Patents by Inventor Brian James Tarbox

Brian James Tarbox has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6664987
    Abstract: A computer managed communication network with user interactive access via a plurality of display terminals and including a plurality of network objects, each respectfully associated with one of a plurality of linked network nodes. The network includes means such as databases for storing data representing attributes of network objects. There is graphically displayed on at least one of said display terminals, at least a portion of said linked network nodes and associated objects. In addition, there is a user interactive implementation for activating a transient display of a selected attribute of one of said displayed objects proximate to said object in combination with user interactive means for selecting the attribute to be transiently displayed. Preferably, the attribute is dynamically selected by user interactive means for activating the display of an attribute menu during the time of said transient display so that another attribute may be selected during said time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian James Tarbox, Bethany Rose Scaer, Jeffrey Phillip Snover
  • Publication number: 20030005358
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program for managing a set of data by a distributed set of services is provided. The set of data is organized into a plurality of related sets of data. Management of the related set of data is assigned, by a set of services, to a service within the distributed set of services based on an optimization criteria. Responsive to a failed service within the distributed set of services, management of the related set of data managed by the failed service is transferred to another service within the distributed set of services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Koelle, Brian James Tarbox
  • Publication number: 20030005098
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions for grouping based on attributes in a data processing system. Messages are sent indicating an availability of a set of attributes relating to data processing systems in which the attributes are used to create. A request is received from a requester to generate a group using selected attributes from the set of attributes. A group is generated based on the selected attributes. The group is returned to the requester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Koelle, Jeffrey Phillip Snover, Brian James Tarbox
  • Patent number: 6101498
    Abstract: A computer managed communication network with user interactive access via a plurality of display terminals and including a plurality of network objects, each respectfully associated with one of a plurality of linked network nodes. The network includes means such as databases for storing data representing attributes of network objects. There is graphically displayed on at least one of said display terminals, at least a portion of said linked network nodes and associated objects. In addition, there is a user interactive implementation for activating for each of a plurality of objects, a primary transient display of a selected primary attribute of said object adjacent to the object and a second transient display of supplementary attributes of said object, remote from said selected object and active during the transience of the primary transient display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Bethany Rose Scaer, Jeffrey Phillip Snover, Brian James Tarbox
  • Patent number: 6020889
    Abstract: A computer managed communication network with user interactive access via a plurality of display terminals and including a plurality of network objects, each respectfully associated with one of a plurality of linked network nodes. The network includes means such as databases for storing data representing attributes of network objects. There is graphically displayed on at least one of said display terminals, at least a portion of said linked network nodes and associated objects. In addition, there is a user interactive implementation for activating for each of a plurality of objects, a transient display of a selected attribute of said object proximate to said object during a period of common transience. The system further includes user interactive means for varying the period of transience of each of said transient displays whereby the attribute values of a variety of objects may be compared to each other without unduly cluttering the display interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian James Tarbox, Bethany Rose Scaer, Jeffrey Phillip Snover