Patents by Inventor Richard W. Gregory

Richard W. Gregory 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: 9805113
    Abstract: Methods and systems may provide for monitoring shared content for changes by a plurality of users and selecting a subset of the shared content based on one or more collaboration characteristics associated with the changes by the plurality of users. In addition, an indexing schedule may be determined for the subset of the shared content based on the one or more collaboration characteristics. In one example, the collaboration characteristics include one or more user roles associated with one or more of the plurality of users, an operation type, a number of users making the changes and/or a frequency of the changes by the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Denis F. Brodeur, Richard W. Gregory, Visweswara S. Induri
  • Patent number: 9672142
    Abstract: A fulfillment test of a computing system having components is performed within a build-to-order test phase. Responsive to the fulfillment test failing, the component that most contributed to the fulfillment test failing is replaced, regardless of whether the given component was determined to be suspect or marginally defective pursuant to a fabrication test previously performed within a build-to-plan test phase. Any other component of that contributed to the fulfillment test failing and that was determined to be suspect or marginally defective pursuant to the fabrication test previously performed within the build-to-plan test phase is also replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Gadzinski, Anthony G. Gorey, Richard W. Gregory, Rohan A. Jones, Michel H. Joseph, Kurt J. Leuchten, Gerald G. Stanquist, Brian W. Stocker
  • Publication number: 20140364984
    Abstract: A fulfillment test of a computing system having components is performed within a build-to-order test phase. Responsive to the fulfillment test failing, the component that most contributed to the fulfillment test failing is replaced, regardless of whether the given component was determined to be suspect or marginally defective pursuant to a fabrication test previously performed within a build-to-plan test phase. Any other component of that contributed to the fulfillment test failing and that was determined to be suspect or marginally defective pursuant to the fabrication test previously performed within the build-to-plan test phase is also replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew Gadzinski, Anthony G. Gorey, Richard W. Gregory, Rohan A. Jones, Michel H. Joseph, Kurt J. Leuchten, Gerald G. Stanquist, Brian W. Stocker
  • Publication number: 20140344212
    Abstract: Methods and systems may provide for monitoring shared content for changes by a plurality of users and selecting a subset of the shared content based on one or more collaboration characteristics associated with the changes by the plurality of users. In addition, an indexing schedule may be determined for the subset of the shared content based on the one or more collaboration characteristics. In one example, the collaboration characteristics include one or more user roles associated with one or more of the plurality of users, an operation type, a number of users making the changes and/or a frequency of the changes by the plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Denis F. Brodeur, Richard W. Gregory, Visweswara S. Induri