Ping P Chen

US Patent:

6662236, Dec 9, 2003

Filed:

Jun 29, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/106628

Inventors:

Ajay Apte - Austin TX
Ping Chen - Austin TX
John Sanchez - Pflugerville TX

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 900

US Classification:

709320, 709332, 717115

Abstract:

A method of providing a script for a computer application, by creating an object-oriented scripting environment which allows a user to enter separate code as a script, registering one or more objects with the scripting environment using a script macro, and instantiating the objects at runtime using a script code. The script macro may be re-used to instantiate multiple sets of objects named in the script code. Objects are registered with only names and classes, and then instantiated by determining one or more classes of the objects, and rebuilding class information. The application may be a Java applet which includes the script macro, and the instantiation includes instantiating a Java bean named in the script code. The Java bean may be instantiated by first determining its attributes, and then invoking the bean using a customizer. Since the objects are not stored at design time, objects can be scripted even if they cannot be saved (e. g.

US Patent:

6684387, Jan 27, 2004

Filed:

Sep 23, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/404404

Inventors:

Liane Elizabeth Haynes Acker - Orange Park FL
Ajay A. Apte - Austin TX
Ping Chen - Austin TX
Karalee Brown LeBlanc - Austin TX

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 944

US Classification:

717126, 707203

Abstract:

The introspection capability of Java is utilized by the described verification tool to verify validity of a target beans Java Archive (JAR) file. The deployment descriptor class is verified first according to Enterprise Java Bean. specification rules. The remaining classes: remote interface, home interface and bean class are all loaded into a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and verified by the described verification tool through Java introspection.

US Patent:

6704805, Mar 9, 2004

Filed:

Apr 13, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/549152

Inventors:

Liane Elizabeth Haynes Acker - Orange Park FL
Ping Chen - Austin TX
James Irwin Knutson - Austin TX

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 944

US Classification:

709315, 709314, 709316

Abstract:

A system, method, and program product, in which a stateful EJB session bean is used as the front end to client calls. In this configuration, a queue is represented by a session bean instance. âPutâ and âgetâ are called on the relevant session bean instances. Thus, for example, a client, instead of first finding a home for a given type of OMs then calling âputâ on the home to send out messages, will find a session bean home, create a session bean instance corresponding to a queue, and call âputâ on the bean instance to send messages. In this manner, the message queue can be managed using standard EJB techniques.

US Patent:

7171417, Jan 30, 2007

Filed:

Sep 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/675741

Inventors:

Ping Chen - Austin TX, US
Robert Kimberlin Foster - Austin TX, US
Joy Mei-Jen Underhill - Round Rock TX, US
Christine I. Wang - Pflugerville TX, US
Quan Wang - Austin TX, US
Xiaodong Xia - Round Rock TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 10

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for improving performance and scalability of common information model object (CIMOM) by using a hardware management console (HMC) repository. The HMC repository includes storage of HMC objects, an HMC object model and a common interface (CIM Wrapper) for accessing to HMC objects. The HMC object model allows the user to store and retrieve the CIM objects and their associations efficiently. A CIM provider may access HMC objects through a common interface (CIM Wrapper), so that different repositories are allowed to be used without significant changes to the underlying server code (CIM provider). A CIM provider may also call the HMC repository directly for more efficient operations because the number of times conversions made between the CIM object and the repository object are greatly decreased.

US Patent:

8260925, Sep 4, 2012

Filed:

Nov 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/266916

Inventors:

Ping Chen - Austin TX, US
Robert K. Foster - Austin TX, US
Yiwei Li - Austin TX, US
Elizabeth A. Ruth - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/173
G06F 13/00
G06F 9/46

US Classification:

709226, 710104, 718104

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a data structure stores information about the number of client virtual I/O adapters, the number of possible destination VIOS hosts and the number of available slots on those hosts. The information is used to iteratively assign adapters to available slots of the VIOS hosts of the destination server to which a client partition is to be migrated. A method comprises testing the data structure to determine whether conditions exist that make allocation of the adapter to a VIOS host unquestionable.

US Patent:

20050138207, Jun 23, 2005

Filed:

Dec 17, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/738228

Inventors:

Ping Chen - Austin TX, US
John Dodson - Pflugerville TX, US
Minh Nguyen - Austin TX, US
Quan Wang - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709246000

Abstract:

A method, apparatus and computer instructions are disclosed for seamlessly transporting a language-independent message (e.g., embedded NLS emblems) encoded from a source code at a layer below a management framework, through the management framework, and on to a client layer for consumption by a user. Consequently, for example, the process of displaying an error condition message to a client can be decoupled completely from the point where the error occurred, but the details and context of the error can still be preserved. As such, a generic solution is disclosed that is independent of the NLS language and locale and particular management framework involved. Advantageously, for example, a system programmer can write a significant amount of a system's messaging code independently of the management framework involved.

US Patent:

20120159481, Jun 21, 2012

Filed:

Dec 21, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/974490

Inventors:

Gary D. Anderson - Austin TX, US
Ping Chen - Austin TX, US
Charles S. Graham - Rochester MN, US
Patricia Y. Wang - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/455

US Classification:

718 1

Abstract:

A virtual function mapping process, which is capable of being used in connection with the migration of a logical partition to a target system, creates candidate lists for virtual functions assigned to the logical partition, which are populated with candidate physical ports from a target system that are capable of being mapped to such virtual functions. Candidate physical ports are assigned weights based upon their suitability to be mapped to a particular virtual function, and as candidate physical ports are selected for virtual functions, weights for other candidate physical ports for other virtual functions are recalculated to reflect the impact of the selection of candidate physical ports on the suitability of the remaining physical ports for other virtual functions.

US Patent:

62619780, Jul 17, 2001

Filed:

Feb 22, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/253875

Inventors:

Ping Chen - Round Rock TX
Navakanta Bhat - Austin TX
Daniel T. K. Pham - Austin TX

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H01L 218234

US Classification:

438981

Abstract:

A first dielectric layer (22) is formed over a semiconductor device substrate. A resist layer (32) is then patterned to expose portions of the first dielectric layer (22). Portions of the first dielectric layer (22) are removed to expose portions of the semiconductor device substrate (42). The resist layer (32) is then removed. The semiconductor device substrate is cleaned without using a fluorine-containing solution and a second dielectric layer (62) is formed overlying the semiconductor device substrate.