Patents by Inventor Mark A. Shewell
Mark A. Shewell 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).
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Patent number: 9483545Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, two or more attributes that are included in a plurality of attributes are aggregated into a group defined by a first data definition language syntax. The first data definition language syntax defines the group as having a groupID and one or more of an attribute definition defined in a comma-separated list and a group definition. The attribute definition is defined by a second data definition syntax. The first data definition language syntax includes the second data definition language syntax. The first data definition language syntax is structured in a manner to allow a database operation associated with the group to be applied to all attributes and/or groups included therein.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Karla Bester, Allan T. Chandler, Mark A. Shewell, Stephen J. Yates
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Patent number: 9456024Abstract: A method for sharing a plurality of content in a mobile ad hoc network is provided. The method may include registering the plurality of content for sharing on a first mobile device, whereby the registered plurality of content is associated with a plurality of descriptive keywords. The method may also include responding, by the first mobile device, to a request by a second mobile device for the plurality of content for sharing by the at least one keyword, wherein the responding comprises determining the request for the plurality of content for sharing by at the least one keyword matches at least one keyword within the registered plurality of descriptive keywords.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Graham C. Charters, Bret W. Dixon, Benjamin T. Horwood, Alexander H. Poga, Mark A. Shewell
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Publication number: 20160246513Abstract: In an approach for locating, preserving, and receiving registers, a register located within a central processing unit is modified a preservation bit, wherein the preservation bit designates when the register is to be preserved. The preservation bit of the register is activated. A preservation bit requests a subroutine to access content held on the register. A register is pushed to a memory source. The bitmask is pushed to a memory source, wherein the bitmask contains information regarding the content pushed to the memory source. The bitmask is popped, at the request of the subroutine, to determine that that content is to be popped. The content is popped from the memory source to the register. The content is returned from the subroutine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2015Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Karla Bester, Allan T. Chandler, Mark A. Shewell, Stephen J. Yates
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Patent number: 9389796Abstract: In an approach for locating, preserving, and receiving registers, a register located within a central processing unit is modified a preservation bit, wherein the preservation bit designates when the register is to be preserved. The preservation bit of the register is activated. A preservation bit requests a subroutine to access content held on the register. A register is pushed to a memory source. The bitmask is pushed to a memory source, wherein the bitmask contains information regarding the content pushed to the memory source. The bitmask is popped, at the request of the subroutine, to determine that that content is to be popped. The content is popped from the memory source to the register. The content is returned from the subroutine.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Karla Bester, Allan T. Chandler, Mark A. Shewell, Stephen J. Yates
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Patent number: 9378254Abstract: An approach is provided to copy records between tables in a relational database. In the approach, a Structured Query Language (SQL) table COPY statement is received with the COPY statement identifying a source table and a target table. Table column names are retrieved from a metadata that corresponds to the source table. The retrieved table column names are used to generate an SQL statement that includes an INSERT INTO clause pertaining to the target table and a SELECT clause pertaining to the source table, wherein the INSERT INTO clause includes a set of target column names and wherein the SELECT clause includes a set of corresponding source column names.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Karla Bester, Allan T. Chandler, Mark A. Shewell, Stephen J. Yates
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Publication number: 20160171086Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, two or more attributes that are included in a plurality of attributes are aggregated into a group defined by a first data definition language syntax. The first data definition language syntax defines the group as having a groupID and one or more of an attribute definition defined in a comma-separated list and a group definition. The attribute definition is defined by a second data definition syntax. The first data definition language syntax includes the second data definition language syntax. The first data definition language syntax is structured in a manner to allow a database operation associated with the group to be applied to all attributes and/or groups included therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Karla Bester, Allan T. Chandler, Mark A. Shewell, Stephen J. Yates
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Publication number: 20160162317Abstract: A method for configuring and maintaining external monitoring of one or more instances of a virtual machine within a virtualized computing environment. The method includes a computer processor monitoring a hypervisor. The method further includes a computer processor identifying a first list, wherein the first list is comprised of one or more monitoring templates respectively associated with one or more virtual machine types, and maintaining a second list comprised plurality of provisioned instances of virtual machines, wherein the second list also includes a first information respectively associated with the plurality of provisioned instances of virtual machines. The method further includes a computer processor compiling a third list and transmitting the third list to the monitoring system. The method further includes a computer processor receiving the third list and in response, a computer processor executing one or more monitoring functions based, at least in part, on the third list.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Liam M. Doherty, King-Yan Kwan, Mark A. Shewell, Peter G. Woodward
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Publication number: 20160162312Abstract: A method for configuring and maintaining external monitoring of one or more instances of a virtual machine within a virtualized computing environment. The method includes a computer processor monitoring a hypervisor. The method further includes a computer processor identifying a first list, wherein the first list is comprised of one or more monitoring templates respectively associated with one or more virtual machine types, and maintaining a second list comprised plurality of provisioned instances of virtual machines, wherein the second list also includes a first information respectively associated with the plurality of provisioned instances of virtual machines. The method further includes a computer processor compiling a third list and transmitting the third list to the monitoring system. The method further includes a computer processor receiving the third list and in response, a computer processor executing one or more monitoring functions based, at least in part, on the third list.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Liam M. Doherty, King-Yan Kwan, Mark A. Shewell, Peter G. Woodward
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Publication number: 20160132543Abstract: A method for aggregating data in database tables. A computer receives a request to create an aggregation object comprising a set of related tables and aggregation rules. The computer system creates an aggregation object comprising multiple tables with related key and data columns and managed as a single entity with a single definition. Upon receiving data in the form of a new, inserted, or updated row, the computer system automatically aggregates the data to all objects in the aggregation object hierarchy by creating a summarized row for the current table using the inserted, merged or updated row and defined aggregation rules for each object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Karla Bester, Allan T. Chandler, Mark A. Shewell, Stephen J. Yates
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Publication number: 20150347468Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, two or more attributes that are included in a plurality of attributes are aggregated into a group defined by a first data definition language syntax. The first data definition language syntax defines the group as having a groupID and one or more of an attribute definition defined in a comma-separated list and a group definition. The attribute definition is defined by a second data definition syntax. The first data definition language syntax includes the second data definition language syntax. The first data definition language syntax is structured in a manner to allow a database operation associated with the group to be applied to all attributes and/or groups included therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Karla Bester, Allan T. Chandler, Mark A. Shewell, Stephen J. Yates
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Publication number: 20150339329Abstract: A database management system provides row based filtering of data at a database level by evaluating content of at least one record of a write data request received from an application for a particular table from among at least one table of a database, against at least one filter rule specified for the particular table. The database management system selects, for the at least one record, whether to store the at least one record of the write data request as a separate row in the particular table based on a separate action triggered for the at least one record when evaluated against the at least one filter rule specified for the particular table, each record not selected for storage being silently discarded.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: KARLA BESTER, ALLAN T. CHANDLER, MARK A. SHEWELL, STEPHEN J. YATES
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Patent number: 9165078Abstract: A database management system provides row based filtering of data at a database level by evaluating content of at least one record of a write data request received from an application for a particular table from among at least one table of a database, against at least one filter rule specified for the particular table. The database management system selects, for the at least one record, whether to store the at least one record of the write data request as a separate row in the particular table based on a separate action triggered for the at least one record when evaluated against the at least one filter rule specified for the particular table, each record not selected for storage being silently discarded.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Karla Bester, Allan T. Chandler, Mark A. Shewell, Stephen J. Yates
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Publication number: 20140280248Abstract: A database management system provides row based filtering of data at a database level by evaluating content of at least one record of a write data request received from an application for a particular table from among at least one table of a database, against at least one filter rule specified for the particular table. The database management system selects, for the at least one record, whether to store the at least one record of the write data request as a separate row in the particular table based on a separate action triggered for the at least one record when evaluated against the at least one filter rule specified for the particular table, each record not selected for storage being silently discarded.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: KARLA BESTER, ALLAN T. CHANDLER, MARK A. SHEWELL, STEPHEN J. YATES
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Publication number: 20140279914Abstract: An approach is provided to copy records between tables in a relational database. In the approach, a Structured Query Language (SQL) table COPY statement is received with the COPY statement identifying a source table and a target table. Table column names are retrieved from a metadata that corresponds to the source table.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Karla Bester, Allan T. Chandler, Mark A. Shewell, Stephen J. Yates