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Timothy R. Block
Also filed as: BLOCK TIMOTHY R · BLOCK TIMOTHY ROY
40 granted patents·1 pending application·1,184 citations·filing 1986–2018
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41 records- 0194US5039194AOptical fiber link cardIBM·Filed 1990·Granted Aug 13, 1991·216 cites·39 claims
- 0292US6983324B1Dynamic modification of cluster communication parameters in clustered computer systemIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 3, 2006·93 cites·29 claims
- 0390US5329428AHigh-density packaging for multiple removable electronics subassembliesIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 12, 1994·100 cites·12 claims
- 0489US9582366B2Detecting and sparing of optical PCIE cable channel attached IO drawerIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 28, 2017·9 cites·9 claims
- 0587US5069522AOptical fiber link cardIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Dec 3, 1991·91 cites·17 claims
- 0686US6918051B2Node shutdown in clustered computer systemIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 12, 2005·45 cites·27 claims
- 0785US4850044ASerial optical interconnect bus for logic cards and the likeIBM·Filed 1988·Granted Jul 18, 1989·87 cites·13 claims
- 0883US10885197B2Merging multiple compute nodes with trusted platform modules utilizing authentication protocol with active trusted platform module provisioningIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 5, 2021·4 cites·25 claims
- 0982US6934768B1Dynamic modification of fragmentation size cluster communication parameter in clustered computer systemIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 23, 2005·31 cites·11 claims
- 1081US6192417B1Multicast cluster servicer for communicating amongst a plurality of nodes without a dedicated local area networkIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 20, 2001·120 cites·56 claims
- 1179US9891998B2Detecting and sparing of optical PCIE cable channel attached IO drawerIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 13, 2018·2 cites·11 claims
- 1279US7529855B2Dynamic modification of fragmentation size cluster communication parameter in clustered computer systemIBM·Filed 2005·Granted May 5, 2009·7 cites·19 claims
- 1378US11165766B2Implementing authentication protocol for merging multiple server nodes with trusted platform modules utilizing provisioned node certificates to support concurrent node add and removeIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 2, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 1478US7185099B1Apparatus and method for communicating between computer systems using a sliding send window for ordered messages in a clustered computing environmentIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 27, 2007·27 cites·15 claims
- 1577US5204866ABidirectional free-space optical bus for electronics systemsIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Apr 20, 1993·56 cites·22 claims
- 1676US4870635APrecision measurement and positioning system for disk storage systemIBM·Filed 1986·Granted Sep 26, 1989·21 cites·20 claims
- 1774US6442713B1Cluster node distress signalIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 27, 2002·72 cites·38 claims
- 1871US8228913B2Implementing system to system communication in a switchless non-IB compliant environment using InfiniBand multicast facilitiesBLOCK TIMOTHY ROY·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 24, 2012·7 cites·14 claims
- 1971US5513073AOptical device heat spreader and thermal isolation apparatusIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 30, 1996·34 cites·14 claims
- 2068US5113403ABidirectional free-space optical bus for electronics systemsIBM·Filed 1990·Granted May 12, 1992·40 cites·9 claims
- 2167US7526549B2Cluster data port services for clustered computer systemIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 28, 2009·12 cites·34 claims
- 2267US6944155B2Apparatus for filtering inter-node communication in a data processing systemIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 13, 2005·9 cites·11 claims
- 2366US7028157B2On-demand allocation of data structures to partitionsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 11, 2006·11 cites·19 claims
- 2464US9088569B2Managing access to a shared resource using client access credentialsARROYO JESSE P·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 21, 2015·2 cites·16 claims
- 2564US7886059B2Processing sequenced records across multiple network connectionsIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 8, 2011·2 cites·2 claims
- 2664US7433955B2Apparatus and method for processing sequenced records across multiple network connectionsIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 7, 2008·8 cites·1 claims
- 2764US6993034B1Cluster destination address table—IP routing for clustersIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 31, 2006·50 cites·63 claims
- 2863US7240088B2Node self-start in a decentralized clusterIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 3, 2007·8 cites·23 claims
- 2962US7877471B2Detecting system reconfiguration and maintaining persistent I/O configuration data in a clustered computer systemIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 25, 2011·2 cites·4 claims
- 3059US9081764B2Iimplementing DMA migration of large system memory areasARROYO JESSE P·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 14, 2015·1 cites·18 claims
- 3157US10838816B2Detecting and sparing of optical PCIE cable channel attached IO drawerIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 17, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 3257US9697166B2Implementing health check for optical cable attached PCIE enclosureIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 4, 2017·0 cites·9 claims
- 3357US7110402B2Method and system for filtering inter-node communication in a data processing systemIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 19, 2006·3 cites·5 claims
- 3455US7281052B2Data tracing identifiersIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 9, 2007·3 cites·11 claims
- 3553US9697167B2Implementing health check for optical cable attached PCIE enclosureIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 4, 2017·0 cites·11 claims
- 3653US7676558B2Configuring shared devices over a fabricIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 9, 2010·2 cites·35 claims
- 3749US7088715B2Apparatus for filtering inter-node communication in a data processing systemIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 8, 2006·0 cites·8 claims
- 3845US11206141B2Merging multiple compute nodes with trusted platform modules utilizing provisioned node certificatesIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 21, 2021·0 cites·25 claims
- 3938US8553690B2Processing multicast messages in a data processing systemARROYO JESSE P·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 8, 2013·0 cites·16 claims
- 4038US2008192654A1Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Implementing Infiniband Network Topology SimplificationBLOCK TIMOTHY ROY·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4135US4917453AOptical communication signal sourceIBM·Filed 1988·Granted Apr 17, 1990·7 cites·3 claims
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