Patents by Inventor Frederick H. Keller

Frederick H. Keller 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 apparatus for remote maintenance and error recovery in distributed data processing networks
    Patent number: 5307354
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for remote maintenance and error recovery for plural stations interconnected in a distributed network. A monitor application is established within selected stations within the network in a terminate and stay resident mode. The monitor application is then automatically invoked in response to error message, reconfiguration messages, or network status messages received at that station by listing the monitor application address within user appendages associated with such error messages or reconfiguration messages within the network interface of the station. An error message may be displayed and any selected application or procedure may then be invoked by the monitor application in an application independent manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Keith D. Cramer, Frederick H. Keller