MICHAEL E SCOTT, MD
Psychiatric in Tucson, AZ

8141087, Mar 20, 2012

Mar 31, 2006

11/278179

Philip R. Chauvet - Tuscon AZ, US
David Charles Reed - Tuscon AZ, US
Michael Robert Scott - Tuscon AZ, US
Max Douglas Smith - Tuscon AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 9/46

718103, 718104

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for resolving computing resource deadlocks. In one embodiment, the present invention includes detecting a set of deadlocked processes within a set of executing processes, cancelling a lowest priority process of the set of deadlocked processes, generating a requested resources report for the set of executing processes, and enabling a user to assign a priority level to a process. In one embodiment, resolving computing resource deadlocks will efficiently detect deadlocks by using a report already generated by the operating system detailing information about allocated resources. By analyzing the resources report to gain information regarding executing processes, deadlocks may be easily determined and remedied. Resolving computing resource deadlocks may be conducted by a utility or it may run as a service of the operating system.

2007027, Nov 29, 2007

May 23, 2006

11/419860

Max D. Smith - Tucson AZ, US
David C. Reed - Tucson AZ, US
Philip R. Chauvet - Tucson AZ, US
Michael R. Scott - Tucson AZ, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06F 9/44

717168

A method of providing maintenance for a software program residing on a customer's computer system enables a customer to easily determine if there are any available updates for the software program, whether the available updates, if any, have been downloaded, which updates, if any, have been installed, and which installed updates, if any, have been activated. The method includes searching an active storage area on the customer's computer system while the software program is executing to determine the particular version of the software program. The method further includes searching a database of a software provider that provided the software program to determine if there is any update available for the software program, and if any update is available, downloading the update to the customer's computer system and installing the update.

5226304, Jul 13, 1993

Dec 30, 1991

7/815939

Michael Scott - Tucson AZ

E05B 2704

70369

An interchangeable core and housing assembly comprising a cylinder housing (42) which has a central opening with an alignment bracket (44) in one part of its cross-section and an interchangeable core (60) in the remaining part. The interchangeable core comprises a cylinder body (61) with a central bore and a radial projection (62) which fits into a radial slot of the aligning bracket. The radial projection has a plurality of radial recesses containing a plurality of spring-loaded top driver pins (66). A cylinder plug (46) is a inserted into the central bore of the cylinder body. Cylinder plug has dimples (78 and 80) on its exterior, a keyway (82), and a plurality of radial recesses with bottom pins (67). Interchangeability of the core is achieved by providing an annular groove (55a and 55b) formed in the central opening of the cylinder housing and locking balls (84 and 85) installed into holes (70, 71, 72, and 73) of the cylinder body. The balls are moveable between a first position, in which the interchangeable core is locked in the cylinder housing, and a second position, in which the interchangeable core in unlocked from the cylinder housing and can be withdrawn therefrom.

5139659, Aug 18, 1992

Jan 11, 1991

7/640243

Michael Scott - Tucson AZ

A01K 6304

210169

A combined water pump, aerator, and filter for an aquarium comprises a central connecting manifold 68, a vertical outer air tube (26) which extends down into a fish tank (12). Pressurized air (22) is supplied to the manifold which directs it to the outer tube. It flows down to the bottom thereof to a bubble reducer (36) which breaks the air into small bubbles. These travel by gravity up an inner, water-lift tube (28) with entrained water from the tank, thereby pumping water from the tank up the inner tube. The water-lift tube extends up into the manifold and into a turret (58A) at the top of a replaceable filter cartridge (56) above the tank; at this point the air and water separate and flow down into the housing which contains filter media (52, 54). The air exists via a hole (60) in the side of the cartridge while the water flows down via gravity through the media which filter it. The filtered water flows out via holes (62) into the bottom of the housing to a vertical heater support and outflow tube (16) and back into the tank where it is heated by a heater (72) in a conventional manner.

2009024, Sep 24, 2009

Mar 24, 2008

12/053672

Philip R. Chauvet - Tucson AZ, US
David C. Reed - Tucson AZ, US
Michael R. Scott - Tucson AZ, US
Max D. Smith - Tucson AZ, US

G06F 11/07

714 38, 714E11023

A method of correcting job control language (JCL) jobs scans a JCL job against a set of JCL syntax rules. The method automatically corrects any syntax errors discovered during the scanning, thereby forming a corrected JCL job. The method then runs the corrected JCL job. If the corrected JCL ends abnormally due to an execution error, the method then automatically determines if the execution error is recoverable. If the execution error is recoverable, the method automatically corrects the recoverable error to form a recovered corrected JCL job. The method reruns the recovered corrected JCL job.

7783609, Aug 24, 2010

Jan 24, 2008

12/019628

Philip R. Chauvet - Tucson AZ, US
David C. Reed - Tucson AZ, US
Michael R. Scott - Tucson AZ, US
Max D. Smith - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 7/00

707674

When a VTOC and a VVDS are established for information used to access data sets of a volume, unused space remains in both structures. The data sets, VTOC and VVDS are stored on a recordable medium. For VSAM data sets, other, vital information about the data set is also stored in the VTOC; for non-VSAM data sets, vital information about the data set is also stored in the VVDS. If the VOTC entry of a non-VSAM data set becomes corrupted, the vital information in the VVDS may be used to access the stored data set. Similarly, If the VVDS entry of a VSAM data set becomes corrupted, the vital information in the VTOC may be used to access the stored data set.

2009021, Aug 27, 2009

Feb 25, 2008

12/036858

Philip R. Chauvet - Tucson AZ, US
David C. Reed - Tucson AZ, US
Michael R. Scott - Tucson AZ, US
Max D. Smith - Tucson AZ, US

G06F 17/30

707100, 707E17005

A technique for operating a storage system includes determining, based on a response (e.g., return and reason codes from catalog services) from a storage operating system, that a desired user catalog is unavailable for storage of a new dataset. A new user catalog is then dynamically created, when the desired user catalog is unavailable. An alias entry in a master catalog is then updated to point to the new user catalog, when the desired user catalog is unavailable.