Patents by Inventor Russel R. Garvey

Russel R. Garvey 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).

  • Method for a SCSI target controller to safely shut down an operating system by the use of a standard SCSI initiator command
    Patent number: 7822959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the safe shut down of an operating system. The invention utilizes a shutdown-monitoring program that is running in an initiator operating system to periodically transmit and pass-through SCSI command to a SCSI target to determine if a shutdown operations is to be performed upon the operating system. In response to the SCSI command the SCSI target returns data back to the initiator operating system, wherein the shutdown-monitoring program analyzes the data. In the event that the shutdown-monitoring program determines that the operating system is to be shut down, then an operating system shutdown is initiated using at least one appropriate API that is provided by the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Josep Cors, Russel R. Garvey, Andrew T. Koch, Kyle A. Lucke, Randall S. Nelson, Andrew T. Tauferner, Eric Thiemann, Scott J. Timmerman
  • METHOD FOR A SCSI TARGET CONTROLLER TO SAFELY SHUT DOWN AN OPERATING SYSTEM BY THE USE OF A STANDARD SCSI INITIATOR COMMAND
    Publication number: 20080168476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the safe shut down of an operating system. The invention utilizes a shutdown-monitoring program that is running in an initiator operating system to periodically transmit and pass-through SCSI command to a SCSI target to determine if a shutdown operations is to be performed upon the operating system. In response to the SCSI command the SCSI target returns data back to the initiator operating system, wherein the shutdown-monitoring program analyzes the data. In the event that the shutdown-monitoring program determines that the operating system is to be shut down, then an operating system shutdown is initiated using at least one appropriate API that is provided by the operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Josep Cors, Russel R. Garvey, Andrew T. Koch, Kyle A. Lucke, Randall S. Nelson, Andrew T. Tauferner, Eric Thiemann, Scott J. Timmerman