Patents by Inventor William Anthony Sherrill

William Anthony Sherrill 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).

  • Managing firmware upgrade failures
    Patent number: 10025583
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method of determining a revised firmware upgrade plan for one or more devices, said method including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: selecting, in view of a predetermined change window and risk associated with the firmware upgrade plan, a firmware upgrade plan; detecting a failure during execution of the firmware upgrade plan; and responsive to the detecting, identifying a revised firmware upgrade plan based on time remaining in the predetermined change window and risk associated with the revised firmware upgrade plan. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Kevin Butler, Thomas D. Griffin, Steven P. Gronefeld, Divyesh Jadav, William Anthony Sherrill, Aameek Singh
  • MANAGING FIRMWARE UPGRADE FAILURES
    Publication number: 20170235561
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method of determining a revised firmware upgrade plan for one or more devices, said method including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: selecting, in view of a predetermined change window and risk associated with the firmware upgrade plan, a firmware upgrade plan; detecting a failure during execution of the firmware upgrade plan; and responsive to the detecting, identifying a revised firmware upgrade plan based on time remaining in the predetermined change window and risk associated with the revised firmware upgrade plan. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Kevin Butler, Thomas D. Griffin, Steven P. Gronefeld, Divyesh Jadav, William Anthony Sherrill, Aameek Singh