Brandon J Ellison

6353854, Mar 5, 2002

Oct 1, 1998

09/164657

Daryl Carvis Cromer - Cary NC
Brandon John Ellison - Raleigh NC
Eric Richard Kern - Durham NC
Howard Jeffrey Locker - Cary NC
James Peter Ward - Raleigh NC

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15173

709224, 709220, 714 4

A client on a network is provided with auxiliary low power logic, at the network adoptor, that is always active and simulates network traffic (e. g. , Ethernet format) normally sent under control of the main client system processor(s). This logic collects client status information and reports to the network manager, even when the system CPU is powered down, information which allows the network manager to exercise broader control and perform maintenance and upgrades which would otherwise require a dialog with the user and/or limit maintenance and reconfiguration of the client system to off-hours activity.

6381636, Apr 30, 2002

Mar 10, 1999

09/265920

Daryl Carvis Cromer - Cary NC
Brandon Jon Ellison - Raleigh NC
Howard Locker - Cary NC
Michael Sievert - Monte Sereno CA
James Peter Ward - Raleigh NC

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 1516

709211, 709208, 709223, 709224, 709217, 709218

A data processing system and method are described for permitting a server computer system to remotely access asset information stored within one of a plurality of client computer systems. The client computer systems are coupled to the server computer system utilizing a network. Asset information is stored in a storage device within the particular client computer system. The asset information includes information identifying a plurality of components of the client computer system. The server computer system transmits a message to the client computer system while the client computer system is powered-off. A network adapter is included within the client computer system. The network adapter accesses the storage device to obtain the asset information while the client computer system is powered-off.

6397249, May 28, 2002

Nov 24, 1998

09/206259

Daryl Carvis Cromer - Cary NC
Brandon Jon Ellison - Raleigh NC
Eric R. Kern - Durham NC
Gregory W. Kilmer - Raleigh NC
James Peter Ward - Raleigh NC
Howard Jeffery Locker - Cary NC

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15173

709224, 709223, 709227, 709228, 709248, 370402, 370342

A data processing system and method are described for determining a physical location of a client computer system. The client and server computer systems are coupled together to form a local area network. Identifying information is associated with a tag. The client computer system transmits a wireless query signal to a physical region. In response to the tag being located within the physical region, the tag receives the wireless query signal. In response to a receipt of the query signal by the tag, the tag transmits a reply signal. The reply signal includes the identifying information. In response to a receipt of the reply signal by the client computer system, the physical location of the client computer system is determined utilizing the identifying information.

6405259, Jun 11, 2002

Dec 8, 1998

09/207888

Richard W. Cheston - Morrisville NC
Daryl C. Cromer - Cary NC
Dhruv M. Desai - Cary NC
Brandon J. Ellison - Raleigh NC
Howard J. Locker - Cary NC
James Peter Ward - Raleigh NC

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 1516

709245, 709223

A method and system are disclosed for transmitting a network packet which identifies only selected ones of a plurality of client computer systems. The client computer systems are coupled to a server computer system to form a network. A logical group is specified which includes only a first plurality of the plurality of client computer systems by specifying one of a plurality of group identifiers. A network packet is then transmitted utilizing the network to the logical group. The network packet includes the group identifier which identifies the logical group, wherein only the logical group are the intended recipients of the packet.

6412025, Jun 25, 2002

Mar 31, 1999

09/282136

Richard W. Cheston - Morrisville NC
Daryl Carvis Cromer - Apex NC
Dhruv Manmohandas Desai - Cary NC
Brandon Jon Ellison - Raleigh NC
Howard Jeffery Locker - Cary NC
Eric Richard Kern - Durham NC
David Rhoades - Apex NC
James Peter Ward - Raleigh NC

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 1314

710 8, 709220, 709221, 709222, 3408555, 370438, 370461

A system and method for connecting a computer terminal (e. g. , a personal computer) to a data transmission network with the appropriate settings for connection obtained from the network if the terminal has been moved and the settings are not appropriate for the new location. The system and method involve detecting that the terminal has been removed from the data transmission network, and, if the terminal has been moved, checking to determine whether the previous settings are appropriate for use in the new location. If the settings are appropriate, then the previous settings are used; if not, new settings for the terminal are obtained from the network, using a program such as the IBMs Dynamic Host Connection Program (DHCP), with the details on the settings (or connection) maintained at both the network and the computer terminal and updated when a new or changed connection to the data transmission network is made.

6415324, Jul 2, 2002

Feb 19, 1999

09/253416

Daryl Carvis Cromer - Cary NC
Brandon Jon Ellison - Raleigh NC
Robert Duane Johnson - Raleigh NC
Eric Richard Kern - Durham NC
Randall Scott Springfield - Chapel Hill NC

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 1314

709229, 345740, 345741, 709223, 709208

A data processing system and method including a server computer system and a client computer system coupled together utilizing a network are described for permitting the client computer system to temporarily prohibit remote management of the client computer system. The client computer system sets a remote override condition in the client computer system for temporarily prohibiting remote management of the client. The client temporarily prohibits all attempts to manage the client remotely utilizing the network when the remote override condition is set.

6480972, Nov 12, 2002

Feb 24, 1999

09/257547

Daryl Carvis Cromer - Cary NC
Brandon Jon Ellison - Raleigh NC
Eric Richard Kern - Durham NC
Howard Locker - Cary NC
Randall Scott Springfield - Chapel Hill NC
James Peter Ward - Raleigh NC

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06K 1100

714 25, 714 27

A data processing system and method are described for permitting a server computer system to perform remote diagnostics on a malfunctioning client computer system coupled to the server computer system utilizing a network. The server computer system transmits a diagnostic command to the malfunctioning client computer system utilizing the network. A network adapter operating as a bus controller for an internal bus within the malfunctioning client computer system executes the diagnostic command. The network adapter transmits a result of the execution of the diagnostic command to the server computer system. In this manner, the diagnostic command is executed within a malfunctioning client computer system by a remote, server computer system.

6493104, Dec 10, 2002

Mar 31, 1999

09/281562

Daryl Carvis Cromer - Cary NC
Richard Alan Dayan - Wake Forest NC
Brandon Jon Ellison - Raleigh NC
Eric Richard Kern - Durham NC
Howard Locker - Cary NC
James Peter Ward - Raleigh NC

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 1500

358 115, 710 8, 710 62, 455507, 455517

A data processing system and method are described for permitting a portable computer to automatically detect the presence of a printer within a remote area, and responsive to the detection, automatically establishing a communications link with the printer. The portable computer is physically disconnected from the printer. The portable computer transmits a wireless query signal to the remote area. In response to a printer physically located within the remote area receiving the wireless query signal, the printer transmits a wireless reply signal to the remote area. In response to the portable computer receiving the wireless reply signal, the computer automatically establishes a communications link with the printer so that the computer may utilize the printer to print information. The communications link may be established with a printer for which the computer does not include a printer driver necessary for communicating with the printer.