Patents by Inventor Margaret E. Gretta

Margaret E. Gretta 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 reporting field replaceable unit replacement
    Patent number: 6684180
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for reporting field replaceable unit (FRU) replacements to a user are provided. The apparatus, system and method identify a FRU Replacement Order for an identified system error and then determines which of the FRUs in the FRU Replacement Order have already been replaced within a predetermined period of time from the current time. Those FRUs identified as having already been replaced are then flagged. The FRU Replacement Order is then output to the user with the flagged FRUs being output in a different manner than the other FRUs in the FRU Replacement Order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Edwards, Margaret E. Gretta, Arthur J. Tysor
  • Apparatus, system and method for reporting field replaceable unit replacement
    Publication number: 20020138235
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for reporting field replaceable unit (FRU) replacements to a user are provided. The apparatus, system and method identify a FRU Replacement Order for an identified system error and then determines which of the FRUs in the FRU Replacement Order have already been replaced within a predetermined period of time from the current time. Those FRUs identified as having already been replaced are then flagged. The FRU Replacement Order is then output to the user with the flagged FRUs being output in a different manner than the other FRUs in the FRU Replacement Order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Edwards, Margaret E. Gretta, Arthur J. Tysor