Patents by Inventor Michael Alan Kobler

Michael Alan Kobler 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).

  • Method for fast system recovery via degraded reboot
    Patent number: 7886192
    Abstract: A system and method for fast system recovery that bypasses diagnostic routines by disconnecting failed hardware from the system before rebooting. Failed hardware and hardware that will be affected by removal of the failed hardware of the system are disconnected from the system. The system is restarted, and because the failed hardware is disconnected, diagnostic routines may safely be eliminated from the reboot process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Dean Anderson, Sheldon Ray Bailey, Wayne Allan Britson, Alongkorn Kitamorn, Michael Alan Kobler
  • Method for Fast System Recovery via Degraded Reboot
    Publication number: 20080256388
    Abstract: A system and method for fast system recovery that bypasses diagnostic routines by disconnecting failed hardware from the system before rebooting. Failed hardware and hardware that will be affected by removal of the failed hardware of the system are disconnected from the system. The system is restarted, and because the failed hardware is disconnected, diagnostic routines may safely be eliminated from the reboot process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Dean Anderson, Sheldon Ray Bailey, Wayne Allan Britson, Alongkorn Kitamorn, Michael Alan Kobler
  • Method for fast system recovery via degraded reboot
    Patent number: 7415634
    Abstract: A system and method for fast system recovery that bypasses diagnostic routines by disconnecting failed hardware from the system before rebooting. Failed hardware and hardware that will be affected by removal of the failed hardware of the system are disconnected from the system. The system is restarted, and because the failed hardware is disconnected, diagnostic routines may safely be eliminated from the reboot process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Dean Anderson, Sheldon Ray Bailey, Wayne Allan Britson, Alongkorn Kitamorn, Michael Alan Kobler
  • Method and apparatus for enhancing system clock availability
    Patent number: 7171580
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions in a data processing system for managing clocks. The functionality of clock sources in the data processing system is verified to identify a set of valid clock sources in response to beginning an initial load process. Hardware is initialized in the data processing system using a valid clock source from the set of valid clock sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sheldon Ray Bailey, Wayne Allan Britson, Alongkorn Kitamorn, Michael Alan Kobler
  • Method of de-allocating multiple processor cores for an L2 correctable error
    Patent number: 6742145
    Abstract: A method of de-allocating multiple processor cores sharing a failing bank of memory is disclosed. The method allows new multiple-processor integrated circuits with on-chip shared memory to be de-allocated using existing technology designed for use with single-processor integrated circuit technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sheldon Ray Bailey, Michael Alan Kobler, Michael Youhour Lim, Stuart Allen Werbner
  • Method of de-allocating multiple processor cores for an L2 correctable error
    Publication number: 20020133759
    Abstract: A method of de-allocating multiple processor cores sharing a failing bank of memory is disclosed. The method allows new multiple-processor integrated circuits with on-chip shared memory to be de-allocated using existing technology designed for use with single-processor integrated circuit technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sheldon Ray Bailey, Michael Alan Kobler, Michael Youhour Lim, Stuart Allen Werbner