Patents by Inventor Ronald Preston Ward

Ronald Preston Ward 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 automatically initiating a tracing facility and dynamically changing the levels of tracing currently active
    Patent number: 6182244
    Abstract: A method for collecting information about the operating condition of a computer system. The method comprises the steps of running a first trace program that collects information about the operating condition of the computer and, in response to the detection of an error in the operating condition of the data storage system by the first program, determining whether a first flag is on or off. The first flag indicates whether or not a second trace program should be run. If the first flag is on, the second program is run. The second trace program is designed to collect different information about the operating condition of the computer system than the first trace program collects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Francis Bankemper, James Mitchell Ratliff, Ronald Preston Ward, Michael William Wood