Patents by Inventor Lonnie Edward Grice

Lonnie Edward Grice 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).

  • Isolating a central processing unit from the operating system controlling said unit and its associated hardware for interaction of the unit with data handling apparatus alien to the operating system
    Patent number: 5701502
    Abstract: The functions of two virtual operating systems (e.g., S/370 VM and S/88 OS) are merged into one physical system. Partner pairs of S/88 processors run the S/88 OS and handle the fault tolerant and single system image aspects of the system. One or more partner pairs of S/370 processors are coupled to corresponding S/88 processors directly and through the S/88 bus. The S/370 processors are alien to the S/88 Operating System, i.e., not in its configuration tables. Means are provided to isolate partner pairs of S/88 processors from the S/88 Operating System and couple the S/88 processors directly to corresponding pairs of S/370 processors for interaction therewith, transparent to the S/88 Operating System.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest Dysart Baker, John Monroe Dinwiddie, Jr., Lonnie Edward Grice, James Maurice Joyce, John Mario Loffredo, Kenneth Russell Sanderson