Patents by Inventor Peter Driever

Peter Driever 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).

  • Firmware management of storage class memory for connected or disconnected I/O adapters
    Patent number: 9208106
    Abstract: A computer program product is provided and includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes detecting connections of two or more input/output (I/O) adapters, each of the two or more I/O adapters having one or more solid state devices (SSDs) connected thereto, and presenting a storage class memory address space for all of the connected SSDs that is independent of connections and disconnections between each of the one or more SSDs and each of the two or more I/O adapters and the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Bickelman, Peter Driever, Steven G. Glassen, Kenneth J. Oakes, Peter K. Szwed
  • Firmware management of storage class memory for connected or disconnected I/O adapters
    Patent number: 9183165
    Abstract: A computer program product is provided and includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for detecting connections of two or more input/output (I/O) adapters, each of the two or more I/O adapters having one or more solid state devices (SSDs) connected thereto, and presenting a storage class memory address space for all of the connected SSDs that is independent of connections and disconnections between each of the one or more SSDs and each of the two or more I/O adapters and the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Bickelman, Peter Driever, Steven G. Glassen, Kenneth J. Oakes, Peter K. Szwed
  • FIRMWARE MANAGEMENT OF STORAGE CLASS MEMORY
    Publication number: 20120317390
    Abstract: A computer program product is provided and includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for detecting connections of two or more input/output (I/O) adapters, each of the two or more I/O adapters having one or more solid state devices (SSDs) connected thereto, and presenting a storage class memory address space for all of the connected SSDs that is independent of connections and disconnections between each of the one or more SSDs and each of the two or more I/O adapters and the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig Bickelman, Peter Driever, Steven G. Glassen, Kenneth J. Oakes, Peter K. Szwed