Patents by Inventor Gerald G. Kreissig

Gerald G. Kreissig 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).

  • Apparatus and method for process recovery in an embedded processor system
    Patent number: 7089450
    Abstract: A recovery process for embedded processors monitors other processes in the system. Each process may specify a recovery policy residing in nonvolatile electronic memory that preferably includes a recovery count, a recovery time, and a recovery action. If a process terminates unexpectedly, the recovery process determines whether the process had a corresponding recovery policy. If not, the recovery process does not recover the process. If the process has a corresponding recovery policy, the recovery process determines whether it can recover the process by examining the recovery count and recovery time specified in the recovery policy. If the process can be recovered, the recovery process performs the recovery action specified in the corresponding recovery policy. If the process cannot be recovered, the recovery process resets the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary D. Anderson, Andreas Arnez, Joshua W. Boyer, Gerald G. Kreissig, Paul Edward Movall, Ward R. Nelson
  • Apparatus and method for process recovery in an embedded processor system
    Publication number: 20040215997
    Abstract: A recovery process for embedded processors monitors other processes in the system. Each process may specify a recovery policy residing in nonvolatile electronic memory that preferably includes a recovery count, a recovery time, and a recovery action. If a process terminates unexpectedly, the recovery process determines whether the process had a corresponding recovery policy. If not, the recovery process does not recover the process. If the process has a corresponding recovery policy, the recovery process determines whether it can recover the process by examining the recovery count and recovery time specified in the recovery policy. If the process can be recovered, the recovery process performs the recovery action specified in the corresponding recovery policy. If the process cannot be recovered, the recovery process resets the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary D. Anderson, Andreas Arnez, Joshua W. Boyer, Gerald G. Kreissig, Paul Edward Movall, Ward R. Nelson