Patents by Inventor Linda V. Benhase
Linda V. Benhase 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).
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Patent number: 9208294Abstract: For managing license keys, a license key service module creates a license key service object of a license key service class. The license key service object includes a plurality of management operations including a get all license keys operation that acquires a license key for licensing services. A hosted license key service module creates a hosted license key service object of a hosted license key service class that includes the license key service object. A license key module creates a license key object of a license key class. The license key object includes the license key and employs the plurality of management operations. A management module manages the license key using the license key object, license key service object, and hosted license key service object.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jorge D Acuna, Linda V. Benhase, John D. Lauer, Duikaruna C. Soepangkat
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Patent number: 8301920Abstract: The advanced management module services in a data processing system are configured to determine the system load and provide an input to the early power off warning detection logic that evaluates the power system state to detect a condition when power resources are insufficient to maintain the write caching storage system power within defined acceptable limits. The early power off warning detection logic generates a notification based on the system load and the available power supply resources to maintain maximum availability and reliability characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Linda V. Benhase, John C. Elliott, Robert A. Kubo, Gregg S. Lucas
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Publication number: 20120198249Abstract: The advanced management module services in a data processing system are configured to determine the system load and provide an input to the early power off warning detection logic that evaluates the power system state to detect a condition when power resources are insufficient to maintain the write caching storage system power within defined acceptable limits. The early power off warning detection logic generates a notification based on the system load and the available power supply resources to maintain maximum availability and reliability characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Linda V. Benhase, John C. Elliot, Robert A. Kubo, Gregg S. Lucas
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Patent number: 8190925Abstract: The advanced management module services in a data processing system are configured to determine the system load and provide an input to the early power off warning detection logic that evaluates the power system state to detect a condition when power resources are insufficient to maintain the write caching storage system power within defined acceptable limits. The early power off warning detection logic generates a notification based on the system load and the available power supply resources to maintain maximum availability and reliability characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Linda V. Benhase, John C. Elliott, Robert A. Kubo, Gregg S. Lucas
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Patent number: 8117385Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for providing management of serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) storage devices. A host computer comprises a storage controller connected to a SAS port expander comprising a plurality of ports that are logically assigned to target storage devices. The device ports of all storage devices physically attached to the SAS port expander are bypassed to remove their logical SAS expander port assignments. The storage controller unbypasses the device ports, allowing it to recognize the presence of all physically attached storage devices. The recognized storage devices are inventoried and storage devices that are not logically assigned a SAS expander port are designated as being spare storage devices. SAS expander ports are logically assigned to the non-spare storage devices and SAS storage operations are performed.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Linda V. Benhase, John C. Elliott, Robert A. Kubo, Gregg S. Lucas
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Patent number: 8099634Abstract: A mechanism is provided for autonomic component service state management for a multiple function component. The mechanism determines whether independent functions within a multiple function service boundary can be serviced. When a single function experiences a failure that requires service, repair, or replacement, the surviving functions notify the service management software of the state of the independent functions. The service management software then determines the state of the overall component and implements the appropriate service method.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2008Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Linda V. Benhase, Basheer N. Bristow, Robert A. Kubo, Gregg S. Lucas
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Publication number: 20100088533Abstract: The advanced management module services in a data processing system are configured to determine the system load and provide an input to the early power off warning detection logic that evaluates the power system state to detect a condition when power resources are insufficient to maintain the write caching storage system power within defined acceptable limits. The early power off warning detection logic generates a notification based on the system load and the available power supply resources to maintain maximum availability and reliability characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Linda V. Benhase, John C. Elliott, Robert A. Kubo, Gregg S. Lucas
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Publication number: 20100064164Abstract: A mechanism is provided for autonomic component service state management for a multiple function component. The mechanism determines whether independent functions within a multiple function service boundary can be serviced. When a single function experiences a failure that requires service, repair, or replacement, the surviving functions notify the service management software of the state of the independent functions. The service management software then determines the state of the overall component and implements the appropriate service method.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Linda V. Benhase, Basheer N. Bristow, Robert A. Kubo, Gregg S. Lucas
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Publication number: 20090187707Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for providing management of serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) storage devices. A host computer comprises a storage controller connected to a SAS port expander comprising a plurality of ports that are logically assigned to target storage devices. The device ports of all storage devices physically attached to the SAS port expander are bypassed to remove their logical SAS expander port assignments. The storage controller unbypasses the device ports, allowing it to recognize the presence of all physically attached storage devices. The recognized storage devices are inventoried and storage devices that are not logically assigned a SAS expander port are designated as being spare storage devices. SAS expander ports are logically assigned to the non-spare storage devices and SAS storage operations are performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Linda V. Benhase, John C. Elliott, Robert A. Kubo, Gregg S. Lucas
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Patent number: 7437735Abstract: A technique for reducing the number of events that are transmitted by a server to a client in a client/server application programming interface (API). At the server host, each of different event messages is associated with at least one event category in a hierarchy of event categories. Each client host sends a registration request to the server host to inform the server host that the client host wants to receive only event messages that are associated with a specified event category. The server host associates the specified event category with each client host, and communicates only the event messages that are descendants of the specified event category.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Linda V. Benhase, Raymond A. James, Brian S. McCain, John R. Paveza, Amy L. Therrien, Glenn P. Williamson
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Patent number: 7350000Abstract: A user interface facilitates copying data between storage resources, such as servers. A user selects a source storage resource and a target storage resource. Available adapters are displayed through which a path can be established between the selected source and target storage resources. The user selects at least one of the available adapters to configure the path to copy data from the selected source storage resource to the selected target storage resource. The list of available adapters is dynamically updated so that only currently available adapters are displayed. The displayed adapters may be further limited to those that are compatible with a certain path type selected by the user, such as adapters used for a unidirectional or a bi-directional path.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2004Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dale H. Anderson, Linda V. Benhase, Mary C. Burton, Amy N. Morris, Kaur Ramandeep, Amy L. Therrien, David V. Valverde, John E. Wrobel
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Publication number: 20080065754Abstract: A system, computer-implementable method, and computer-usable medium for dynamic picture generation. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a properties manager receives a collection of properties for a computer system and constructing an graphical representation of said computer system by retrieving a collection of images corresponding to the collection of properties, organizing the collection of images with respect to a base coordinate, and instructing a diagram constructor to generate the graphical representation in response to organizing the collection of images.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2006Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventors: Linda V. Benhase, Ashaki A. Ricketts
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Publication number: 20040243945Abstract: A computer-generated user interface for informing a user of the logical configuration of storage resources in a computer system. The storage resources may include a storage server, such as a multi-disk server used for backing up data, and logical subsystems and volumes of the storage server, as well as attached host servers. A first display region provides a logical tree with nodes associated with the storage resources, where the nodes are arranged hierarchically according to a hierarchical arrangement of the storage resources. A second display region provides information for a selected one of the storage resources, such as information regarding copy relationships with other storage resources. The nodes may be active to enable a user to obtain properties of the associated storage resource, such as resource size and type, or to launch a software wizard, such as a user interface for setting up copy relationships.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: December 2, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Linda V. Benhase, Mary C. Burton, Brian S. McCain
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Publication number: 20040243616Abstract: A user interface for a computer system that provides a display of a tree and corresponding table, e.g., a “treetable” display. The tree is updated based on filter and sort operations applied to the table. Tree nodes may represent storage resources of a computer system such as a storage server, logical storage resources, volumes, disks, and the like. Filtering may be based on storage resource identifier, storage resource size, copy type, copy status, copy progress, and characteristics of a copy relationship, such as an identifier of another storage resource that is a source or target resource for copying. The table is updated to display only the information associated with the child nodes that meet the filtering conditions, and their parent nodes, while omitting the information for remaining nodes. Rows of the table displaying information for multiple copy relationships associated with a node remain grouped after sorting or filtering.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: December 2, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Linda V. Benhase, Mary C. Burton, Shekhar G. Kale, Amy N. Morris, Maria S. Rajakannimariyan