Patents by Inventor Ian James McCloy

Ian James McCloy 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).

  • Blade enclosure
    Patent number: 9503331
    Abstract: A blade enclosure comprises a plurality of physical interfaces of a first type, each for connecting a blade to the blade enclosure, a plurality of physical interfaces of a second type, each for connecting a conventional computer to the blade enclosure, a management component connected to the physical interfaces and for managing the blades and conventional computers connected to the physical interfaces, and a body containing the physical interfaces and the management component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Ian James McCloy
  • Automated operating system test framework
    Patent number: 9389978
    Abstract: Techniques for automating testing of a first computing system comprises identifying a plurality of system interface elements of a second computing system; determining an untested state at the first computing system of one of the identified plurality of system interface elements; determining the existence of any dependency of the one of the identified plurality of system interface elements upon another of the identified plurality of system interface elements; responsive to a finding of no the dependency, seeking in a repository a system interface element test corresponding to the one of the identified plurality of system interface elements and having an expected output according to a structure of the second computing system; and executing the system interface element test at the first computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Barker, Ian James McCloy, Daniel Gregory Mounty
  • AUTOMATED OPERATING SYSTEM TEST FRAMEWORK
    Publication number: 20150082095
    Abstract: Techniques for automating testing of a first computing system comprises identifying a plurality of system interface elements of a second computing system; determining an untested state at the first computing system of one of the identified plurality of system interface elements; determining the existence of any dependency of the one of the identified plurality of system interface elements upon another of the identified plurality of system interface elements; responsive to a finding of no the dependency, seeking in a repository a system interface element test corresponding to the one of the identified plurality of system interface elements and having an expected output according to a structure of the second computing system; and executing the system interface element test at the first computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Barker, Ian James McCloy, Daniel Gregory Mounty
  • Automated operating system test framework
    Patent number: 8898522
    Abstract: A method of automating testing of a first computing system comprises identifying a plurality of system interface elements of a second computing system; determining an untested state at the first computing system of one of the identified plurality of system interface elements; determining the existence of any dependency of the one of the identified plurality of system interface elements upon another of the identified plurality of system interface elements; responsive to a finding of no the dependency, seeking in a repository a system interface element test corresponding to the one of the identified plurality of system interface elements and having an expected output according to a structure of the second computing system; and executing the system interlace element test at the first computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Robert Barker, Ian James McCloy, Daniel Gregory Mounty
  • BLADE ENCLOSURE
    Publication number: 20130318225
    Abstract: A blade enclosure comprises a plurality of physical interfaces of a first type, each for connecting a blade to the blade enclosure, a plurality of physical interfaces of a second type, each for connecting a conventional computer to the blade enclosure, a management component connected to the physical interfaces and for managing the blades and conventional computers connected to the physical interfaces, and a body containing the physical interfaces and the management component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Ian James McCloy
  • Automated Operating System Test Framework
    Publication number: 20120066548
    Abstract: A method of automating testing of a first computing system comprises identifying a plurality of system interface elements of a second computing system; determining an untested state at the first computing system of one of the identified plurality of system interface elements; determining the existence of any dependency of the one of the identified plurality of system interface elements upon another of the identified plurality of system interface elements; responsive to a finding of no the dependency, seeking in a repository a system interface element test corresponding to the one of the identified plurality of system interface elements and having an expected output according to a structure of the second computing system; and executing the system interlace element test at the first computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Robert Barker, Ian James McCloy, Daniel Gregory Mounty