Inventor
KERN ERIC R
US46 patents
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IBM
26 patentsUS6622178B1Sep 16, 2003
Method and apparatus for activating a computer system in response to a stimulus from a universal serial bus peripheral
IBM96 citations98
US7480757B2Jan 20, 2009
Method for dynamically allocating lanes to a plurality of PCI Express connectors
IBM51 citations97
US6263373B1Jul 17, 2001
Data processing system and method for remotely controlling execution of a processor utilizing a test access port
IBM82 citations96
US9288147B2Mar 15, 2016
Dynamically balancing resources in a server farm
IBM37 citations94
US7895428B2Feb 22, 2011
Applying firmware updates to servers in a data center
IBM46 citations92
US7512830B2Mar 31, 2009
Management module failover across multiple blade center chassis
IBM23 citations92
US7350112B2Mar 25, 2008
Automated diagnostic service
IBM116 citations92
US7216265B2May 8, 2007
Software independent watchdogging scheme for monitoring operating system
IBM41 citations92
US6532497B1Mar 11, 2003
Separately powered network interface for reporting the activity states of a network connected client
IBM43 citations92
US6397249B1May 28, 2002
Data processing system and method for determining a physical location of a client computer system
IBM41 citations92
US7251746B2Jul 31, 2007
Autonomous fail-over to hot-spare processor using SMI
IBM35 citations91
US7869204B2Jan 11, 2011
Compact size portable computer having a fully integrated virtual keyboard projector and a display projector
IBM48 citations90
US7146497B2Dec 5, 2006
Scalability management module for dynamic node configuration
IBM25 citations88
US8041976B2Oct 18, 2011
Power management for clusters of computers
IBM17 citations84
US7330965B2Feb 12, 2008
Multi-tiered boot list
IBM10 citations84
US7657688B2Feb 2, 2010
Dynamically allocating lanes to a plurality of PCI express connectors
IBM12 citations83
US8028193B2Sep 27, 2011
Failover of blade servers in a data center
IBM14 citations82
US7945773B2May 17, 2011
Failover of blade servers in a data center
IBM13 citations81
US7574534B2Aug 11, 2009
Method for using device enumeration information to identify an operating system running on a computer system
IBM10 citations78
US7673132B2Mar 2, 2010
Multi-tiered boot list
IBM7 citations74
US7296179B2Nov 13, 2007
Node removal using remote back-up system memory
IBM8 citations73
US7865781B2Jan 4, 2011
Automated diagnostic service
IBM6 citations69
US7920747B2Apr 5, 2011
Pre-distribution image scaling for screen size
IBM4 citations53
US7934086B2Apr 26, 2011
Multi-tiered boot list
IBM1 citations52
US8380826B2Feb 19, 2013
Migrating port-specific operating parameters during blade server failover
IBM0 citations51
US7933967B2Apr 26, 2011
Simultaneous sharing of storage drives on blade center
IBM1 citations47
KERN ERIC R
6 patentsUS8572612B2Oct 29, 2013
Autonomic scaling of virtual machines in a cloud computing environment
KERN ERIC R62 citations97
US9367362B2Jun 14, 2016
Administration of virtual machine affinity in a cloud computing environment
KERN ERIC R13 citations83
US9003007B2Apr 7, 2015
Administration of virtual machine affinity in a data center
KERN ERIC R4 citations72
US8458324B2Jun 4, 2013
Dynamically balancing resources in a server farm
KERN ERIC R2 citations62
US8255508B2Aug 28, 2012
Administration of virtual machine affinity in a data center
KERN ERIC R3 citations62
US8868628B2Oct 21, 2014
Sharing computer data among computers
KERN ERIC R1 citations45
LENOVO ENTPR SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTD
4 patentsUS12414274B2Sep 9, 2025
Measuring utilization to adjust water flow for cooling of servers and server components
LENOVO ENTPR SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTD0 citations53
US9476929B2Oct 25, 2016
Propagating pin corrections through physically mating devices
LENOVO ENTPR SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTD0 citations50
US12568107B2Mar 3, 2026
Method to reduce users from falling victim of ransomware
LENOVO ENTPR SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTD0 citations43
US12438886B2Oct 7, 2025
Preventing unregistered electronic devices from accessing a secure area
LENOVO ENTPR SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTD0 citations42
LENOVO GLOBAL TECH UNITED STATES INC
3 patentsUS11949523B2Apr 2, 2024
Data storage metering and billing
LENOVO GLOBAL TECH UNITED STATES INC0 citations53
US12354141B2Jul 8, 2025
Allocation metering for virtual machines and containers
LENOVO GLOBAL TECH UNITED STATES INC0 citations41
US11954693B2Apr 9, 2024
Dynamic test suite creation using event communications from customers
LENOVO GLOBAL TECH UNITED STATES INC0 citations40