Patents by Inventor John Michael Brantly

John Michael Brantly 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).

  • Automatic appliance server re-provision/re-purposing method
    Patent number: 6898705
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for automatically re-provisioning an appliance server without significant user-interaction. The disk drive of a server to be utilized as an appliance server is partitioned into at least three partitions, including a systems partition, a network operating system partition, and an images partition. A re-provisioning utility is provided, which, when activated by a user, removes the present application from the server and forwards it to a storage location on the network or in a fourth storage partition and installs another application on the server. The system is re-booted and re-configured to provide full operation of the new application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Akram Abboud, John Michael Brantly, William W. Buchanan, Jr., Peter Gerard Chin, Simon Chu, Richard Alan Dayan, Peter Thomas Donovan, David Michael Green, Timothy J. Green, Thomas William Lange, Gregory Brian Pruett, Karl Ross Shultz, Paul Brian Tippett, Andrew Hamilton Wray, William Paul Zeggert
  • Appliance server with a drive partitioning scheme that accommodates application growth in size
    Patent number: 6636958
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and hard disk configuration for accommodating different sizes of applications during an automatic re-provisioning of an appliance server. The disk drive of the appliance server is partitioned with a system partition, a network operating system (NOS) partition, a float partition, and an images partition. The float partition is utilized to provide additional space to the NOS partition and the images partition, when required. A re-provisioning utility is provided, which initiates both a create image utility and an apply image utility, whereby an image file of a current application and associated operating system is created and a stored image file of a second application is installed on the appliance server. When the apply image utility is initiated, the NOS partition is dynamically extended into the float partition server if the second application requires more space than is provided in the NOS partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Akram Abboud, John Michael Brantly, William W. Buchanan, Jr., Peter Gerard Chin, Simon Chu, Richard Alan Dayan, Peter Thomas Donovan, David Michael Green, Timothy J. Green, Frank C. Harwood, Thomas William Lange, Karl Ross Shultz, Paul Brian Tippett, William Paul Zeggert
  • Appliance server with a drive partitioning scheme that accommodates application growth in size
    Publication number: 20030018870
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and hard disk configuration for accommodating different sizes of applications during an automatic re-provisioning of an appliance server. The disk drive of the appliance server is partitioned with a system partition, a network operating system (NOS) partition, a float partition, and an images partition. The float partition is utilized to provide additional space to the NOS partition and the images partition, when required. A re-provisioning utility is provided, which initiates both a create image utility and an apply image utility, whereby an image file of a current application and associated operating system is created and a stored image file of a second application is installed on the appliance server. When the apply image utility is initiated, the NOS partition is dynamically extended into the float partition server if the second application requires more space than is provided in the NOS partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Akram Abboud, John Michael Brantly, William W. Buchanan, Peter Gerard Chin, Simon Chu, Richard Alan Dayan, Peter Thomas Donovan, David Michael Green, Timothy J. Green, Frank C. Harwood, Thomas William Lange, Karl Ross Shultz, Paul Brian Tippett, William Paul Zeggert
  • Automatic appliance server re-provision/re-purposing method
    Publication number: 20020184484
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for automatically re-provisioning an appliance server without significant user-interaction. The disk drive of a server to be utilized as an appliance server is partitioned into at least three partitions, including a systems partition, a network operating system partition, and an images partition. A re-provisioning utility is provided, which, when activated by a user, removes the present application from the server and forwards it to a storage location on the network or in a fourth storage partition and installs another application on the server. The system is re-booted and re-configured to provide full operation of the new application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Akram Abboud, John Michael Brantly, William W. Buchanan, Peter Gerard Chin, Simon Chu, Richard Alan Dayan, Peter Thomas Donovan, David Michael Green, Timothy J. Green, Thomas William Lange, Gregory Brian Pruett, Karl Ross Shultz, Paul Brian Tippett, Andrew Hamilton Wray, William Paul Zeggert