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Nicholas D. Fifer
Researcher at IBM
Publications - 9
Citations - 101
Nicholas D. Fifer is an academic researcher from IBM. The author has contributed to research in topics: Block (data storage) & Signal. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 9 publications receiving 101 citations. Previous affiliations of Nicholas D. Fifer include Google.
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Method, system, and program for synchronizing subtasks using sequence numbers
Nicholas D. Fifer,II Frederick James Carberry,William Henry Travis,Alex Chen,Theodore T. Harris +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, a method, system and program for synchronizing sequential subtasks of a task, so that the subtasks can be dispatched to generate operations in a particular sequence is presented.
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Implicit authentication to computer resources and error recovery
TL;DR: In this article, the authors define a behavioral signature including a plurality of defined computer actions known to an authorized user of the computer resource, and a first performed computer action of a user is registered.
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Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of an electronic display
TL;DR: In this article, a method, system, and computer program product for reducing power consumption in a display area of an electronic device is presented, which includes selecting a first window within the display area to be highlighted using a first input command of a user.
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Priority initialization system
Jeffery Michael Barnes,Susan K. Candelaria,Nicholas D. Fifer,Matthew J. Kalos,Edwin K. Scott +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, a supervisor algorithm assigns a task control block to each of the identified data storage devices and invokes a logical unit number (LUN) initialization algorithm, and if the supervisor algorithm was invoked during an initial microcode load (IML) event, the LUN initialization algorithm initializes each identified storage devices.
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Encryption technique for asynchronous control commands and data
Nicholas D. Fifer,Robert Francis Bartfai,William Frank Micka,Warren K. Stanley,Kenneth Fairclough Day,Kenneth Wayne Boyd +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a method of transmitting information from a primary storage control unit to a secondary storage control units in an asynchronous data copying system is proposed, which includes building multiple descriptor blocks for transmission from the primary storage controller unit, and encrypting multiple payloads according to one of n encryption methods.