Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Haley

Stephen A. Haley 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).

  • Dynamic storage bandwidth allocation
    Patent number: 10169817
    Abstract: A computer system, method, and program product for dynamically allocating storage bandwidth in an exchange is provided. The method provided creates, by an exchange server, a total inventory of resources for auction, whereby the total inventory of resources for auction includes resources from at least one provider. The total inventory of resources for auction is broadcast to at least one bidder. The amount of a resource is awarded to the at least one bidder at an end of a bidding interval, based on a bid provided by the at least one bidder during the bidding interval, where the amount of the resource is a portion of the total inventory of resources for auction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen A. Haley, Brian W. Hart, Anil Kalavakolanu, David C. Reed, Max D. Smith
  • DYNAMIC STORAGE BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION
    Publication number: 20160086270
    Abstract: A computer system, method, and program product for dynamically allocating storage bandwidth in an exchange is provided. The method provided creates, by an exchange server, a total inventory of resources for auction, whereby the total inventory of resources for auction includes resources from at least one provider. The total inventory of resources for auction is broadcast to at least one bidder. The amount of a resource is awarded to the at least one bidder at an end of a bidding interval, based on a bid provided by the at least one bidder during the bidding interval, where the amount of the resource is a portion of the total inventory of resources for auction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen A. Haley, Brian W. Hart, Anil Kalavakolanu, David C. Reed, Max D. Smith
  • DYNAMIC STORAGE BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION
    Publication number: 20160087912
    Abstract: A computer system, method, and program product for dynamically allocating storage bandwidth in an exchange is provided. The method provided creates, by an exchange server, a total inventory of resources for auction, whereby the total inventory of resources for auction includes resources from at least one provider. The total inventory of resources for auction is broadcast to at least one bidder. The amount of a resource is awarded to the at least one bidder at an end of a bidding interval, based on a bid provided by the at least one bidder during the bidding interval, where the amount of the resource is a portion of the total inventory of resources for auction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen A. Haley, Brian W. Hart, Anil Kalavakolanu, David C. Reed, Max D. Smith
  • System, method and computer program product for testing a boot image
    Patent number: 8086900
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for testing a boot image is disclosed. The method comprises creating a test boot image for a first logical partition, creating a second logical partition wherein the second logical partition is a duplicate of the first logical partition, initiating a boot sequence for the second logical partition using the test boot image, and returning a result of the boot sequence to a requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen A. Haley, Ricardo S. Puig, Alvin J. Seippel, Caryn N. Seippel
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TESTING A BOOT IMAGE
    Publication number: 20100162047
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for testing a boot image is disclosed. The method comprises creating a test boot image for a first logical partition, creating a second logical partition wherein the second logical partition is a duplicate of the first logical partition, initiating a boot sequence for the second logical partition using the test boot image, and returning a result of the boot sequence to a requestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen A. Haley, Ricardo S. Puig, Alvin J. Seippel, Caryn N. Seippel