20140380297
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method for a concurrent software service upgrade is provided. The processor implemented method may include receiving a type of service request corresponding to the software service upgrade, determining, by the processor, the type of service request and then generating a plurality of subpartitions corresponding to a hypervisor. The method may further include applying the service request to at least one subpartition within the plurality of subpartitions, wherein the service request is applied to the at least one subpartition based on the type of service request and balancing the system resources among the plurality of subpartitions upon the applying of the service request to the at least one subpartition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: George V. Madl, III, Thomas E. Murphy, Fred C. Shaheen, Steven Shultz