Patents by Inventor Richard Albert Welp

Richard Albert Welp 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).

  • Publication number: 20090292955
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for logging and identifying microcode errors in a computing environment is provided. Each of a plurality of errors in the microcode is logged using a plurality of error logging commands. Each of the plurality of errors is indexed to generate a plurality of indexed errors. A plurality of unique keys is associated to each of the plurality of indexed errors. A master index of the plurality of unique keys is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Charles COMPTON, Louis Daniel ECHEVARRIA, Ricardo Sedillos PADILLA, Richard Albert WELP
  • Patent number: 7542985
    Abstract: A method of establishing a prioritization for transmission of log files from a remote computer to a central repository involves receiving a first log file package at the central repository from the remote computer, the first log file package having been generated in response to a predetermined event at the remote computer, tracking which logs of the first log file package are utilized at the central repository, updating priority of the logs, designating additional log files that were not part of the first log file package that are to be included in a second log file package, sending a list of the log priorities and the designated log files from the central repository to the remote computer, and receiving the second log file package at the central repository from the remote computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Charles Compton, Louis Daniel Echevarria, Michael R. Maletich, Richard Albert Welp