Patents by Inventor Patricia B. Little

Patricia B. Little 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 and apparatus for identification of program check errors indicating code with high potential for storage overlay
    Patent number: 7818633
    Abstract: In a data processing system, in order to provide its operating system with a better mechanism to identify and track addressing errors with a high potential to cause a storage overlay, it is first determined whether or not, a program interrupt has occurred. It is next determined whether or not this interrupt involves or occurs as a result of an address translation. It is then determined whether or not, the instruction involved calls for an update of storage. If it is determined that all three of these conditions are satisfied, then a flag is set in an area of storage accessible to the operating system so that it may provide a more specific event monitoring record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Patricia B. Little
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF PROGRAM CHECK ERRORS INDICATING CODE WITH HIGH POTENTIAL FOR STORAGE OVERLAY
    Publication number: 20090006907
    Abstract: In a data processing system, in order to provide its operating system with a better mechanism to identify and track addressing errors with a high potential to cause a storage overlay, it is first determined whether or not, a program interrupt has occurred. It is next determined whether or not this interrupt involves or occurs as a result of an address translation. It is then determined whether or not, the instruction involved calls for an update of storage. If it is determined that all three of these conditions are satisfied, then a flag is set in an area of storage accessible to the operating system so that it may provide a more specific event monitoring record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Patricia B. Little