Patents by Inventor Walter Cade Metz

Walter Cade Metz 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).

  • Representing, configuring, administering, monitoring, and/or modeling connections using catalogs and matrixes
    Patent number: 7277931
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer product and structure is presented for representing and managing large amounts of information concerning networks of elements. While being useful for communication networks, it can be also usefully deployed in the context of other networks such as distribution and transportation networks. The method uses a hierarchical construct called “catalog”—a set of elements (which could be “atomic” elements or catalogs themselves)—to organize information about physical or abstract entities relevant for modeling the network. A matrix construct whose rows and columns constitute such elements are used to model connections at different levels of abstraction. A common framework and representation provided using these two constructs is shown to be useful for visualization, administration, configuration, modeling, monitoring and manipulation of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Earl Hardin Booth, Charles Bruce Dillon, Bret Elliott Harrison, Sanjay Damodar Kamat, Charles Steven Lingafelt, Walter Cade Metz, Rajendran Rajan, Leo Temoshenko
  • Method and system for providing and viewing performance analysis of resource groups
    Patent number: 7016972
    Abstract: A method and system for providing performance analysis on a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes at least one resource group and at least one node. The method and system include obtaining performance data for a plurality of monitors for the at least one resource group and analyzing the performance data to determine whether performance of the system can be improved using the at least one resource group. Preferably, performance is improved by moving the resource group between nodes. The method and system include graphically displaying the performance data graphically displaying performance data for at least one monitor of the plurality of monitors for the at least one resource group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Randal Lee Bertram, Antonio Abbondanzio, Janet Anne Brewer, James Franklin Macon, Jr., Gregory Joseph McKnight, Walter Cade Metz, Jr.
  • Method and system for providing and viewing performance analysis of resource groups
    Publication number: 20020156884
    Abstract: A method and system for providing performance analysis on a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes at least one resource group and at least one node. The method and system include obtaining performance data for a plurality of monitors for the at least one resource group and analyzing the performance data to determine whether performance of the system can be improved using the at least one resource group. Preferably, performance is improved by moving the resource group between nodes. The method and system include graphically displaying the performance data graphically displaying performance data for at least one monitor of the plurality of monitors for the at least one resource group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Randal Lee Bertram, Antonio Abbondanzio, Janet Anne Brewer, James Franklin Macon, Gregory Joseph McKnight, Walter Cade Metz