Thomas D Furland

US Patent:

8165707, Apr 24, 2012

Filed:

Aug 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/834187

Inventors:

Kerry J. Enright - South Burlington VT, US
Thomas D. Furland - Essex Junction VT, US
Michael J. Maslack - Colchester VT, US
Steven R. Pike - East Fairfield VT, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

700115, 700103, 700108

Abstract:

A system, method, service and media for managing both supplier-owned and non-owned manufacturing asset types utilizing a supplier model of a product which goes across the manufacturing asset types. The invention maps the model to instances of the asset types and uses a network to control and monitor the assets. The monitoring and control occur according to the model, rules and services and does not require the vendors of non-owned manufacturing asset types to change their manufacturing execution systems.

US Patent:

8451018, May 28, 2013

Filed:

Feb 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/706228

Inventors:

Thomas D. Furland - Essex Junction VT, US
Leah M. P. Pastel - Essex VT, US
Kevin W. Stanley - Milton VT, US
Robert C. Virun - Essex Junction VT, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G01R 31/26

US Classification:

32476201

Abstract:

A method, system, and program product for identifying at least one bit failure among a plurality of semiconductor chips are provided. A first aspect of the invention provides a method of identifying at least one bit failure signature among a plurality of semiconductor chips, the method comprising: counting failures of each failing bit among the plurality of semiconductor chips; determining a most commonly failing bit (MCFB) among the failing bits; establishing a bit failure signature including the MCFB; counting failures of each failing bit on semiconductor chips on which the MCFB fails; determining a next most commonly failing bit (NMCFB) among the failing bits on semiconductor chips on which the MCFB fails; determining whether the NMCFB tends to fail when the MCFB fails; and in response to a determination that the NMCFB tends to fail when the MCFB fails, adding the NMCFB to the bit failure signature.

US Patent:

20050288978, Dec 29, 2005

Filed:

Jun 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/710252

Inventors:

Thomas Furland - Essex Junction VT, US
William Gile - Colchester VT, US
Michael Hyder - Jericho VT, US
Jayakumar Krishnamurthy - Framingham MA, US
Lewis Martin - Essex Junction VT, US
Muthukrishnan Vishwanathan - South Burlington VT, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q010/00
G06Q099/00

US Classification:

705007000, 705001000

Abstract:

Disclosed is a method/system for transferring test data from a supply chain to a demand chain. This process includes performing a supply side reconciliation of the test data and a demand side reconciliation of the test data upon the occurrence of a trigger event in the supply chain. Then, the invention processes this reconciled data through a business rules database to process entitled test data for correctness, and verifies that the entitled data is supplied to selective points in the demand chain.

US Patent:

20060106473, May 18, 2006

Filed:

Nov 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/904536

Inventors:

Kerry Enright - South Burlington VT, US
Thomas Furland - Essex Junction VT, US
David Lutton - Cambridge VT, US
Michael Maslack - Colchester VT, US
Steven Pike - East Fairfield VT, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

700096000, 700103000

Abstract:

A system, method, service and media for managing both supplier-owned and non-owned manufacturing asset types utilizing a supplier model of a product which goes across the manufacturing asset types. The invention maps the model to instances of the asset types and uses a network to control and monitor the assets. The monitoring and control occur according to the model, rules and services and does not require the vendors of non-owned manufacturing asset types to change their manufacturing execution systems.