Inventor

William J. Rooney

Inventor

Hopewell Junction, NY, US

Overview

1981–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 83 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing63%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication29%

H01HElectric switches3%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes2%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use2%

G05DSystems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables1%

PatentTitleYear

11,099,953Automatic data healing using a storage controller2021 11,079,966Enhanced soft fence of devices2021 10,977,142After swapping from a first storage to a second storage, mirroring data from the second storage to the first storage for data in the first storage that experienced data errors2021 10,929,326Firm channel paths2021 10,915,406Storage unit replacement using point-in-time snap copy2021 10,846,187Managing health conditions to determine when to restart replication after a swap triggered by a storage health event2020 10,834,077Booting and dumping a confidential image on a trusted computer system2020 10,684,844Making and using functional exploitation information in performing software or firmware updates2020 10,585,767Automatic data healing using a storage controller2020 10,579,285Automatic data healing by I/O2020 10,437,517Enhanced soft fence of devices2019 10,324,801Storage unit replacement using point-in-time snap copy2019 10,296,251Reallocating storage resources to computing devices2019 10,218,689Extending shrouding capability of hosting system2019 10,212,147Extending shrouding capability of hosting system2019 10,175,899Storage site selection in a multi-target environment using weights2019 10,146,453Data migration using multi-storage volume swap2018 10,083,099After swapping from a first storage to a second storage, mirroring data from the second storage to the first storage for data in the first storage that experienced data errors2018 10,084,598Authenticating features of virtual server system2018 10,078,566Managing health conditions to determine when to restart replication after a swap triggered by a storage health event2018 10,079,883Primary device selection at operating system initialization2018 10,067,699Storage site selection in a multi-target environment using weights2018 10,031,688Reallocating storage resources to computing devices2018 9,998,459End-to end protection for shrouded virtual servers2018 9,912,478'Authenticating features of virtual server system'2018 9,898,214'Storage site selection in a multi-target environment using weights'2018 9,894,051'Extending shrouding capability of hosting system'2018 9,894,061'Method for booting and dumping a confidential image on a trusted computer system'2018 9,882,901'End-to-end protection for shrouded virtual servers'2018 9,672,124'Establishing copy pairs from primary volumes to secondary volumes in multiple secondary storage systems for a failover session'2017 9,626,220'Computer system using partially functional processor core'2017 9,619,331'Storage unit replacement using point-in-time snap copy'2017 9,563,753'Method for booting and dumping a confidential image on a trusted computer system'2017 9,536,095'System for booting and dumping a confidential image on a trusted computer system'2017 9,471,786'Method for booting and dumping a confidential image on a trusted computer system'2016 9,454,662'Method for booting and dumping a confidential image on a trusted computer system'2016 9,405,628'Data migration using multi-storage volume swap'2016 9,298,567'System availability in PPRC failover environments'2016 9,244,738'Conditional serialization to improve work effort'2016 9,229,883'Extended input/output measurement word facility for obtaining measurement data in an emulated environment'2016 9,026,689'Extended input/output measurement word facility for obtaining measurement data in an emulated environment'2015 9,003,142'Volume swapping of point-in-time read-only target volumes'2015 8,914,671'Multiple hyperswap replication sessions'2014 8,909,985'Multiple hyperswap replication sessions'2014 8,909,383'Proactive cooling of chips using workload information and controls'2014 8,898,413'Point-in-time copying of virtual storage'2014 8,892,838'Point-in-time copying of virtual storage and point-in-time dumping'2014 8,639,857'Extended input/output measurement word facility for obtaining measurement data'2014 8,549,242'Volume swapping of point-in-time read-only target volumes'2013 8,407,373'Extended input/output measurement word facility for obtaining measurement data'2013 8,145,802'Extended input/output measurement word facility and emulation of that facility'2012 8,015,243'Authenticating a requestor without providing a key'2011 7,886,082'Extended input/output measurement word facility, and emulation of that facility'2011 7,818,413'Authenticating a requestor without providing a key'2010 7,804,775'Apparatus and computer program for identifying selected applications utilizing a single existing available bit in frame headers'2010 7,720,907'Supervisor partitioning of client resources'2010 7,657,945'Systems and arrangements to adjust resource accessibility based upon usage modes'2010 7,600,053'Emulation of extended input/output measurement block facilities'2009 7,596,642'System and program for determining the availability of paths to a device'2009 7,568,052'Method, system and program products for managing I/O configurations of a computing environment'2009 7,516,248'Obtaining extended queue measurement data for a range of logical control unit queues'2009 7,499,970'Method and system for supervisor partitioning of client resources'2009 7,451,252'Method for determining the availability of paths to a device'2008 7,437,447'Method and system for authenticating a requestor without providing a key'2008 7,433,306'Method for identifying selected applications utilizing a single existing available bit in frame headers'2008 7,373,435'Extended input/output measurement block'2008 7,174,274'Gathering I/O measurement data during an I/O operation process'2007 7,099,814'I/O velocity projection for bridge attached channel'2006 7,000,036'Extended input/output measurement facilities'2006 6,950,888'Method, system and program products for determining whether I/O constraints exist for controllers of a computing environment'2005 6,898,202'Method, apparatus and computer program for informing a requesting device of port configuration changes in a computer network switching device'2005 6,850,997'System, method, and program for determining the availability of paths to a device'2005 6,751,683'Method, system and program products for projecting the impact of configuration changes on controllers'2004 6,748,557'System, method, and program for determining the availability of interfaces to a control unit'2004 6,745,347'System, method and program for determining the availability of interfaces to a device from information provided by the device'2004 6,647,515'Determination of the degree of common usage for elements of a data processing system'2003 6,598,069'Method and apparatus for assigning resources to logical partition clusters'2003 6,567,841'Method and apparatus for creating and identifying logical partition clusters'2003 6,519,660'Method, system and program products for determining I/O configuration entropy'2003 4,654,620'Asymmetrical fuse links'1987 4,503,415'Encapsulated hot spot fuse link'1985 4,488,137'Composite fuse links employing dissimilar fusible elements in a series'1984 4,308,515'Fuse apparatus for high electric currents'1981

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1981–1987Based in Clifton, NJ, US· patent location history

1985–1987Patents assigned to COMMERCIAL ENCLOSED FUSE CO OF (2)· patent assignee history

2003–2021Patents assigned to IBM (79)· patent assignee history

2003–2021Based in Hopewell Junction, NY, US· patent location history

2012–2014Patents assigned to ROONEY WILLIAM J (7)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to CARLSON SCOTT M (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to DYCK GREG A (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2021Based in Poughkeepsie, NY, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
IBM	79	2003–2021
ROONEY WILLIAM Jself	7	2012–2014
CARLSON SCOTT M	2	2012–2013
COMMERCIAL ENCLOSED FUSE CO OF	2	1985–1987
DYCK GREG A	2	2012–2013

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Hopewell Junction, New York, US	73	2003–2021
Poughkeepsie, New York, US	6	2012–2021
Clifton, New Jersey, US	4	1981–1987