Patents by Inventor Shane Michael Lardinois

Shane Michael Lardinois 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).

  • Reconfigurable USB I/O device persona
    Patent number: 7412544
    Abstract: A method and system for allowing a server blade in a blade chassis to use a remote universal serial bus (USB) device. Multiple USB devices are coupled to a management module in the blade chassis. A persona describing only authorized USB devices is sent to a reconfigurable input/output (I/O) device in the server blade in the blade chassis, allowing the server blade to utilize the remote USB device(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregg Kent Gibson, Eric Richard Kern, Shane Michael Lardinois
  • Restoring power in a hot swappable multi-server data processing environment
    Patent number: 7213163
    Abstract: A data processing network includes a set of servers, at least one switch module to interconnect the servers, and a management module. The management module consults power state information stored in the network following a power transition and restores power to at least some of the servers and switch modules based on the power state information. The power state information prevents the management module from restoring power to servers and switch modules having incompatible communication protocols. In one embodiment, the plurality of servers and the switch modules are hot-swappable modules that are all inserted into a single chassis. In this embodiment, the server modules and at least one switch module share selected resources of the network including system power. The switch modules and servers may employ Ethernet, fiber channel, optical, and serial communication protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory William Dake, Jeffrey Michael Franke, Donald Eugene Johnson, Shane Michael Lardinois, Michael Scott Rollins, David Robert Woodham
  • Restoring power in a hot swappable multi-server data processing environment
    Publication number: 20040268157
    Abstract: A data processing network includes a set of servers, at least one switch module to interconnect the servers, and a management module. The management module consults power state information stored in the network following a power transition and restores power to at least some of the servers and switch modules based on the power state information. The power state information prevents the management module from restoring power to servers and switch modules having incompatible communication protocols. In one embodiment, the plurality of servers and the switch modules are hot-swappable modules that are all inserted into a single chassis. In this embodiment, the server modules and at least one switch module share selected resources of the network including system power. The switch modules and servers may employ Ethernet, fibre channel, optical, and serial communication protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory William Dake, Jeffrey Michael Franke, Donald Eugene Johnson, Shane Michael Lardinois, Michael Scott Rollins, David Robert Woodham