Patents by Inventor Ming Z. Zhao

Ming Z. Zhao 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).

  • Applying a platform code level update to an operational node
    Patent number: 9674105
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for applying a platform code level update to update a source partition in a computing system. Computational resources in the computing system are allocated to a destination partition. A code load is applied to the destination partition to implement an updated platform code level comprising an update to the platform code level on the source partition while the source partition is operational and processing computing requests. Submission of new transactions to the source partition is blocked in response to applying the code load to the destination partition. An operational environment and system state at the source partition are migrated to the destination partition in response to blocking submission of new transactions to the source partition. Transactions are directed to the destination partition intended for the source partition in response to migrating the operational environment and system state to the destination partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael P. Groover, Robin Han, Yan Su, Wei Tang, Ming Z. Zhao, Yi Zhou
  • APPLYING A PLATFORM CODE LEVEL UPDATE TO AN OPERATIONAL NODE
    Publication number: 20140379919
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for applying a platform code level update to update a source partition in a computing system. Computational resources in the computing system are allocated to a destination partition. A code load is applied to the destination partition to implement an updated platform code level comprising an update to the platform code level on the source partition while the source partition is operational and processing computing requests. Submission of new transactions to the source partition is blocked in response to applying the code load to the destination partition. An operational environment and system state at the source partition are migrated to the destination partition in response to blocking submission of new transactions to the source partition. Transactions are directed to the destination partition intended for the source partition in response to migrating the operational environment and system state to the destination partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Michael P. Groover, Robin Han, Yan Su, Wei Tang, Ming Z. Zhao, Yi Zhou