Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Warren
Stephen C. Warren 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).
-
Patent number: 10944685Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining how to translate between a primary schema and each of two or more native schemas of two or more cloud providers. The primary schema defines one or more access methods for accessing a plurality of cloud resources of the cloud providers. A request is received for a first cloud resource of the plurality of cloud resources, where the first cloud resource is provided remotely by a first cloud provider, and where the request complies with the primary schema. The request is converted into a translated request in compliance with a first native schema of the first cloud provider. The translated request is submitted to the first cloud provider. A response is received from the first cloud provider. The response includes a cloud resource of the plurality of resources, and the response complies with the first native schema of the cloud provider. The response is returned.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas W. Conti, Christopher Harding, Paul Taukatch, Stephen C. Warren
-
Publication number: 20190166063Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining how to translate between a primary schema and each of two or more native schemas of two or more cloud providers. The primary schema defines one or more access methods for accessing a plurality of cloud resources of the cloud providers. A request is received for a first cloud resource of the plurality of cloud resources, where the first cloud resource is provided remotely by a first cloud provider, and where the request complies with the primary schema. The request is converted into a translated request in compliance with a first native schema of the first cloud provider. The translated request is submitted to the first cloud provider. A response is received from the first cloud provider. The response includes a cloud resource of the plurality of resources, and the response complies with the first native schema of the cloud provider. The response is returned.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: THOMAS W. CONTI, CHRISTOPHER HARDING, PAUL TAUKATCH, STEPHEN C. WARREN
-
Patent number: 9026777Abstract: A computer system includes a memory, the memory comprising a hardware boot parameter storage area; an operating system running on the computer system; and reboot logic configured to: store updated boot parameters for the operating system in the hardware boot parameter storage area in the memory; perform a reboot of the operating system with the updated boot parameters; determine whether the reboot of the operating system is successful, and, in the event the reboot of the operating system is successful, automatically propagate the updated boot parameters to a persistent boot parameter storage area.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark A. Brooks, Walter W. Otto, Neil Shah, Stephen C. Warren
-
Patent number: 9009456Abstract: A method for automatically updating persistent boot parameter storage in a computer system includes storing updated boot parameters for an operating system in the computer system in a hardware boot parameter storage area in a memory of the computer system; performing a reboot of the operating system with the updated boot parameters; determining whether the reboot of the operating system is successful; and, in the event the reboot of the operating system is successful, automatically propagating the updated boot parameters from the hardware boot parameter storage area to a persistent boot parameter storage area.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark A. Brooks, Walter W. Otto, Neil Shah, Stephen C. Warren
-
Publication number: 20140101427Abstract: A computer system includes a memory, the memory comprising a hardware boot parameter storage area; an operating system running on the computer system; and reboot logic configured to: store updated boot parameters for the operating system in the hardware boot parameter storage area in the memory; perform a reboot of the operating system with the updated boot parameters; determine whether the reboot of the operating system is successful, and, in the event the reboot of the operating system is successful, automatically propagate the updated boot parameters to a persistent boot parameter storage area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark A. Brooks, Walter W. Otto, Neil Shah, Stephen C. Warren
-
Publication number: 20130283027Abstract: A method for automatically updating persistent boot parameter storage in a computer system includes storing updated boot parameters for an operating system in the computer system in a hardware boot parameter storage area in a memory of the computer system; performing a reboot of the operating system with the updated boot parameters; determining whether the reboot of the operating system is successful; and, in the event the reboot of the operating system is successful, automatically propagating the updated boot parameters from the hardware boot parameter storage area to a persistent boot parameter storage area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark A. Brooks, Walter W. Otto, Neil Shah, Stephen C. Warren
-
Patent number: 8359689Abstract: A mattress constructed with multiple foam layers joined together provides reclining support with pressure redistribution for heavy weight persons, particularly those weighing over 350 pounds. The mattress includes: a core layer having a substantially planar top surface and at least two spaced apart regions in a bottom surface from which foam material has been extracted to leave cavities separated by an interconnected network of foam walls, a top layer of viscoelastic foam with an air permeability above 60 ft3/ft2/min, and a bottom layer of stiffer supporting foam. The open cavities of the core layer are directed away from the body supporting top surface of the mattress and contain one or more gels.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: FXI, Inc.Inventors: Stephen C. Warren, Beat B. Niederoest, Kerry Lynn Covey, Jose D. M. Contreras, Mario F Neto
-
Publication number: 20110154576Abstract: A mattress constructed with multiple foam layers joined together provides reclining support with pressure redistribution for heavy weight persons, particularly those weighing over 350 pounds. The mattress includes: a core layer having a substantially planar top surface and at least two spaced apart regions in a bottom surface from which foam material has been extracted to leave cavities separated by an interconnected network of foam walls, a top layer of viscoelastic foam with an air permeability above 60 ft3/ft2/min, and a bottom layer of stiffer supporting foam. The open cavities of the core layer are directed away from the body supporting top surface of the mattress and contain one or more gels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Stephen C. Warren, Beat B. Niederoest, Kerry Lynn Covey, Jose D. M. Contreras, Mario F. Neto
-
Patent number: 7886388Abstract: A mattress constructed with multiple foam layers joined together provides reclining support with pressure redistribution for heavy weight persons, particularly those weighing over 350 pounds. The mattress includes: a core layer having a substantially planar top surface and at least two spaced apart regions in a bottom surface from which foam material has been extracted to leave cavities separated by an interconnected network of foam walls, a top layer of viscoelastic foam with an air permeability above 60 ft3/ft2/min, and a bottom layer of stiffer supporting foam. The open cavities of the core layer are directed away from the body supporting top surface of the mattress.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2009Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Foamex Innovations Operating CompanyInventors: Stephen C. Warren, Jose D. Contreras, Kerry Lynn McCabe, Beat B. Niederoest
-
Publication number: 20100269262Abstract: A mattress constructed with multiple foam layers joined together provides reclining support with pressure redistribution for heavy weight persons, particularly those weighing over 350 pounds. The mattress includes: a core layer having a substantially planar top surface and at least two spaced apart regions in a bottom surface from which foam material has been extracted to leave cavities separated by an interconnected network of foam walls, a top layer of viscoelastic foam with an air permeability above 60 ft3/ft2/min, and a bottom layer of stiffer supporting foam. The open cavities of the core layer are directed away from the body supporting top surface of the mattress.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: FOAMEX L.P.Inventors: Stephen C. Warren, Jose D. Contreras, Kerry Lynn McCabe, Beat B. Niederoest