Paul D Richards

Address:

5703 SW Englewood Ave, Corvallis, OR 97333

VIN:

2T2BK1BA0AC050091

Make:

LEXUS

Model:

RX 350

Year:

2010

US Patent:

6985254, Jan 10, 2006

Filed:

Apr 30, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/846104

Inventors:

William J Allen - Corvallis OR, US
Paul A Richards - Corvallis OR, US
George C Ross - Philomath OR, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

H04N 1/48
H04N 1/60
H04N 1/50

US Classification:

358 19, 358504, 358518

Abstract:

A method for predicting the settled appearance of a test patch printed by an imaging system by applying a transfer function to the color of a freshly printed test patch. The transfer function may be formulated to take into account a variety of environmental conditions, such as humidity or temperature, or post-printing processes, such as lamination. The predicted settled test patch color may be exported to an external image processor, or the imaging system processor may internally compare the predicted settled test patch color with the desired test patch color in order to calibrate the color map used by the imaging system.

US Patent:

7127636, Oct 24, 2006

Filed:

Sep 8, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/658054

Inventors:

Sam C. Werner - Tucson AZ, US
Paul M. Richards - Tucson AZ, US
Warren K. Stanley - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 6

Abstract:

A method for initiating a data storage facility recovery process in a data processing system having a first peer data storage facility and a second peer data storage facility communicating with the first peer data storage facility by a communication link. The method of initiating a recovery process is invoked by one peer data storage facility upon another peer data storage facility operating under a peer to peer remote copy (PPRC) protocol. Data copied from a first peer data storage facility to a second peer data storage facility is monitored for errors. Upon detection of an error by one peer data storage facility, recovery and data collection operations are initiated on the other peer data storage facility. Preferably, the initiation of recovery and data collection operations occurs out of band, over a second communication link between the peer data storage facilities.

US Patent:

7251753, Jul 31, 2007

Filed:

Sep 17, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/666660

Inventors:

Michael Thomas Benhase - Tucson AZ, US
Susan Kay Candelaria - Tucson AZ, US
Paul Matthew Richards - Tucson AZ, US
Brian Anthony Rinaldi - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 42, 714 4

Abstract:

An apparatus, method, and system associates an identifier with a data packet. The identifier uniquely identifies a communication module, such as a host interface card, within a data storage system. In operation, a computer host sends a data packet to a server. The communication module receives the data packet and associates an identifier, unique to the communication module, with the data packet. The data packet is stored in a disk array, such as a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) system. When the computer host later requests the stored data packet, a validation module, which may be implemented within a PCI adapter such as a host interface card, retrieves the data packet and determines whether the data packet is corrupt. If the data packet is corrupt, the validation module identifies which host interface card corrupted the data with the use of the unique identifier associated with the data packet. The faulty communication module may then be removed from operation in the data storage system.

US Patent:

7366890, Apr 29, 2008

Filed:

Nov 16, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/990912

Inventors:

Stephen LaRoux Blinick - Tucson AZ, US
Paul Matthew Richards - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/00
G06F 9/24
G06F 15/177

US Classification:

713 2, 713 1, 713100, 714 46

Abstract:

Provided are a method, system, deployment and article of manufacture, wherein in one embodiment, a mode of operation may be switched to a service mode by detecting a device inserted into a connector of an input/output port of a system. In the illustrated embodiment, the device has a connector and a wire which loops a code received from the input/output port back to the input/output port. Upon detecting receipt of the transmitted code, the mode of operation may be switched to a service mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

US Patent:

7451357, Nov 11, 2008

Filed:

Nov 18, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/992528

Inventors:

Gary I. Dickenson - Tucson AZ, US
Thomas Charles Jarvis - Tucson AZ, US
Paul Matthew Richards - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 45

Abstract:

An apparatus and system are disclosed for adjusting trace data granularity. An initialization module sets a base granularity for trace data recorded for a component. A registration module registers a condition counter comprising a condition set. The threshold module sets a count threshold for the condition counter. An increment module counts each instance of the condition set. An adjustment module adjusts the granularity of trace data stored for the component to a modified granularity if the condition count exceeds the count threshold. In one embodiment, a timer module times an adjusted trace data granularity time interval. The adjustment module may set the granularity of the trace data to the base granularity when the adjusted trace data granularity time interval exceeds a specified time interval.

US Patent:

7454655, Nov 18, 2008

Filed:

Oct 13, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/549191

Inventors:

Sam C. Werner - Tucson AZ, US
Paul M. Richards - Tucson AZ, US
Warren K. Stanley - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 18, 714 6

Abstract:

A method for initiating a data storage facility recovery process in a data processing system having a first peer data storage facility and a second peer data storage facility communicating with the first peer data storage facility by a communication link. The method of initiating a recovery process is invoked by one peer data storage facility upon another peer data storage facility operating under a peer to peer remote copy (PPRC) protocol. Data copied from a first peer data storage facility to a second peer data storage facility is monitored for errors. Upon detection of an error by one peer data storage facility, recovery and data collection operations are initiated on the other peer data storage facility. Preferably, the initiation of recovery and data collection operations occurs out of band, over a second communication link between the peer data storage facilities.

US Patent:

7523359, Apr 21, 2009

Filed:

Mar 31, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/095062

Inventors:

Paul Matthew Richards - Tucson AZ, US
Brian Anthony Rinaldi - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 49, 714 57

Abstract:

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for facilitating monitoring and responding to error events. An apparatus may includes a set of counters associated with a processing system resource, each counter associated with an error event and having attributes defining a count value, counter thresholds directly related to time, and empirical status information for the error event related to time. A user may adjust counter thresholds indirectly to set an error tolerance. An update module may update counters within the set based on an error event for the processing system resource. The management module persists and maintains a life cycle for counters based on counter attributes. Each counter may be of two types either a fixed counter that counts error events from a start time for a defined duration or a sliding counter that counts error events up to a predefined number of error events within a window of time.

US Patent:

7624305, Nov 24, 2009

Filed:

Nov 18, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/991780

Inventors:

Daniel F. De Araujo - Tucson AZ, US
Paul M. Richards - Tucson AZ, US
Brian A. Rinaldi - Tucson AZ, US
Todd C. Sorenson - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 25

Abstract:

A computer system including a communication fabric initiates a forced diagnostic to isolate and identify genuine error conditions which are discerned from sympathetic error conditions. Error counters are only incremented for each genuine error condition, precluding the need to set error counter threshold artificially high. Recovery events are logged in a recovery table and recovery actions are only initiated after the diagnoses processes is complete. This prevents duplication of recovery actions and the unnecessary implementation of low-level recovery actions when they will be followed by higher-level recovery actions.