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: 10944685
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas W. Conti, Christopher Harding, Paul Taukatch, Stephen C. Warren
  • Publication number: 20190166063
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: THOMAS W. CONTI, CHRISTOPHER HARDING, PAUL TAUKATCH, STEPHEN C. WARREN
  • Patent number: 9026777
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Brooks, Walter W. Otto, Neil Shah, Stephen C. Warren
  • Patent number: 9009456
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Brooks, Walter W. Otto, Neil Shah, Stephen C. Warren
  • Publication number: 20140101427
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Brooks, Walter W. Otto, Neil Shah, Stephen C. Warren
  • Publication number: 20130283027
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark A. Brooks, Walter W. Otto, Neil Shah, Stephen C. Warren
  • Patent number: 8359689
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: FXI, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Warren, Beat B. Niederoest, Kerry Lynn Covey, Jose D. M. Contreras, Mario F Neto
  • Publication number: 20110154576
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen C. Warren, Beat B. Niederoest, Kerry Lynn Covey, Jose D. M. Contreras, Mario F. Neto
  • Patent number: 7886388
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Foamex Innovations Operating Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. Warren, Jose D. Contreras, Kerry Lynn McCabe, Beat B. Niederoest
  • Publication number: 20100269262
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: FOAMEX L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Warren, Jose D. Contreras, Kerry Lynn McCabe, Beat B. Niederoest