Patents by Inventor Mark John Allen

Mark John Allen 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).

  • Computing system having a system supervisor and a collection of computing subunits each of which has a subunit supervisor
    Patent number: 6029199
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a computing system which contains a plurality of subunits. Each subunit contains a computing subcomponent and a subunit supervisor subcomponent. The subunit supervisor component monitors functions of the subunit and output signals corresponding to the monitored functions. The plurality of subunits are contained within a housing. The housing contains a housing supervisor subunit which receives the output signals of each of the plurality of subunits. The supervisor subunit outputs the accumulated signals to an input/output device for monitoring the plurality of subunits and for sending commands to each subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark John Allen, Richard Ian Kaufman, Jeffrey Joseph Kleikamp, Lawrence Shungwei Mok, Ismail Cevdet Noyan, Roger Alan Pollak, Ricky Allen Rand, Arthur Robert Williams