Patents by Inventor Steven Jon Wahlstrom

Steven Jon Wahlstrom 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).

  • Physical device placement assistant
    Patent number: 6957347
    Abstract: Methods and systems for handling physical device placement requests are provided. In general, a physical device placement request is any request for information pertaining to placement of a physical device (e.g., a direct access storage device and a PCI card) in a computer system. Illustratively, a request may specify machine specific information, base system information or purchase order information. The user-supplied request information is then combined with configuration information according to predefined rules. The resulting output is placement information which may be returned to the requester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Braam, Kim Annette Gilsdorf, Nancy Mae Heinz, Daniel Arthur Johnson, Robert M. Kalar, Gary Michael Melbostad, Steven Jon Wahlstrom
  • Physical device placement assistant
    Publication number: 20020178379
    Abstract: Methods and systems for handling physical device placement requests are provided. In general, a physical device placement request is any request for information pertaining to placement of a physical device (e.g., a direct access storage device and a PCI card) in a computer system. Illustratively, a request may specify machine specific information, base system information or purchase order information. The user-supplied request information is then combined with configuration information according to predefined rules. The resulting output is placement information which may be returned to the requester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Braam, Kim Annette Gilsdorf, Nancy Mae Heinz, Daniel Arthur Johnson, Robert M. Kalar, Gary Michael Melbostad, Steven Jon Wahlstrom