Patents by Inventor Kelly Scott Carpenter

Kelly Scott Carpenter 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 recovery from a coupling facility failure without preallocating space
    Patent number: 6910153
    Abstract: A method and system for transparently recovering from a coupling facility failure are disclosed. In one method embodiment, the present invention determines, following the failure of a coupling facility, which data was previously assigned to that coupling facility. The present embodiment then prevents access to that failed coupling facility. Next, the present method embodiment selects a new storage location for the data which was previously assigned to the failed coupling facility. The present embodiment then assigns the data previously assigned to the failed coupling facility to a new storage location. In the present invention, the aforementioned steps are performed without requiring preallocation of white space in an alternate coupling facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Michael Kapulka, Marc Kenneth Duquette, Kelly Scott Carpenter
  • Method and system for recovery from a coupling facility failure without preallocating space
    Publication number: 20030126497
    Abstract: A method and system for transparently recovering from a coupling facility failure are disclosed. In one method embodiment, the present invention determines, following the failure of a coupling facility, which data was previously assigned to that coupling facility. The present embodiment then prevents access to that failed coupling facility. Next, the present method embodiment selects a new storage location for the data which was previously assigned to the failed coupling facility. The present embodiment then assigns the data previously assigned to the failed coupling facility to a new storage location. In the present invention, the aforementioned steps are performed without requiring preallocation of white space in an alternate coupling facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth Michael Kapulka, Marc Kenneth Duquette, Kelly Scott Carpenter