Patents by Inventor Zane Coy Shelley

Zane Coy Shelley 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).

  • Patent number: 9092333
    Abstract: In response to a notification of a fault captured in a system, a fault isolator serially analyzes each clock object to determine captured faults associated with the clock object. For each of the clock objects determined to have a captured fault, the fault isolator initiates a repair action for the chip represented by the clock object. The fault isolator concurrently analyzes the non-clock objects to determine captured faults associated with the non-clock objects after analysis of the clock objects. For each of the non-clock objects determined to have a captured fault, the fault isolator initiates a repair action for the chip represented by the non-clock object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Tung Phan, Zane Coy Shelley
  • Patent number: 7895493
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and program product improve computer reliability by, in part, identifying a plurality of error occurrences from Error Correction Codes. It may then be determined if the plurality of error occurrences are associated with a single bit of a bus. The determined, single bit may correspond to a faulty component of the bus. This level of identification efficiently addresses problems. For instance, a corrective algorithm may be applied if the plurality of error occurrences are associated with the single bit. Alternatively, the bus may be disabled if the plurality of error occurrences are not associated with the single bit of the bus. In this manner, implementations may detect, identify and act in response to multiple failure modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne Lemmon, Zane Coy Shelley, Alwood Patrick Williams, III
  • Publication number: 20090271668
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and program product improve computer reliability by, in part, identifying a plurality of error occurrences from Error Correction Codes. It may then be determined if the plurality of error occurrences are associated with a single bit of a bus. The determined, single bit may correspond to a faulty component of the bus. This level of identification efficiently addresses problems. For instance, a corrective algorithm may be applied if the plurality of error occurrences are associated with the single bit. Alternatively, the bus may be disabled if the plurality of error occurrences are not associated with the single bit of the bus. In this manner, implementations may detect, identify and act in response to multiple failure modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Wayne Lemmon, Zane Coy Shelley, Alwood Patrick Williams, III