Patents by Inventor Richard D. Prewitt, Jr.

Richard D. Prewitt, Jr. 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: 10437652
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for performing data analysis. Mapping analytics are applied on data which contains extensive information. Mapped building blocks are found by applying mapping analytics. These mapped building blocks help determine which functions are in use within a system. By determining which functions are in use within a system, a higher-level of functionality in use can also be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard D. Prewitt, Jr., Marna L. Walle
  • Patent number: 10437651
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for performing data analysis. Mapping analytics are applied on data which contains extensive information. Mapped building blocks are found by applying mapping analytics. These mapped building blocks help determine which functions are in use within a system. By determining which functions are in use within a system, a higher-level of functionality in use can also be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard D. Prewitt, Jr., Marna L. Walle
  • Patent number: 9690553
    Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for identifying dependency relationships in a software product. Aspects include obtaining change history data for the software product and extracting a plurality of change elements from the change history data, each change element including an identifier of a code segment that was changed and a timestamp of the change. Aspects also include creating a dependency graph based on the plurality of change elements, wherein the dependency graph includes nodes that correspond to the code segments and edges that connect nodes that were both updated in a same logical grouping, calculating a weight for each of the edges based on probability that the nodes connected by the edge will be updated together, and outputting the dependency graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aharon Brodie, Eitan D. Farchi, Michael E. Gildein, II, Sergey Novikov, Richard D. Prewitt, Jr., Orna Raz-Pelleg
  • Publication number: 20170083631
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for performing data analysis. Mapping analytics are applied on data which contains extensive information. Mapped building blocks are found by applying mapping analytics. These mapped building blocks help determine which functions are in use within a system. By determining which functions are in use within a system, a higher-level of functionality in use can also be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Richard D. Prewitt, JR., Marna L. Walle
  • Publication number: 20170083385
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for performing data analysis. Mapping analytics are applied on data which contains extensive information. Mapped building blocks are found by applying mapping analytics. These mapped building blocks help determine which functions are in use within a system. By determining which functions are in use within a system, a higher-level of functionality in use can also be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Richard D. Prewitt, JR., Marna L. Walle
  • Patent number: 8392926
    Abstract: A system and method that provides an automated solution to obtaining quality scheduling for users of computing resources. The system, implemented in an enterprise software test center, collects information from test-shop personnel about test machine features and availability, test jobs, and tester preferences and constraints. The system reformulates this testing information as a system of constraints. An optimizing scheduling engine computes efficient schedules whereby all the jobs are feasibly scheduled while satisfying the users' time preferences to the greatest extent possible. The method and system achieves fairness: if all preferences can not be meet, it is attempted to evenly distribute violations of preferences across the users. The test scheduling is generated according to a first application of a greedy algorithm that finds an initial feasible assignment of jobs. The second is a local search algorithm that improves the initial greedy solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy J. Kimbrel, Tarun Kumar, Kevin D. McKenzie, Richard D. Prewitt, Jr., Maxim Sviridenko, Debra Tomkowid
  • Publication number: 20110246994
    Abstract: A system and method that provides an automated solution to obtaining quality scheduling for users of computing resources. The system, implemented in an enterprise software test center, collects information from test-shop personnel about test machine features and availability, test jobs, and tester preferences and constraints. The system reformulates this testing information as a system of constraints. An optimizing scheduling engine computes efficient schedules whereby all the jobs are feasibly scheduled while satisfying the users' time preferences to the greatest extent possible. The method and system achieves fairness: if all preferences can not be meet, it is attempted to evenly distribute violations of preferences across the users. The test scheduling is generated according to a first application of a greedy algorithm that finds an initial feasible assignment of jobs. The second is a local search algorithm that improves the initial greedy solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy J. Kimbrel, Tarun Kumar, Kevin D. McKenzie, Richard D. Prewitt, JR., Maxim Sviridenko, Debra Tomkowid