Patents by Inventor Kevin L. Scheiern

Kevin L. Scheiern 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).

  • Patent number: 8353014
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to application data logging and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for capturing and logging application data. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for capturing and logging application data can include consulting both administrative permissions for capturing and logging application data, and also user permissions for capturing and logging application data. Subsequently, application data can be captured and logged only if permitted by the administrative permissions and the user permissions. In this regard, it can be determined from either or both of the permissions whether capturing and logging of application data is permitted generally, and also a type or portion of the application data that is permitted to be captured and logged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren L. Bader, Julia V. Myers, James F. Schenck, Kevin L. Scheiern, William C. Wimer, II
  • Publication number: 20100325738
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to application data logging and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for capturing and logging application data. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for capturing and logging application data can include consulting both administrative permissions for capturing and logging application data, and also user permissions for capturing and logging application data. Subsequently, application data can be captured and logged only if permitted by the administrative permissions and the user permissions. In this regard, it can be determined from either or both of the permissions whether capturing and logging of application data is permitted generally, and also a type or portion of the application data that is permitted to be captured and logged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines
    Inventors: Lauren L. Bader, Julia V. Myers, James F. Schenck, Kevin L. Scheiern, William C. Wimer, II
  • Patent number: 7788706
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to application data logging and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for capturing and logging application data. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for capturing and logging application data can include consulting both administrative permissions for capturing and logging application data, and also user permissions for capturing and logging application data. Subsequently, application data can be captured and logged only if permitted by the administrative permissions and the user permissions. In this regard, it can be determined from either or both of the permissions whether capturing and logging of application data is permitted generally, and also a type or portion of the application data that is permitted to be captured and logged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren L. Bader, Julia V. Myers, James F. Schenck, Kevin L. Scheiern, William C. Wimer, II
  • Patent number: 5550990
    Abstract: Arrangements for physically partitioning a bus having a well defined architecture as a physical entity, wherein the partitioning is logically transparent to a computer and devices which communicate through the bus and serves to avoid problems potentially arising because of the scope of actions permitted by the architecture. A typical bus architecture to which present arrangements have relevance is that associated with SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) buses. The potential problems allowed to occur architecturally involve: (a) exposures of data security/integrity; (b) excessive signal degradation due to use of signal rates which although allowed by the architecture are inappropriate for a particular bus loading environment also allowed by the architecture; (c) restrictions preventing parallel transfer of data between the computer and multiple storage devices; (d) restrictions unduly limiting the number of devices attachable to one logical bus path (one input-output channel of the computer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Don S. Keener, Andrew B. McNeill, Thomas H. Newsom, Kevin L. Scheiern, Richard W. Voorhees, Edward I. Wachtel
  • Patent number: 5033049
    Abstract: On board diagnostic capability for a SCSI controller is provided within an adapter by providing a gate array driven by a microprocessor on board the adapter. The gate array has data and control inputs driven from the microprocessor and data and control outputs which are dot OR'ed with corresponding in/out terminals of the SCSI controller. A reset signal from a SCSI bus forms a further input to the gate array. For testing purposes the microprocessor drives the gate array inputs to simulate a fault-free or faulty device. The microprocessor detects the response of the SCSI controller to the device simulation and thereby can determine the state of health of the SCSI controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Don S. Keener, Andrew B. McNeill, Kevin L. Scheiern