Patents by Inventor John S. Kapernick

John S. Kapernick 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 to provide concurrent execution of distributed application programs by a host computer and an intelligent work station on an SNA network
    Patent number: 5291597
    Abstract: A method for processing distributed application programs in SNA type networks employing LU 6.2 protocols, including an information processing system having a host processor, a virtual machine type Operating System, and a plurality of Intelligent Work Stations (IWSs). The Operating System is provided with a Virtual Machine Pool Manager (VMPM). The function of the VMPM is to create and dynamically manage the assignment of a plurality of virtual machines in the pool to process requested individual LU 6.2 conversations, to permit the transfer of information between Parts A and B of a distributed Application, which parts are stored respectively at one IWS and the host processor. In response to a conversation request, an idle Virtual Machine (VM) in the pool is assigned by the VMPM to process one LU 6.2 conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: IBM Corp
    Inventors: David U. Shorter, John S. Kapernick
  • Method to provide concurrent execution of distributed application programs by a host computer and an intelligent work station on an SNA network
    Patent number: 5062037
    Abstract: A method for processing distributed application programs in SNA type networks including a host system having a virtual machine type Operating System and an Intelligent Work Station (IWS) provided with an Operating System that is capable of running two distributed application programs concurrently, in which two idle virtual machines, from a pool of run ready virtual machines that are created and managed by a Virtual Machine Pool Manager (VMPM), are each assigned to process a different one of the two application programs concurrently to prevent the distributed application programs from being serialized on one virtual machine at the host even though both application programs are being invoked by requests at the IWS terminal involving the same USER ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: IBM Corp.
    Inventors: David M. Shorter, John S. Kapernick