Patents by Inventor Thomas C. STORMS

Thomas C. STORMS 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).

  • Controlling access to storage devices shared by host systems
    Patent number: 9503455
    Abstract: To control access to a source storage device shared by a plurality of host systems, methods and systems include confirming a presence of an application on each host system of the plurality of host systems accessing the storage device. After confirming the presence of the application on each host system accessing the storage device, the application is run allowing each host system to access the storage device. A request is received from a new host system to access the storage device. A presence of the application is verified on the new host system. If the presence of the application is verified on the new host system, the new host system is provided with access to the storage device. If the presence of the application is not verified on the new host system, the new host system is denied access to the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susan K. Candelaria, Thomas C. Storms, Peter G. Sutton, John G. Thompson, Harry M. Yudenfriend
  • CONTROLLING ACCESS TO STORAGE DEVICES SHARED BY HOST SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20150229642
    Abstract: To control access to a source storage device shared by a plurality of host systems, methods and systems include confirming a presence of an application on each host system of the plurality of host systems accessing the storage device. After confirming the presence of the application on each host system accessing the storage device, the application is run allowing each host system to access the storage device. A request is received from a new host system to access the storage device. A presence of the application is verified on the new host system. If the presence of the application is verified on the new host system, the new host system is provided with access to the storage device. If the presence of the application is not verified on the new host system, the new host system is denied access to the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susan K. CANDELARIA, Thomas C. STORMS, Peter G. SUTTON, John G. THOMPSON, Harry M. YUDENFRIEND