Patents by Inventor Robert Daniel Engle

Robert Daniel Engle 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).

  • System and method for detecting a faulty object in a system
    Patent number: 7853820
    Abstract: A method (and system) for detecting at least one faulty object in a system including a plurality of objects in communication with each other in an n-dimensional architecture, includes probing a first plane of objects in the n-dimensional architecture and probing at least one other plane of objects in the n-dimensional architecture which would result in identifying a faulty object in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Gunnels, Fred Gehrung Gustavson, Robert Daniel Engle
  • System and method for detecting a faulty object in a system
    Patent number: 7506196
    Abstract: A method (and system) for detecting at least one faulty object in a system including a plurality of objects in communication with each other in an n-dimensional architecture, includes probing a first plane of objects in the n-dimensional architecture and probing at least one other plane of objects in the n-dimensional architecture which would result in identifying a faulty object in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Gunnels, Fred Gehrung Gustavson, Robert Daniel Engle
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FAULTY OBJECT IN A SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090052334
    Abstract: A method (and system) for detecting at least one faulty object in a system including a plurality of objects in communication with each other in an n-dimensional architecture, includes probing a first plane of objects in the n-dimensional architecture and probing at least one other plane of objects in the n-dimensional architecture which would result in identifying a faulty object in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Gunnels, Fred Gehrung Gustavson, Robert Daniel Engle