Inventor
BRICE JR FRANK W
US31 patents
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IBM
28 patentsUS7200704B2Apr 3, 2007
Virtualization of an I/O adapter port using enablement and activation functions
IBM151 citations98
US7177961B2Feb 13, 2007
Managing access, by operating system images of a computing environment, of input/output resources of the computing environment
IBM65 citations98
US6996638B2Feb 7, 2006
Method, system and program products for enhancing input/output processing for operating system images of a computing environment
IBM69 citations98
US6681238B1Jan 20, 2004
Method and system for providing a hardware machine function in a protected virtual machine
IBM92 citations98
US6253224B1Jun 26, 2001
Method and system for providing a hardware machine function in a protected virtual machine
IBM133 citations98
US7606965B2Oct 20, 2009
Information handling system with virtualized I/O adapter ports
IBM66 citations97
US5414851AMay 9, 1995
Method and means for sharing I/O resources by a plurality of operating systems
IBM273 citations97
US6854021B1Feb 8, 2005
Communications between partitions within a logically partitioned computer
IBM70 citations96
US6345327B1Feb 5, 2002
Queuing method and apparatus for providing direct data processing access using a queued direct input-output device
IBM58 citations96
US4825206AApr 25, 1989
Automatic feedback of network topology data
IBM155 citations96
US6754738B2Jun 22, 2004
Low overhead I/O interrupt
IBM28 citations93
US7587531B2Sep 8, 2009
Multiple logical input/output subsystem facility
IBM33 citations92
US7277968B2Oct 2, 2007
Managing sets of input/output communications subadapters of an input/output subsystem
IBM34 citations92
US7127599B2Oct 24, 2006
Managing configurations of input/output system images of an input/output subsystem, wherein a configuration is modified without restarting the input/output subsystem to effect a modification
IBM45 citations92
US6401145B1Jun 4, 2002
Method of transferring data using an interface element and a queued direct input-output device
IBM24 citations92
US6345329B1Feb 5, 2002
Method and apparatus for exchanging data using a queued direct input-output device
IBM25 citations92
US6345324B1Feb 5, 2002
Apparatus for transferring data using an interface element and a queued direct input-output device
IBM27 citations92
US7174550B2Feb 6, 2007
Sharing communications adapters across a plurality of input/output subsystem images
IBM45 citations91
US7130938B2Oct 31, 2006
Method, system and program products for identifying communications adapters of a computing environment
IBM46 citations91
US7954099B2May 31, 2011
Demultiplexing grouped events into virtual event queues while in two levels of virtualization
IBM9 citations84
US7290070B2Oct 30, 2007
Multiple logical input/output subsystem facility
IBM13 citations84
US7149821B2Dec 12, 2006
Predictably defining input/output configurations for environments employing fabrics
IBM7 citations73
US6714997B1Mar 30, 2004
Method and means for enhanced interpretive instruction execution for a new integrated communications adapter using a queued direct input-output device
IBM9 citations72
US7757007B2Jul 13, 2010
Computer program product and system for managing virtual instances of a physical port attached to a network
IBM6 citations71
US6748460B2Jun 8, 2004
Initiative passing in an I/O operation without the overhead of an interrupt
IBM4 citations63
US6345325B1Feb 5, 2002
Method and apparatus for ensuring accurate and timely processing of data using a queued direct input-output device
IBM3 citations63
US8001544B2Aug 16, 2011
Method and storage medium for virtualization of device self-description information using in-transit modification
IBM5 citations57
US9442762B2Sep 13, 2016
Authenticating a processing system accessing a resource
IBM0 citations52
BRICE JR FRANK W
3 patentsUS8650335B2Feb 11, 2014
Measurement facility for adapter functions
BRICE JR FRANK W11 citations81
US8468284B2Jun 18, 2013
Converting a message signaled interruption into an I/O adapter event notification to a guest operating system
BRICE JR FRANK W2 citations61
US8458387B2Jun 4, 2013
Converting a message signaled interruption into an I/O adapter event notification to a guest operating system
BRICE JR FRANK W3 citations61