Patents by Inventor Kenneth Glenn Rothwell

Kenneth Glenn Rothwell 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).

  • Methods and systems for creating a storage dump within a coupling facility of a multisystem enviroment
    Patent number: 5761739
    Abstract: A dumping service facility for data processing systems, including single systems, multisystems and shared facilities. Information, such as control information, is captured and a storage dump is created. During the capturing process, the information is serialized such that mainline commands (i.e., commands other than dump commands) are not allowed to access the information thereby possibly destroying the information. The information is stored within the storage dump in such a manner that programs can understand the information. That is, the storage dump contains a logical representation of the information being captured. Subsequent to capturing the information, serialization is released and mainline commands can once again access the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Arlen Elko, Jeffrey Alan Frey, Jeffrey Mark Nick, Kenneth Glenn Rothwell, Michael Dustin Swanson
  • Dynamically assigning a dump space in a shared data facility to receive dumping information to be captured
    Patent number: 5664155
    Abstract: A dumping service facility for data processing systems, including single systems, multisystems and shared facilities. Information, such as control information, is captured and a storage dump is created. During the capturing process, the information is serialized such that mainline commands (i.e., commands other than dump commands) are not allowed to access the information thereby possibly destroying the information. The information is stored within the storage dump in such a manner that programs can understand the information. That is, the storage dump contains a logical representation of the information being captured. Subsequent to capturing the information, serialization is released and mainline commands can once again access the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Arlen Elko, Jeffrey Alan Frey, Jeffrey Mark Nick, Kenneth Glenn Rothwell, Michael Dustin Swanson