Patents by Inventor Fritz Freier

Fritz Freier 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 formatting vital component data in a field replaceable unit of a computer system
    Patent number: 7085967
    Abstract: A flexible format for heterogeneous data records includes a fixed-length header containing a header ECC, a table of contents descriptor, and a table of contents ECC descriptor; a variable-length table of contents containing multiple entries, each entry containing a record descriptor and a corresponding record ECC descriptor; multiple variable-length records corresponding to the multiple entries in the table of contents; and optional ECCs corresponding to the ECC descriptors. Preferably, the format is used for vital component data in non-volatile memory of a computer system field replaceable unit, and is read by the system to identify the unit and configure the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Herwig G. Elfering, Fritz Freier, Stephen Mark Igel, David Otto Lewis
  • Method and apparatus for formatting vital component data in a field replaceable unit of a computer system
    Publication number: 20040163019
    Abstract: A flexible format for heterogeneous data records includes a fixed-length header containing a header ECC, a table of contents descriptor, and a table of contents ECC descriptor; a variable-length table of contents containing multiple entries, each entry containing a record descriptor and a corresponding record ECC descriptor; multiple variable-length records corresponding to the multiple entries in the table of contents; and optional ECCs corresponding to the ECC descriptors. Preferably, the format is used for vital component data in non-volatile memory of a computer system field replaceable unit, and is read by the system to identify the unit and configure the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Herwig G. Elfering, Fritz Freier, Stephen Mark Igel, David Otto Lewis