Patents by Inventor Phillip A. Whelan

Phillip A. Whelan 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).

  • Publication number: 20200117893
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining differences in documents to generate a visualization highlighting the differences between documents. Name-value pairs are extracted for objects in a first document. The objects include code to control rendering of content in the first document in a graphical user interface (GUI). Each extracted name-value pair indicates a value for a name of an attribute in the first document. Name value pairs are extracted for objects in a second document. A determination is made whether a difference in values of a specified name indicated in the name-value pairs extracted from the first and second documents exceeds a threshold provided for the specified name. A visualization is generated highlighting an object rendered according to different values provided for the specified name that are determined to exceed the threshold provided for the specified name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Phillip Whelan, Paul C. Jones, Amit Joneja, Gregory J. Koestler
  • Patent number: 7966520
    Abstract: A system is provided for controlling a right to use a computational component, comprising (a) a backup computational component 102 associated with a primary computational component 150, wherein when the primary computational component is in an operational mode the backup computational component is in a standby mode; (b) an activation agent 154 operable to determine when the primary computational component is no longer in the operational mode; (c) a timer 126 associated with the backup computational component; and (d) a mode setting agent 124 operable to permit the backup computational component to change to the operational mode when the value of the license error timer is not zero and to not permit the backup computational component to change to the operational mode when the value of the license error timer is zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Walker, Robert J. Serkowski, David L. Chavez, Phillip A. Whelan, Robin L. Chalmeta
  • Patent number: 7127442
    Abstract: A telecommunication system comprises a computational component operating in a first licensing mode. The system includes a license manager 113 that identifies the occurrence of a predetermined licensing event and a mode setting agent 124 that notifies a user of the predetermined licensing event and determines whether or not the user acknowledges receipt of the notice within a selected time period. When the user fails to acknowledge receipt of the notice within the selected time period, the mode setting agent causes the computational component to operate in a second licensing mode, and, when the user acknowledges receipt of the notice within the selected time period, causes the computational component to operate in a third licensing mode. The first, second, and third licensing modes provide for a first, second, and third sets of operations, respectively. Each of the first and third sets of operations differ from the second set of operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Bruce P. Mazza, Phillip A. Whelan, William T. Walker, Lawrence J. Morgan
  • Publication number: 20040199760
    Abstract: A telecommunication system comprises a computational component operating in a first licensing mode. The system includes a license manager 113 that identifies the occurrence of a predetermined licensing event and a mode setting agent 124 that notifies a user of the predetermined licensing event and determines whether or not the user acknowledges receipt of the notice within a selected time period. When the user fails to acknowledge receipt of the notice within the selected time period, the mode setting agent causes the computational component to operate in a second licensing mode, and, when the user acknowledges receipt of the notice within the selected time period, causes the computational component to operate in a third licensing mode. The first, second, and third licensing modes provide for a first, second, and third sets of operations, respectively. Each of the first and third sets of operations differ from the second set of operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Bruce P. Mazza, Phillip A. Whelan, William T. Walker, Lawrence J. Morgan
  • Publication number: 20040044630
    Abstract: A system is provided for controlling a right to use a computational component, comprising (a) a backup computational component 102 associated with a primary computational component 150, wherein when the primary computational component is in an operational mode the backup computational component is in a standby mode; (b) an activation agent 154 operable to determine when the primary computational component is no longer in the operational mode; (c) a timer 126 associated with the backup computational component; and (d) a mode setting agent 124 operable to permit the backup computational component to change to the operational mode when the value of the license error timer is not zero and to not permit the backup computational component to change to the operational mode when the value of the license error timer is zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: William T. Walker, Robert J. Serkowski, David L. Chavez, Phillip A. Whelan, Robin L. Chalmeta