Patents by Inventor Jens Alpers

Jens Alpers 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).

  • Computer program product for generic and flexible collection of a hardware data image
    Patent number: 8006081
    Abstract: A method of processing data is proposed. In response to determining that a reconfiguration of a data processing system has occurred, one or more system items are surveyed to identify a change to the data processing system. One or more requests for status instructions for the one or more system items are generated, and the status instructions are compiled into a data structure. In response to determining that a status instruction is present in the data structure for which no status data has been collected, a method of collection for the instruction is determined, the collection is performed according to the method to obtain the status data, and the status data is compiled in a dump data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jens Alpers, Terry S. Biberdorf, Astrid C. Kreissig, Meghna Paruthi
  • COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERIC AND FLEXIBLE COLLECTION OF A HARDWARE DATA IMAGE
    Publication number: 20080195855
    Abstract: A method of processing data is proposed. In response to determining that a reconfiguration of a data processing system has occurred, one or more system items are surveyed to identify a change to the data processing system. One or more requests for status instructions for the one or more system items are generated, and the status instructions are compiled into a data structure. In response to determining that a status instruction is present in the data structure for which no status data has been collected, a method of collection for the instruction is determined, the collection is performed according to the method to obtain the status data, and the status data is compiled in a dump data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jens Alpers, Terry S. Biberdorf, Astrid C. Kreissig, Meghna Paruthi
  • Method, system and computer program product for generic and flexible collection of a hardware data image
    Patent number: 7404075
    Abstract: A method of processing data is proposed. In response to determining that a reconfiguration of a data processing system has occurred, one or more system items are surveyed to identify a change to the data processing system. One or more requests for status instructions for the one or more system items are generated, and the status instructions are compiled into a data structure. In response to determining that a status instruction is present in the data structure for which no status data has been collected, a method of collection for the instruction is determined, the collection is performed according to the method to obtain the status data, and the status data is compiled in a dump data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jens Alpers, Terry S. Biberdorf, Astrid C. Kreissig, Meghna Paruthi
  • Method, system and computer program product for generic and flexible collection of a hardware data image
    Publication number: 20070074016
    Abstract: A method of processing data is proposed. In response to determining that a reconfiguration of a data processing system has occurred, one or more system items are surveyed to identify a change to the data processing system. One or more requests for status instructions for the one or more system items are generated, and the status instructions are compiled into a data structure. In response to determining that a status instruction is present in the data structure for which no status data has been collected, a method of collection for the instruction is determined, the collection is performed according to the method to obtain the status data, and the status data is compiled in a dump data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Jens Alpers, Terry Biberdorf, Astrid Kreissig, Meghna Paruthi