Patents by Inventor Harvey G. Kiel
Harvey G. Kiel 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).
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Patent number: 9507619Abstract: Virtualizing a host USB adapter in a virtualized environment maintained by a hypervisor, the hypervisor administering one or more logical partitions, where virtualizing includes receiving, by the hypervisor from a logical partition via a logical USB adapter, a USB Input/Output (‘I/O’) request, the logical USB adapter associated with a USB device coupled to the host USB adapter; placing, by the hypervisor, a work queue element (‘WQE’) in a queue of a queue pair associated with the logical USB adapter; and administering, by an interface device in dependence upon the WQE, USB data communications among the logical partition and the USB device including retrieving, with direct memory access (‘DMA’), USB data originating at the USB device from the host USB adapter into a dedicated memory region for the logical USB adapter.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ellen M. Bauman, Harvey G. Kiel, Timothy J. Schimke, Lee A. Sendelbach
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Publication number: 20110173353Abstract: Virtualizing a host USB adapter in a virtualized environment maintained by a hypervisor, the hypervisor administering one or more logical partitions, where virtualizing includes receiving, by the hypervisor from a logical partition via a logical USB adapter, a USB Input/Output (‘I/O’) request, the logical USB adapter associated with a USB device coupled to the host USB adapter; placing, by the hypervisor, a work queue element (‘WQE’) in a queue of a queue pair associated with the logical USB adapter; and administering, by an interface device in dependence upon the WQE, USB data communications among the logical partition and the USB device including retrieving, with direct memory access (‘DMA’), USB data originating at the USB device from the host USB adapter into a dedicated memory region for the logical USB adapter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ellen M. Bauman, Harvey G. Kiel, Timothy J. Schimke, Lee A. Sendelbach
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Patent number: 7941577Abstract: A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system that allows a system image within a multiple system image virtual server to directly expose a portion, or all, of its associated system memory to a shared PCI adapter without having to go through a trusted component, such as a Hypervisor. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a mechanism for sharing conventional PCI I/O adapters, PCI-X I/O Adapters, PCI-Express I/O Adapters, and, in general, any I/O adapter that uses a memory mapped I/O interface for communications.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard L. Arndt, Patrick A. Buckland, Harvey G. Kiel, Renato J. Recio, Jaya Srikrishnan
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Patent number: 7848327Abstract: In a first aspect, a first method is provided for creating a media access control (MAC) address for a device. The first method includes the steps of (1) obtaining one or more identifiers; (2) obtaining a first MAC address; and (3) creating at least a second MAC address based on the one or more identifiers and the first MAC address. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vinit Jain, Harvey G. Kiel, Jeffrey P. Messing, Lee A. Sendelbach
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Patent number: 7793298Abstract: At least one input/output (I/O) firmware partition is provided in a partitioned environment to facilitate access to I/O resources owned by the at least one I/O firmware partition. The I/O resources of an I/O firmware partition are shared by one or more other partitions of the environment, referred to as consumer partitions. The consumer partitions use the I/O firmware partition to access the I/O resources. Since the I/O firmware partitions are responsible for providing access to the I/O resources owned by those partitions, the consumer partitions are relieved of this task, reducing complexity and costs in the consumer partitions.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald L. Billau, Charles S. Graham, Harvey G. Kiel, Chetan Mehta, Jaya Srikrishnan
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Patent number: 7724747Abstract: In a first aspect, a first method is provided for creating a media access control (MAC) address for a device. The first method includes the steps of (1) obtaining one or more identifiers; (2) obtaining a first MAC address; and (3) creating at least a second MAC address based on the one or more identifiers and the first MAC address. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vinit Jain, Harvey G. Kiel, Jeffrey P. Messing, Lee A. Sendelbach
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Patent number: 7720957Abstract: Apparatus and storage media for auto-configuration of an internal network interface are disclosed. Embodiments may install an internal VLAN manager in a logically partitioned computer system along with network agents in each of the partitions in the logically partitioned system to facilitate configuring an internal communications network and the corresponding internal network interfaces in each participating partition. In particular, an administrator accesses internal VLAN manager, selects an internal VLAN ID, selects each of the participating partitions, and configures the communications network with global parameters and ranges. The internal VLAN manager then generates partition parameters and incorporates them into messages for each of the partitions selected to participate in the internal network.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2009Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles S. Graham, Harvey G. Kiel, Chetan Mehta, Lee A. Sendelbach, Jaya Srikrishnan
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Patent number: 7697536Abstract: Providing communications between operating system partitions and a computer network. In one aspect, an apparatus for distributing network communications among multiple operating system partitions includes a physical port allowing communications between the network and the computer system, and logical ports associated with the physical port, where each logical port is associated with one of the operating system partitions. Each of the logical ports enables communication between a physical port and the associated operating system partition and allows configurability of network resources of the system. Other aspects include a logical switch for logical and physical ports, and packet queues for each connection and for each logical port.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Claude Basso, Jean Louis Calvignac, Chih-jen Chang, Philippe Damon, Ronald Edward Fuhs, Natarajan Vaidhyanathan, Fabrice Jean Verplanken, Colin Beaton Verrilli, Scott Michael Willenborg, Kyle A. Lucke, Harvey G. Kiel
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Patent number: 7660322Abstract: In a first aspect, a first method is provided for sharing a multiple queue Ethernet adapter. The first method includes the steps of receiving a frame or packet in the adapter and determining whether the frame or packet is for one or more of a plurality of partitions that share the adapter. If the frame or packet is for one or more of the plurality of partitions that share the adapter, the method further includes (1) storing the frame or packet in an adapter cache memory; (2) determining one or more of the plurality of partitions to which the frame or packet is to be sent; and (3) transferring the frame or packet from the adapter cache memory to a receive queue of each of the one or more partitions to which the frame or packet is to be sent. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2003Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Harvey G. Kiel, Lee A. Sendelbach
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Publication number: 20090150504Abstract: Apparatus and storage media for auto-configuration of an internal network interface are disclosed. Embodiments may install an internal VLAN manager in a logically partitioned computer system along with network agents in each of the partitions in the logically partitioned system to facilitate configuring an internal communications network and the corresponding internal network interfaces in each participating partition. In particular, an administrator accesses internal VLAN manager, selects an internal VLAN ID, selects each of the participating partitions, and configures the communications network with global parameters and ranges. The internal VLAN manager then generates partition parameters and incorporates them into messages for each of the partitions selected to participate in the internal network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2009Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, CORPORATIONInventors: CHARLES S. GRAHAM, HARVEY G. KIEL, CHETAN MEHTA, LEE A. SENDELBACH, JAYA SRIKRISHNAN
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Patent number: 7530071Abstract: At least one input/output (I/O) firmware partition is provided in a partitioned environment to facilitate access to I/O resources owned by the at least one I/O firmware partition. The I/O resources of an I/O firmware partition are shared by one or more other partitions of the environment, referred to as consumer partitions. The consumer partitions use the I/O firmware partition to access the I/O resources. Since the I/O firmware partitions are responsible for providing access to the I/O resources owned by those partitions, the consumer partitions are relieved of this task, reducing complexity and costs in the consumer partitions.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald L. Billau, Charles S. Graham, Harvey G. Kiel, Chetan Mehta, Jaya Srikrishnan
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Patent number: 7502842Abstract: Methods and systems for auto-configuration of an internal network interface are disclosed. Embodiments may install an internal VLAN manager in a logically partitioned computer system along with network agents in each of the partitions in the logically partitioned system to facilitate configuring an internal communications network and the corresponding internal network interfaces in each participating partition. In particular, an administrator accesses internal VLAN manager, selects an internal VLAN ID, selects each of the participating partitions, and configures the communications network with global parameters and ranges. The internal VLAN manager then generates partition parameters and incorporates them into messages for each of the partitions selected to participate in the internal network.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Charles S. Graham, Harvey G. Kiel, Chetan Mehta, Lee A. Sendelbach, Jaya Srikrishnan
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Publication number: 20090022153Abstract: In a first aspect, a first method is provided for creating a media access control (MAC) address for a device. The first method includes the steps of (1) obtaining one or more identifiers; (2) obtaining a first MAC address; and (3) creating at least a second MAC address based on the one or more identifiers and the first MAC address. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventors: Vinit Jain, Harvey G. Kiel, Jeffrey P. Messing, Lee A. Sendelbach
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Publication number: 20080301692Abstract: At least one input/output (I/O) firmware partition is provided in a partitioned environment to facilitate access to I/O resources owned by the at least one I/O firmware partition. The I/O resources of an I/O firmware partition are shared by one or more other partitions of the environment, referred to as consumer partitions. The consumer partitions use the I/O firmware partition to access the I/O resources. Since the I/O firmware partitions are responsible for providing access to the I/O resources owned by those partitions, the consumer partitions are relieved of this task, reducing complexity and costs in the consumer partitions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ronald L. Billau, Charles S. Graham, Harvey G. Kiel, Chetan Mehta, Jaya Srikrishnan
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Patent number: 7433356Abstract: In a first aspect, a first method is provided for creating a media access control (MAC) address for a device. The first method includes the steps of (1) obtaining one or more identifiers; (2) obtaining a first MAC address; and (3) creating at least a second MAC address based on the one or more identifiers and the first MAC address. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2004Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vinit Jain, Harvey G. Kiel, Jeffrey P. Messing, Lee A. Sendelbach
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Publication number: 20080144620Abstract: In a first aspect, a first method is provided for creating a media access control (MAC) address for a device. The first method includes the steps of (1) obtaining one or more identifiers; (2) obtaining a first MAC address; and (3) creating at least a second MAC address based on the one or more identifiers and the first MAC address. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Vinit Jain, Harvey G. Kiel, Jeffrey P. Messing, Lee A. Sendelbach
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Patent number: 5532715Abstract: A visually aging scroll bar is associated with a window or viewport on a computer display as part of a computer system, and contains a slider to indicate relative positioning in the window of a document, such as a data file, image file, audio file, text file, or spreadsheet. The current position of the scroll bar slider is monitored by the computer system. After a first predetermined sampling period has elapsed, a first region matching the current position of the scroll bar slider is created. The visual appearance of the region is determined by a predetermined region heating rate. For example, a newly created region starts at "cold", which can be indicated by a violet-indigo color. After a second sampling period has elapsed, the computer system again checks the current position of the scroll bar slider. If the current position still matches the first region, the visual appearance of the first region symbolically "warms up" as indicated by the region heating rate.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 1992Date of Patent: July 2, 1996Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Cary L. Bates, Jerry A. Blades, Harvey G. Kiel, Raymond F. Romon, Jeffrey M. Ryan
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Patent number: 5485570Abstract: A system for supporting graphics display sessions on remote terminals contains a processing subsystem dedicated to graphics support. Applications execute on a central processor, and display related graphics commands are executed on the separate graphics controller subsystem. The graphics subsystem is preferably connected to multiple remote terminals over a network, and communicates with them without requiring all work to be performed by the central processor which is executing the applications.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1994Date of Patent: January 16, 1996Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Leah J. H. Busboom, Trent L. Clausen, Stephen T. Eagen, Harvey G. Kiel, Robert J. Manulik, Michael E. Plute, Jeffrey E. Remfert, Raymond F. Romon
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Patent number: 5465358Abstract: A method and system in a data processing system for enhancing user efficiency in initiating a sequence of data processing system user inputs. Within the data processing system, data processing system stimulus events are identified and stored in a data base. Each sequence of data processing system user inputs which occurs in response to a subsequent occurrence of the identified stimulus event is also stored in the data base. The probability of an occurrence of a selected sequence of data processing system user inputs in response to a subsequent occurrence of the stimulus event is then calculated, utilizing the data base of stored sequences of data processing system user inputs. Upon subsequent recognition of a data processing system stimulus event, one or more selected sequences of data processing system user inputs are identified and displayed, along with an indicated probability of a user executing each identified sequence of data processing system user inputs.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1992Date of Patent: November 7, 1995Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry A. Blades, Harvey G. Kiel
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Patent number: 5461716Abstract: A method and apparatus for incorporating windowing techniques into computer systems having a host processor executing applications programs, and interconnected through a plurality of controllers to a number of non-programmable and programmable terminals, by distributing the processing steps required for windowing between the host processor and the controllers; the host processor generates a data stream defining the window parameters, the data stream is receivable by controllers for either programmable or non-programmable terminals, each controller being adapted to construct and display the window on the display screen(s) which it controls.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1995Date of Patent: October 24, 1995Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Stephen T. Eagen, Harvey G. Kiel, Nelson A. Martel, Jr., William C. Rapp, Schuman M. Shao