Patents by Inventor Mark Steven Bayus
Mark Steven Bayus 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: 8089889Abstract: An apparatus for configuring a port in a multi-port communication adapter includes a quiesce module quiescing communications at one or more first I/O ports of a multi-port communication adapter while allowing communications at one or more second I/O ports of the multi-port communication adapter. A path module removes one or more logical paths between the one or more first I/O ports and one or more remote adapters in anticipation of taking the one or more first I/O ports offline. The offline module takes offline the one or more first I/O ports. The update module updates a port resource of the one or more first I/O ports while allowing a concurrent communication on the one or more second I/O ports of the multi-port communication adapter.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2004Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Roger Gregory Hathorn, Bernhard Laubli
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System and article of manufacture for establishing and requesting status on a computational resource
Patent number: 7941545Abstract: Provided are a system and article of manufacture for establishing and requesting status on a computational resource. An operation is performed to establish a computational resource, wherein the computational resource is not available until the establish operation is completed. A determination is made as to whether a status request to determine status of the computational resource is pending before the establish operation has completed. Indication is made to resubmit the status request if there is a status request for the computational resource pending before the establish operation has completed.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Roger Gregory Hathorn, Bret Wayne Holley -
Patent number: 7870375Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for updating a code image for a communication adapter. The apparatus includes a save module, an update module, and a restore module. The save module saves configuration data associated with a connection at a communication adapter. The update module updates a code image on the communication adapter. The restore module restores the configuration data in response to the code image update. Advantageously, the apparatus eliminates the need for conventional host recovery, including relogin and reestablishment of paths and connections, after the code image update.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Roger Gregory Hathorn
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Patent number: 7730343Abstract: Provided are techniques for determining a link speed. When a link between two computing devices is operational, a link speed for use in communicating across the link is stored and a remembered indicator is set to TRUE. After any event occurs that causes the link to become inoperational, in response to determining that the remembered indicator is TRUE, the stored link speed is used when attempting to make the link become operational.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Mark P. Bendyk, Roger Gregory Hathorn, Steven Edward Klein
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Patent number: 7702786Abstract: Disclosed are a method, apparatus, and computer program product to reduce the detrimental effects of taking resources offline. A resource is taken offline in a storage network by quiescing activity to the resource providing notification that the resource will become unavailable, and taking the resource offline.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Roger Gregory Hathorn, Matthew Joseph Kalos, Ashwani Kumar, Takashi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20090271598Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for updating a code image for a communication adapter. The apparatus includes a save module, an update module, and a restore module. The save module saves configuration data associated with a connection at a communication adapter. The update module updates a code image on the communication adapter. The restore module restores the configuration data in response to the code image update. Advantageously, the apparatus eliminates the need for conventional host recovery, including relogin and reestablishment of paths and connections, after the code image update.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Roger Gregory Hathorn
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Patent number: 7454605Abstract: A method is disclosed for updating a code image for a communication adapter. The apparatus includes a save module, an update module, and a restore module. The save module saves configuration data associated with a connection at a communication adapter. The update module updates a code image on the communication adapter. The restore module restores the configuration data in response to the code image update. Advantageously, the apparatus eliminates the need for conventional host recovery, including relogin and reestablishment of paths and connections, after the code image update.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Roger Gregory Hathorn
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Publication number: 20080256385Abstract: Provided are techniques for determining a link speed. When a link between two computing devices is operational, a link speed for use in communicating across the link is stored and a remembered indicator is set to TRUE. After any event occurs that causes the link to become inoperational, in response to determining that the remembered indicator is TRUE, the stored link speed is used when attempting to make the link become operational.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Mark P. Bendyk, Roger Gregory Hathorn, Steven Edward Klein
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SYSTEM AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR ESTABLISHING AND REQUESTING STATUS ON A COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCE
Publication number: 20080215741Abstract: Provided are a system and article of manufacture for establishing and requesting status on a computational resource. An operation is performed to establish a computational resource, wherein the computational resource is not available until the establish operation is completed. A determination is made as to whether a status request to determine status of the computational resource is pending before the establish operation has completed. Indication is made to resubmit the status request if there is a status request for the computational resource pending before the establish operation has completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Roger Gregory Hathorn, Bret Wayne Holley -
Patent number: 7395337Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for establishing and requesting status on a computational resource. An operation is performed to establish a computational resource, wherein the computational resource is not available until the establish operation is completed. A determination is made as to whether a status request to determine status of the computational resource is pending before the establish operation has completed. Indication is made to resubmit the status request if there is a status request for the computational resource pending before the establish operation has completed.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2002Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Roger Gregory Hathorn, Bret Wayne Holley
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Publication number: 20040153702Abstract: Disclosed are a method, apparatus, and computer program product to reduce the detrimental effects of taking resources offline. A resource is taken offline in a storage network by quiescing activity to the resource providing notification that the resource will become unavailable, and taking the resource offline.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Roger Gregory Hathorn, Matthew Joseph Kalos, Ashwani Kumar, Takashi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20040044773Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for establishing and requesting status on a computational resource. An operation is performed to establish a computational resource, wherein the computational resource is not available until the establish operation is completed. A determination is made as to whether a status request to determine status of the computational resource is pending before the establish operation has completed. Indication is made to resubmit the status request if there is a status request for the computational resource pending before the establish operation has completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2002Publication date: March 4, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Roger Gregory Hathorn, Bret Wayne Holley