Patents by Inventor Sohail Syyed

Sohail Syyed 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).

  • Initial program load in data processing network
    Patent number: 6535976
    Abstract: Methods of booting a client data processing system attached to a control data processing system in a data processing network. At power-on or re-boot of a client system, an initial program load request is issued from the client system onto the network and responsive to the receipt of the initial program load request at the control system, bootstrap code is transferred to the client to cause the client to boot from operating system code stored on a mass storage device of the client; alternatively, bootstrap code is transferred to the client system to cause the client to boot from operating system stored on a mass storage device of the client, or bootstrap code is transferred to cause the client system to boot from the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Philip Hoggarth, Richard Ian Knox, Andrew Liam Massey, Colin David McCall, Sohail Syyed
  • Lid restraint for portable computer
    Patent number: 6477871
    Abstract: An article for providing a visual deterrent against theft of a portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device such as a portable computer has a first portion, such as a keyboard and body part and a second portion such as a display hinged for rotation relative to the first portion. The article comprises a body arranged to prevent hinging of the second portion relative to the first portion and a lock for preventing removal of the body of the article from the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jane Henderson Shaw, Sohail Syyed
  • Automatic error recovery in data processing systems
    Patent number: 5978911
    Abstract: An error recovery technique is provided which is used during the automatic installation of software on a client data processing system from a connected server data processing system. The installation process is made up of a plurality of operations executing on the client, for example format client disk drive, load DOS, load Windows etc. Monitoring the successful completion of each of these operations on the client is watchdog timer code which preferably takes the form of device driver software received from the server system early in the installation process. At the beginning of each operation, a preselected time value is written to a counter in the watchdog timer, this time value representing a time period which is greater than the time normally taken for the operation to complete. If the counter expires before the operation is complete (if for example the server system or network fails), the client invokes an error recovery procedure which may for example involve rebooting the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Ian Knox, Sohail Syyed