Patents by Inventor Jose R. Escalera

Jose R. Escalera 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).

  • Off-loading of processing from a processor blade to storage blades based on processing activity, availability of cache, and other status indicators
    Patent number: 8713287
    Abstract: A processor blade determines whether a selected processing task is to be off-loaded to a storage blade for processing. The selected processing task is off-loaded to the storage blade via a planar bus communication path, in response to determining that the selected processing task is to be off-loaded to the storage blade. The off-loaded selected processing task is processed in the storage blade. The storage blade communicates the results of the processing of the off-loaded selected processing task to the processor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Bell, Jr., Jose R. Escalera, Octavian F. Herescu, Vernon W. Miller, Sergio Reyes, Michael D. Roll
  • Apparatus, system, and method for a configurable blade card
    Patent number: 7686619
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a configurable blade card. A base card is in physical and electrical communication with a blade connector. The blade connector is in physical and electrical communication with a blade enclosure connector. A secondary card is in physical and electrical communication with the base card to form a blade card. A coupler physically couples the base card and the secondary card. The base card and the secondary card are co-planar and compatible with a blade card form factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Bell, Jr., Jose R. Escalera, Octavian F. Herescu, Vernon W. Miller, Michael D. Roll
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR A CONFIGURABLE BLADE CARD
    Publication number: 20090186494
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a configurable blade card. A base card is in physical and electrical communication with a blade connector. The blade connector is in physical and electrical communication with a blade enclosure connector. A secondary card is in physical and electrical communication with the base card to form a blade card. A coupler physically couples the base card and the secondary card. The base card and the secondary card are co-planar and compatible with a blade card form factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Robert H. Bell, JR., Jose R. Escalera, Octavian F. Herescu, Vernon W. Miller, Michael D. Roll
  • System and method for caching data in a blade server complex
    Patent number: 7543109
    Abstract: A method for caching data in a blade computing complex includes providing a storage blade that includes a disk operative to store pages of data and a cache memory operative to store at least one of the pages. A processor blade is provided that includes a first memory area to store at least one of the pages and a second memory area configured to store an address of each of the pages and a hint value that is assigned to each of the pages. An address of each of the pages is stored in the second memory area, and a hint is assigned to each of the pages, where the hint is one of: likely to be accessed, may be accessed, and unlikely to be accessed. The page is then stored in storage blade cache memory based on the hint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Bell, Jr., Jose R. Escalera, Octavian F. Herescu, Vernon W. Miller, Michael D. Roll