Patents by Inventor Lawrence G. Gonzales

Lawrence G. Gonzales 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).

  • Apparatus, system, and method for interchange testing
    Patent number: 7697228
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for interchanging testing. A test module moves a first tape from a tape pool to a first reserved slot of plurality of reserved slots using an accessor. In an embodiment, there is one (1) reserved slot corresponding to each of a plurality of tape drives. Each reserved slot is configured to store one tape for the corresponding tape drive. No other tape drive accesses the stored tape from the reserved slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Angqin Bai, Kent P. Bortz, Shawn O. Brume, Lawrence G. Gonzales
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INTERCHANGE TESTING
    Publication number: 20090091853
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for interchanging testing. A test module moves a first tape from a tape pool to a first reserved slot of plurality of reserved slots using an accessor. In an embodiment, there is one (1) reserved slot corresponding to each of a plurality of tape drives. Each reserved slot is configured to store one tape for the corresponding tape drive. No other tape drive accesses the stored tape from the reserved slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Angqin Bai, Kent P. Bortz, Shawn O. Brume, Lawrence G. Gonzales