Patents by Inventor Mark A. Wade

Mark A. Wade 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).

  • Use of operational configuration parameters to predict system failures
    Patent number: 7877645
    Abstract: The use of operational configuration parameters to predict digital system failures is described herein. At least some illustrative embodiments include a method that includes initializing a digital system (the initializing comprising determining an operational configuration of at least part of the digital system), saving the operational configuration to a database stored on the digital system, reading the operational configuration from the database and comparing the operational configuration to a reference configuration, and identifying the digital system as being at risk of a future failure if at least one parameter of the operational configuration differs from the at least one same parameter of the reference configuration by more than a tolerance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John E. Meyer, Mark A. Wade, Robert R. Covington, Joseph P. Miller
  • USE OF OPERATIONAL CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS TO PREDICT SYSTEM FAILURES
    Publication number: 20090037777
    Abstract: The use of operational configuration parameters to predict digital system failures is described herein. At least some illustrative embodiments include a method that includes initializing a digital system (the initializing comprising determining an operational configuration of at least part of the digital system), saving the operational configuration to a database stored on the digital system, reading the operational configuration from the database and comparing the operational configuration to a reference configuration, and identifying the digital system as being at risk of a future failure if at least one parameter of the operational configuration differs from the at least one same parameter of the reference configuration by more than a tolerance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: John E. MEYER, Mark A. Wade, Robert R. Covington, Joseph P. Miller