Patents by Inventor Scott R. Smylie

Scott R. Smylie 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).

  • Automating capacity upgrade on demand
    Patent number: 9483782
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for automating capacity upgrade on demand. Responsive to a usage of an originally allocated resource exceeding an upper predetermined threshold, access to an additional resource is temporarily allocated. A trial time counter is initiated to track a time of access to the additional resource. A user of the logical partition is alerted that the additional resource is being accessed. Responsive to the user failing to license the additional resource, a determination is made as to whether a value of the trial time counter has exceeded a predetermined trial time period value. Responsive to the value of the trial time counter exceeding the predetermined trial time period value, access to the additional resource is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Mike C. Duron, Mark D. McLaughlin, Scott R. Smylie
  • Automating capacity upgrade on demand
    Patent number: 9454778
    Abstract: A mechanism is provide for automating capacity upgrade on demand. Responsive to a usage of an originally allocated resource exceeding an upper predetermined threshold, access to an additional resource is temporarily allocated. A trial time counter is initiated to track a time of access to the additional resource. A user of the logical partition is alerted that the additional resource is being accessed. Responsive to the user failing to license the additional resource, a determination is made as to whether a value of the trial time counter has exceeded a predetermined trial time period value. Responsive to the value of the trial time counter exceeding the predetermined trial time period value, access to the additional resource is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Mike C. Duron, Mark D. McLaughlin, Scott R. Smylie
  • Capacity Upgrade on Demand Automation
    Publication number: 20150269640
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for automating capacity upgrade on demand. Responsive to a usage of an originally allocated resource exceeding an upper predetermined threshold, access to an additional resource is temporarily allocated. A trial time counter is initiated to track a time of access to the additional resource. A user of the logical partition is alerted that the additional resource is being accessed. Responsive to the user failing to license the additional resource, a determination is made as to whether a value of the trial time counter has exceeded a predetermined trial time period value. Responsive to the value of the trial time counter exceeding the predetermined trial time period value, access to the additional resource is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Mike C. Duron, Mark D. McLaughlin, Scott R. Smylie
  • Capacity Upgrade on Demand Automation
    Publication number: 20150052081
    Abstract: A mechanism is provide for automating capacity upgrade on demand. Responsive to a usage of an originally allocated resource exceeding an upper predetermined threshold, access to an additional resource is temporarily allocated. A trial time counter is initiated to track a time of access to the additional resource. A user of the logical partition is alerted that the additional resource is being accessed. Responsive to the user failing to license the additional resource, a determination is made as to whether a value of the trial time counter has exceeded a predetermined trial time period value. Responsive to the value of the trial time counter exceeding the predetermined trial time period value, access to the additional resource is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mike C. Duron, Mark D. McLaughlin, Scott R. Smylie