James M O'Connor

US Patent:

D642166, Jul 26, 2011

Filed:

Apr 28, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/360620

Inventors:

Shihchieh Chou - Chula Vista CA, US
John C. Hockemeier - Denver CO, US
James Patrick O'Connor - Idaho Springs CO, US
Keith D. Paglusch - Overland park KS, US

Assignee:

Open Range Communications Inc. - Greenwood Village CO

International Classification:

1403

US Classification:

D14240, D14242

US Patent:

8635488, Jan 21, 2014

Filed:

Nov 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/291874

Inventors:

Jerry D. Ackaret - Beaverton OR, US
Justin P. Bandholz - Cary NC, US
Brian E. Bigelow - Apex NC, US
Joseph E. Bolan - Cary NC, US
Kevin M. Cash - Cary NC, US
David L. Cowell - Garner NC, US
Martin J. Crippen - Apex NC, US
Christopher L. Durham - Research Triangle Park NC, US
Jeffery M. Franke - Apex NC, US
James E. Hughes - Apex NC, US
David J. Jensen - Raleigh NC, US
John K. Langgood - Cary NC, US
Bay Van Nguyen - Durham NC, US
James A. O'Connor - Ulster Park NY, US
Derek Robertson - Durham NC, US
John M. Sheplock - Raleigh NC, US
Wilson E. Smith - Bahama NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 2, 714 1

Abstract:

A method and circuit for implementing an enhanced availability personality card for a chassis computer system, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. The personality card includes a first erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) and a second EPROM, each EPROM storing Vital Product Data (VPD) and a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor sensing temperature. A primary bidirectional bus and a redundant bidirectional bus are respectively connected between the first EPROM and the first temperature sensor and the second EPROM and the second temperature sensor, and a pair of chassis management modules. Each chassis management module includes a switch connected to both the primary bidirectional bus and the redundant bidirectional bus providing redundant paths, enabling continued function with failure of any critical personality card component.

US Patent:

20130262780, Oct 3, 2013

Filed:

Mar 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/435539

Inventors:

Srilatha Manne - Portland OR, US
William L. Bircher - Austin TX, US
Madhu Sarvana Sibi Govindan - Austin TX, US
James M. O'Connor - Austin TX, US
Michael J. Schulte - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 12/08

US Classification:

711142, 711141, 711E1204, 711E12017

Abstract:

An apparatus and method to enable a fast cache shutdown is disclosed. In one embodiment, a cache subsystem includes a cache memory and a cache controller coupled to the cache memory. The cache controller is configured to, upon restoring power to the cache subsystem, inhibit writing of modified data exclusively into the cache memory.

US Patent:

20140067572, Mar 6, 2014

Filed:

Nov 8, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/075855

Inventors:

Timothy Wyatt - Portland OR, US
Mounir Shita - Newberg OR, US
Scott Markwell - Beaverton OR, US
Pasan M. Kulasooriya De Silva - Sunnyvale CA, US
Kevin Wu - Mountain View CA, US
James B. O'Connor - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

QUISK, INC. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06Q 20/32

US Classification:

705 21, 705 44

Abstract:

In one embodiment the present invention includes a payment system for a commercial transaction. The payment system includes an account server that a consumer accesses using the consumer's mobile telephone number. The account server updates the consumer's account and the merchant's account according to the transaction. The account server sends a confirmation directly to the consumer's mobile telephone.