Timothy Sheldon Johnson
Landscape Architect in Tucson, AZ

7475163, Jan 6, 2009

Jan 17, 2008

12/015655

Craig A. Klein - Tucson AZ, US
Daniel James Winarski - Tucson AZ, US
Timothy Allen Johnson - Tucson AZ, US
Louie A. Dickens - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 3/00

710 2

This invention extends the distance at which a SAS extender can function. The distance is increased a large amount over the traditional 10 meters. As a result timers will not go off before the response can make a trip back. This is accomplished by emulating as a SAS expander, using SAS AIP's (Arbitration In Progress), and using a lookup table to determine which SAS events must be responded to immediately and which ones to be passed on to the remote link.

7949789, May 24, 2011

Mar 25, 2008

12/054843

Louie Arthur Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Timothy A. Johnson - Tucson AZ, US
Craig Anthony Klein - Tucson AZ, US
Daniel James Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15/16

709246, 370466

A first special character encoded in a first protocol is transmitted across a first communications link. The transmitted first special character is received at a first interface between the first communications link and a second communications link. The first special character is converted to a second special character encoded in a second protocol, wherein the first special character is also defined for encoding in the second protocol. The second special character is transmitted across the second communications link. The second special character is received at a second interface between the second communications link and a third communications link. The second special character is converted back to the first special character. The first special character is transmitted across the third communications link.

8516154, Aug 20, 2013

Aug 1, 2011

13/195642

Louie Arthur Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Timothy A. Johnson - Tucson AZ, US
Craig Anthony Klein - Redington Beach FL, US
Daniel James Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15/16

709246, 370466

Network traffic encoded in a first protocol is transmitted across a first communications link, wherein the first protocol allows a first plurality of simultaneous logical connections. The transmitted network traffic is received at a first interface between the first communications link and a second communications link. The received network traffic is encapsulated within frames at the first interface, wherein the frames are generated in accordance with a second protocol, and wherein the second protocol does not allow any plurality of simultaneous logical connections that are allowed by the first protocol. The frames are transmitted from the first interface to a second interface across the second communications link. The frames are received and then unencapsulated network traffic is generated from the frames at the second interface, wherein the second interface is between the second communications link and a third communications link. The unencapsulated network traffic is routed to a selected logical connection of a second plurality of simultaneous logical connections across the third communications link, wherein transmission across the third communications link is in the first protocol.

7809865, Oct 5, 2010

Apr 25, 2008

12/109987

Louie Arthur Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Craig Anthony Klein - Tucson AZ, US
Timothy A. Johnson - Tucson AZ, US
Daniel James Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 3/00, G06F 5/00

710 60, 709233

A method to set a communication speed in a Serial-Attached Small Computer System Interface (“SAS”)/Serial-ATA (“SATA”) distance extender apparatus comprising a plurality of supported communication speeds and a local communication speed, a fibre channel interface, a memory, a processor, and a communication bus interconnecting the SAS/SATA Interface, the Fibre Channel interface, the memory, and the processor. The method detects traffic received by the Fibre Channel interface, and determines if the traffic comprises a SAS/SATA Open Address frame. If the traffic comprises a SAS/SATA Open Address frame, the method then determines if the local communication speed matches a communication speed utilized by an interconnected remote SAS/SATA Interface. If the local communication speed matches a communication speed utilized by an interconnected remote SAS/SATA Interface, the method transmits the traffic using the local SAS/SATA Interface.

2010031, Dec 16, 2010

Jun 12, 2009

12/483443

Louie A. Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Timothy A. Johnson - Tucson AZ, US
Craig A. Klein - Tucson AZ, US
Gregg S. Lucas - Tucson AZ, US
Daniel J. Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06F 1/00

713310, 713320

A method for managing power consumed by storage systems and other devices is disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, such a method may include initially monitoring conditions (such as data traffic conditions) on a communication link between a first device and a second device. The method may further include determining whether the conditions on the communication link warrant powering down or powering up the second device. In the event the conditions warrant powering down the second device, a power-down command may be generated and transmitted from the first device to the second device. In the event the conditions warrant powering up the second device, a power-up command may be generated and transmitted from the first device to the second device. In selected embodiments, the power-up and power-down commands are one of SCSI commands and FICON commands. A corresponding apparatus, system, and computer-usable medium are also disclosed and claimed herein.

7885805, Feb 8, 2011

Sep 12, 2007

11/854317

Louie A. Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Timothy A. Johnson - Tucson AZ, US
William W. Owen - Tucson AZ, US
Corinna J. Sheret - Sahuarita AZ, US
Robert L. Valdez - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 9/455

703 24, 703 21, 709223, 709231

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for simulating multiple hosts. An object module creates a plurality of host object instances. Each host object instance simulates a host to a storage device connection. In addition, each host object instance includes a unique identifier. A traffic generator serially establishes communications between each host object instance and a storage device using the unique identifier. The traffic generator serially establishes communications until a number of host object instances in communication with the storage device is greater than a host threshold. A verification module verifies that the storage device established communications with each host object instance according to a specified connection protocol. The verification module communicates a pass if each host object instance communication is verified.

2011008, Apr 7, 2011

Oct 2, 2009

12/573039

LOUIE ARTHUR DICKENS - TUCSON AZ, US
TIMOTHY A JOHNSON - TUCSON AZ, US
CRAIG ANTHONY KLEIN - TUCSON AZ, US
GREGG STEVEN LUCAS - TUCSON AZ, US
DANIEL JAMES WINARSKI - TUCSON AZ, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

G06F 1/32

713310, 713320, 709224

In remote power down control of a device configured for externally initiated remote power down, such as over a network, activity of all externally connected sources of valid power down requests for the device is monitored; and the device is powered down in response to a combination of one of a received power down request and an inactivity time out with respect to each of the sources of valid power down requests for the device.

2011028, Nov 17, 2011

May 17, 2010

12/781809

Allen Keith Bates - Tucson AZ, US
Louie Arthur Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Timothy A. Johnson - Tucson AZ, US
Craig Anthony Klein - Redington Beach FL, US
Yun Mou - Tucson AZ, US
Stephen Leonard Schwartz - Tucson AZ, US
Anna W. Topol - Jefferson Valley NY, US
Daniel James Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06F 17/30

707661, 707E17005

A system, method and computer program product for archiving image, audio, and text data with metadata encapsulation in a client-server storage library is described. The server receives and holds the images, audio, or text to be archived in an image, audio or text logical partition which includes a directory of the images, audio, or text. The information is encapsulated in a metadata wrapper and stored in the library as a closed image, audio, or text file along with a closed copy of the directory. The closed image, audio, or text directory is also stored in the client. The images may be encapsulated in MXF, DICOM, Tape Archive (TAR) or GZIP formats. The storage library may have magnetic tapes, magnetic disks or optical disks as storage media.

8230255, Jul 24, 2012

Dec 15, 2009

12/638363

Louie Arthur Dickens - Tucson AZ, US
Timothy A. Johnson - Tucson AZ, US
Craig Anthony Klein - Redington Beach FL, US
Gregg Steven Lucas - Tucson AZ, US
Daniel James Winarski - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 11/00, G06F 11/07

714 613, 714 61, 714 611, 714 42, 3652257

Described are embodiments of an invention for blocking write access to memory modules of a solid state drive. The solid state drive includes a controller access module or a memory access module that controls write access to the solid state drive and the memory modules of the solid state drive. Upon determining that a memory module has failed, the failed memory module or the entire solid state memory device is configured to be read only to prevent an errant write of data over critical data. Further, a failed memory module, or solid state device memory having a failed memory module, may be replaced upon failure.