Patents by Inventor John Thomas O'Quin, II

John Thomas O'Quin, II 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).

  • Message signaled interrupt management for a computer input/output fabric incorporating platform independent interrupt manager
    Patent number: 8725914
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method dynamically bind Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) resources shared by a plurality of clients to an interrupt facility in an MSI-capable computer. In addition, management of such bindings may be implemented using a platform independent interrupt manager capable of managing multiple MSI bindings between MSI resources to an interrupt facility, and interfaced with an underlying hardware platform of a computer through platform-specific encapsulation program code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Thomas Brownlow, James Arthur Lindeman, Gregory Michael Nordstrom, John Ronald Oberly, III, John Thomas O'Quin, II, Steven Mark Thurber, Timothy Joseph Torzewski
  • Method and apparatus for run-time deconfiguration of a processor in a symmetrical multi-processing system
    Patent number: 6516429
    Abstract: A method and apparatus in a multiprocessor data processing system for managing a plurality of processors. Monitoring for recoverable errors in a set of processors is performed. Responsive to detecting a recoverable error for a processor in the set of processors, a determination is made as to whether the recoverable error indicates a trend towards an unrecoverable error. Responsive to a determination that the recoverable error indicates a trend towards an unrecoverable error, actions are initiated to stop the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Craig Bossen, Alongkorn Kitamorn, Charles Andrew McLaughlin, John Thomas O'Quin, II