Patents by Inventor Ronald A. Case

Ronald A. Case 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).

  • Patent number: 11160186
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing local service at a management console includes an accessory interface configured to engage a local service permission tool with a management console in a management enclosure for a computing system, the management enclosure having a closed position with predetermined boundary dimension and an open position, where during engagement with the management console, the local service permission tool prevents the management enclosure from being in the closed position. The apparatus includes a status module that detects whether the local service permission tool is engaged and an access module that disables one or more predetermined remote service functions of the management console in response to the status module detecting that the local service permission tool is engaged. A method and a system for performing local service at a management console perform similar functions to those of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Angel E. Delgado, John C. Elliott, Stephen Manthorpe, Ronald A. Case
  • Publication number: 20200253080
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing local service at a management console includes an accessory interface configured to engage a local service permission tool with a management console in a management enclosure for a computing system, the management enclosure having a closed position with predetermined boundary dimension and an open position, where during engagement with the management console, the local service permission tool prevents the management enclosure from being in the closed position. The apparatus includes a status module that detects whether the local service permission tool is engaged and an access module that disables one or more predetermined remote service functions of the management console in response to the status module detecting that the local service permission tool is engaged. A method and a system for performing local service at a management console perform similar functions to those of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Angel E. Delgado, John C. Elliott, Stephen Manthorpe, Ronald A. Case
  • Patent number: 10275944
    Abstract: In an approach to three dimensional component visualization, one or more computer processors receive a request associated with one or more reference tags received from one or more requesting devices. The one or more computer processors identify component data associated with one or more requested reference tags. The one or more computer processors analyze the one or more three dimensional renderings of one or more components using component data. The one or more computer processors determine whether to augment the one or more three dimensional renderings. The one or more computer processors create an augmented three dimensional rendering using component data. The one or more computer processors send one or more three dimensional renderings of one or more components using component data to the one or more requesting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald A. Case, Juan F. Garzon, Alexandru Z. Nagy, Kaoru Stabnow
  • Publication number: 20180276872
    Abstract: In an approach to three dimensional component visualization, one or more computer processors receive a request associated with one or more reference tags received from one or more requesting devices. The one or more computer processors identify component data associated with one or more requested reference tags. The one or more computer processors analyze the one or more three dimensional renderings of one or more components using component data. The one or more computer processors determine whether to augment the one or more three dimensional renderings. The one or more computer processors create an augmented three dimensional rendering using component data. The one or more computer processors send one or more three dimensional renderings of one or more components using component data to the one or more requesting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ronald A. Case, Juan F. Garzon, Alexandru Z. Nagy, Kaoru Stabnow