Patents by Inventor Terry S. Biberdorf

Terry S. Biberdorf 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).

  • Methods and arrangements to collect data
    Patent number: 9760468
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements to collect data related to the state or conditions of a system are described herein. Embodiments may comprise a data identifier to identify data to collect in response to an event and a data collector to collect the identified data. The data collector may comprise firmware, code in ROM, a state machine, and/or other logic, and the data identifier may also comprise firmware, code in ROM, a state machine, and/or other logic that may access information and/or code in a file or other data storage to identify the data to collect. The data storage may comprise information and/or code to identify the location of data to collect and, in some embodiments, the sequence with which to collect the data. For example, such a file may comprise an address or address range within memory of a specific component of the system such as a memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Terry S. Biberdorf, Meghna Paruthi
  • Methods and Arrangements to Collect Data
    Publication number: 20160019131
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements to collect data related to the state or conditions of a system are described herein. Embodiments may comprise a data identifier to identify data to collect in response to an event and a data collector to collect the identified data. The data collector may comprise firmware, code in ROM, a state machine, and/or other logic, and the data identifier may also comprise firmware, code in ROM, a state machine, and/or other logic that may access information and/or code in a file or other data storage to identify the data to collect. The data storage may comprise information and/or code to identify the location of data to collect and, in some embodiments, the sequence with which to collect the data. For example, such a file may comprise an address or address range within memory of a specific component of the system such as a memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Terry S. Biberdorf, Meghna Paruthi
  • Collecting data from a system in response to an event based on an identification in a file of the data to collect
    Patent number: 9176803
    Abstract: Embodiments may comprise a data identifier to identify data to collect in response to an event and a data collector to collect the identified data. The data collector may comprise firmware, code in ROM, a state machine, and/or other logic, and the data identifier may also comprise firmware, code in ROM, a state machine, and/or other logic that may access information and/or code in a file or other data storage to identify the data to collect. The data storage may comprise information and/or code to identify the location of data to collect and, in some embodiments, the sequence with which to collect the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Terry S. Biberdorf, Meghna Paruthi
  • Computer program product for generic and flexible collection of a hardware data image
    Patent number: 8006081
    Abstract: A method of processing data is proposed. In response to determining that a reconfiguration of a data processing system has occurred, one or more system items are surveyed to identify a change to the data processing system. One or more requests for status instructions for the one or more system items are generated, and the status instructions are compiled into a data structure. In response to determining that a status instruction is present in the data structure for which no status data has been collected, a method of collection for the instruction is determined, the collection is performed according to the method to obtain the status data, and the status data is compiled in a dump data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jens Alpers, Terry S. Biberdorf, Astrid C. Kreissig, Meghna Paruthi
  • COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERIC AND FLEXIBLE COLLECTION OF A HARDWARE DATA IMAGE
    Publication number: 20080195855
    Abstract: A method of processing data is proposed. In response to determining that a reconfiguration of a data processing system has occurred, one or more system items are surveyed to identify a change to the data processing system. One or more requests for status instructions for the one or more system items are generated, and the status instructions are compiled into a data structure. In response to determining that a status instruction is present in the data structure for which no status data has been collected, a method of collection for the instruction is determined, the collection is performed according to the method to obtain the status data, and the status data is compiled in a dump data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jens Alpers, Terry S. Biberdorf, Astrid C. Kreissig, Meghna Paruthi
  • Method, system and computer program product for generic and flexible collection of a hardware data image
    Patent number: 7404075
    Abstract: A method of processing data is proposed. In response to determining that a reconfiguration of a data processing system has occurred, one or more system items are surveyed to identify a change to the data processing system. One or more requests for status instructions for the one or more system items are generated, and the status instructions are compiled into a data structure. In response to determining that a status instruction is present in the data structure for which no status data has been collected, a method of collection for the instruction is determined, the collection is performed according to the method to obtain the status data, and the status data is compiled in a dump data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jens Alpers, Terry S. Biberdorf, Astrid C. Kreissig, Meghna Paruthi
  • METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO COLLECT DATA
    Publication number: 20080058961
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements to collect data related to the state or conditions of a system are described herein. Embodiments may comprise a data identifier to identify data to collect in response to an event and a data collector to collect the identified data. The data collector may comprise firmware, code in ROM, a state machine, and/or other logic, and the data identifier may also comprise firmware, code in ROM, a state machine, and/or other logic that may access information and/or code in a file or other data storage to identify the data to collect. The data storage may comprise information and/or code to identify the location of data to collect and, in some embodiments, the sequence with which to collect the data. For example, such a file may comprise an address or address range within memory of a specific component of the system such as a memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Terry S Biberdorf, Meghna Paruthi