Patents by Inventor Troy G. Reish

Troy G. Reish 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).

  • Creation of manageable management collections using filters
    Patent number: 5956508
    Abstract: A data processing system for managing a plurality of objects within said data processing system, the distributed data processing system having an object oriented environment. A container object is created for holding objects and a plurality of objects is detected within the data processing system. A filter object is associated with the container object, wherein the filter object receives the plurality of objects within the data processing system and the filter object passes selected ones of the plurality of objects to the container object. The data processing system is periodically monitored to detect changes in the plurality of objects. The container object is automatically updated using the filter object to pass selected ones of the plurality of objects to the container object in response to monitoring the data processing system, wherein the container object is automatically updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wanda K. Johnson, Charles R. McKelley, Jr., Jerry W. Malcolm, Troy G. Reish, Robert F. Selby