Patents by Inventor Howard M. McKinney

Howard M. McKinney 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: 7805736
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of linking cross-process and cross-thread subtransactions into a single user transaction. The mechanism of the present invention employs bytecode inserted probes to dynamically detect out of process correlating tokens in an inbound request. The bytecode inserted probes retrieve the correlating token in the inbound request. Based on the correlating token retrieved, the bytecode inserted probes are then used to dynamically determine if the inbound user request should be recorded and linked to a transaction that began in another thread or process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan C. Chagoly, Xiaoping Chen, Howard M. McKinney, Kirk M. Sexton
  • Publication number: 20090235267
    Abstract: A consolidated representation of performance trends for a plurality of resources in a data processing system is generated. Recent performance measurement data for the plurality of resources is retrieved along with historical performance measurement data for the plurality of resources. For each resource, an associated performance trend is determined based on an analysis of the recent performance measurement data and the historical performance measurement data. A single consolidated graphical representation of the plurality of resources is generated based on the associated performance trends. Each resource in the plurality of resources may have a separate representation within the single consolidated graphical representation positioned within the single consolidated graphical representation based on a recent performance trend and an associated historical performance trend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Howard M. McKinney, John C. Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20080034352
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-usable medium for determining unimportant probe locations by examination of byte code to identify method by name pattern. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a first candidate location is identified in byte code to instrument with a monitoring probe. The first candidate location is screen according to a list of ineligible method names and/or property names. Responsive to a match with the list, the first candidate location is eliminated as a byte code location to instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Howard M. McKinney, Kirk M. Sexton
  • Publication number: 20080004720
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-usable medium for determining unimportant probe locations by examination of byte code by identifying trivial methods according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a management application identifies a first candidate location in byte code to instrument with a monitoring probe. The management application determines that the first candidate location links to a method of trivial importance and eliminates the first candidate location as a byte location to instrument. The management application identifies a second candidate location in byte code to instrument with a monitoring probe. The management application determines that the second candidate location links to a method of importance and instruments the second candidate location with the monitoring probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Howard M. Mckinney, Kirk M. Sexton