Patents by Inventor Stephen M. Fahey

Stephen M. Fahey 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).

  • Data processing system and method
    Patent number: 5745690
    Abstract: A data processing system (10) is provided that comprises a number of TPF mainframe computers (12a) and (12b) which use a number of MVS mainframe computers (24a) and (24b) to access tape drive silos (34), (36) and (38). The TPF consoles (14), (16), (18) and (20) are coupled to MVS consoles (26), (28), (30) and (32) through a network bus (22). The TPF consoles and the MVS consoles function in a client server architecture to provide for the communication of tape mount and dismount requests from the TPF mainframes to the MVS mainframes and for confirmation of those activities from the MVS mainframes to the TPF mainframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Holland, Stephen M. Fahey