Patents by Inventor Rosa O. Voncina

Rosa O. Voncina 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 for formatting a request into a packet which can be read by plurality of operating systems for providing a driver for a storage device
    Patent number: 5623696
    Abstract: The present invention constructs SCSI device support code so that it can be ported to multiple operating system environments. The present invention also allows support for a device to be coded only once, and yet be supported on multiple operating system environments. Accordingly, a method and system for supporting a plurality of devices utilized with a data processing system is disclosed. This method and system allows for a plurality of devices to be utilized on a plurality of operating system platforms. The method and system comprises receiving a request from a user for a particular device, formatting the request into at least one common packet and then providing the at least one common packet to each of the plurality of operating system platforms. In so doing, any of the plurality of operating system platforms can utilize the at least one common packet to provide a device driver for the particular device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard H. Johnson, Rosa O. Voncina, Douglas Noddings, Christopher J. Emberley