Patents by Inventor John L. Pike

John L. Pike 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 system for performing historical state management services for composed information handling systems
    Patent number: 11966782
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a method for performing state management services for composed information handling systems. The method includes determining that at least one control resource set is not associated with a distributed state storage system; instantiating the distributed state storage system using first additional computing resources; registering the at least one control resource set with the distributed state storage system; preparing the at least one control resource set to perform a first portion of the state management services using the distributed state storage system; determining that the at least one control resource set is not associated with an audit storage; instantiating the audit storage using second additional computing resources; registering the at least one control resource set with the audit storage; and preparing the at least one control resource set to perform a second portion of the state management services using the audit storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas L. Farley, John S. Harwood, Jimmy Doyle Pike, Gaurav Chawla, Tommi Salli, Robert Anthony Lincourt, Jr., Sumedh Wasudeo Sathaye
  • Transmitting retry request associated with non-posted command via response credit channel
    Patent number: 8266331
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes, at a first computing device coupled to a second computing device via a bus, receiving a request from the second computing device to complete a non-posted command, where the request is received via a request credit channel of the bus, and where the first computing device is configured to receive requests to complete non-posted commands and requests to complete posted commands via the request credit channel. The method also includes removing the request to complete the non-posted command from the request credit channel. The method further includes transmitting a retry request associated with the non-posted command to the second computing device via a response credit channel of the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Freking, Elizabeth A. McGlone, John L. Pike, Curtis C. Wollbrink
  • Transmitting Retry Request Associated With Non-Posted Command Via Response Credit Channel
    Publication number: 20120011283
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes, at a first computing device coupled to a second computing device via a bus, receiving a request from the second computing device to complete a non-posted command, where the request is received via a request credit channel of the bus, and where the first computing device is configured to receive requests to complete non-posted commands and requests to complete posted commands via the request credit channel. The method also includes removing the request to complete the non-posted command from the request credit channel. The method further includes transmitting a retry request associated with the non-posted command to the second computing device via a response credit channel of the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Freking, Elizabeth A. McGlone, John L. Pike, Curtis C. Wollbrink