Patents Assigned to Unisys
  • Patent number: 10599458
    Abstract: A Forward Fabric platform system for coupling to a data center platform. The Forward Fabric platform system includes a plurality of nodes, an interconnect backplane coupled between the nodes, and a Forward Fabric Manager (FFM) coupled to the nodes via the interconnect backplane for controlling and managing the Forward Fabric platform system. The Forward Fabric manager creates at least one secure partition (s-Par) application executing within at least one of the nodes. At least one of the nodes having a secure partition (s-Par) application executing therein also includes a software defined network (SDN) controller executing therein for receiving configuration information and providing at least one secure and non-stop Forward Fabric endpoint on the Forward Fabric platform system for connecting with at least one endpoint on the data center platform. At least one of the nodes having a secure partition (s-Par) application executing therein also includes a traffic control component and a router switch component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Ranjith Menon Puthen Variath, James R Hunter, Jr., John A Landis
  • Patent number: 10592434
    Abstract: Methods and systems for securing memory within a computing fabric are disclosed. One method includes allocating memory of one or more host computing systems in the computing fabric to a partition, the partition included among a plurality of partitions, the computing fabric including a hypervisor installed on the one or more host computing platforms and managing interactions among the plurality of partitions. The method includes defining an address range associated with the memory allocated to the partition, receiving a memory operation including an address within the address range, and, based on the memory operation including an address within the address range, issuing, by the hypervisor, an indication that the memory operation is occurring at an encrypted memory location. The method also includes performing the memory operation, and performing an encryption operation on data associated with the memory operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J Sliwa, Bryan E Thompson, James R Hunter, John A Landis, David A Kershner
  • Publication number: 20200026453
    Abstract: A method and system for migrating data from a source mass storage device to a destination mass storage device within a system, The method includes changing the destination mass storage device from an unavailable for operation (DN) state to a reserved for data migration (RV) state, performing a disk copy operation from the source mass storage device to the destination mass storage device, changing the destination mass storage device from the reserved for data migration (RV) state to an available for operation (UP) state, changing the source mass storage device from an available for operation (UP) state to an unavailable for operation (DN) state, performing an Expand Disk operation within the destination mass storage device to expand the size of data storage capacity of the destination mass storage device from the smaller data storage capacity of the source mass storage device, and removing the source mass storage device from the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: MICHAEL J RIESCHL, LINDA J BROCK
  • Publication number: 20200013013
    Abstract: A logistics management system (LMS) may generate routes dynamically without the overhead of any pre-defined specifications of airport to connect between origin and destination airports. Further, the LMS's route construction function may take into account all the available flights segments, the shipment characteristics such as bulk/pallet/container, shipment product codes, and/or minimum connection times. A method may include receiving a request to create an allotment reservation having an origin and a destination. The method may also include receiving and assigning at least one route generation attribute; receiving available routes that have the same origin and destination as the reservation request; and sorting routes based upon at least one sort order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Neeraj Kumar, Sue M. Dohm, Karen J. Berg, Venkatesh Pazhyanur
  • Patent number: 10509686
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing computing tasks are disclosed. One system includes a first computing system and a second computing system. The first computing system includes a processing unit and a memory, the memory storing a computer-executable workload including a plurality of procedures including at least one distributable procedure, the at least one distributable procedures capable of execution independent of underlying operating system or platform resources of the first computing system and configured for execution on an architecture of the first computing system. The system further includes a distributable computation unit executable on a second computing system, the distributable computation unit including the at least one distributable procedure, a state of computing resources of the first computing system, and an application capable of execution on the second computing system to perform the at least one distributable procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew Ward Beale
  • Patent number: 10510081
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatuses and methods for analyzing patterns and generating rules related to actions taken in auditing cargo air waybills. Various embodiments of the invention may receive one or more user actions applied to an air waybill and analyze the user's actions to determine if a pattern of behavior is consistent in the user's actions. When one or more patterns are determined, one or more rules may be generated based on the patterns and the actions. If a generated rule is approved by a user, the generated rule may be applied to any future air waybill sent to an accounting system for auditing. The integration of pattern analysis and rule generation may ease some or all of the burden of manually auditing thousands of air waybills daily and reduce the temporal costs of internal audit staff and the financial costs of employing an outside company to audit cargo air waybills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Manu Kamalappan Nair, Abhijith Sreenivasan
  • Publication number: 20190378089
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods that generate supplemental air waybill that includes the underutilized allotment fee. An apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute the step of collecting allotment contract information, calculating an allotment total due amount using the allotment contract information, collecting active allotment information, calculating an active allotment due amount using the active allotment information, and calculating an underutilized allotment fee using the allotment total due amount and the active allotment due amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Joann E. Jancik, Neeraj Kumar
  • Patent number: 10503360
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adaptive control and annotation GUI that simplifies user interfaces for activating a plurality of user input options, reduces data entry labor overhead, and improves the ability of the computer to display information and interact with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventor: Roy Chu
  • Publication number: 20190372979
    Abstract: A computing system architecture includes a token generator communicable with a client token agent. The client token agent is communicable with a client database access agent. A database management system is communicable with the token agent. The database management system is communicable with the client database access agent. A client authorization management system is communicable with the database management system. The client authorization management system stores a list of authorized operations for a client. The list of authorized operations is configured to be changeable during a client login session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Shrinivas Alawani, Gurwinder Singh, Kumararaja Panneer Selvam
  • Patent number: 10498624
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptive router failover in Linux-based computing systems are disclosed. Embodiments may include configuring a Linux-based computing system to have access to at least a first router and a second router. Embodiments may further include transmitting one or more data packets from the Linux-based computing system to another computing system via the first router. Embodiments may also include identifying a failure in the first router and, in response to identification of the failure in the first router, automatically switching use of the first router and second router by the Linux-based computing system. Embodiments may further include transmitting one or more data packets from the Linux-based computing system to another computing system via the second router after switching the use of the first router and second router by the Linux-based computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: James R Heit, Robert L Bergerson, Jason C Schultz, John A Peters
  • Patent number: 10459769
    Abstract: An Elastic Container Management System (ECMS) that performs lifecycle management of containers by which containers are created, deleted, started, and stopped. The ECMS monitors the containers and, based on resource utilization, scales up and scales down the resource allocation of the containers. The ECMS also performs garbage collection, which removes containers from the host and their images and configurations are stored in repository, which can be retrieved. The ECMS also performs migration of containers between hosts in a network when the host running the container runs out of the resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Prithvi B Venkatesh, Krishna Kishore, Pramod Mekapothula
  • Publication number: 20190324798
    Abstract: A method and system for migrating Extensible Markup Language (XML) schemas between releases of a computing application. The method provides first and second versions of an XML document by the computing application, each version having a different schema. The first version is migrated to the second version using a migration step. The method uses a Dependency Injection Framework to abstract the characteristics of the at least one migration step. The method also transforms the first schema to the second schema, based on the abstracted characteristics of the at least one migration step, in such a way that the first version of the XML document is migrated into the second version of the XML document. The method migrates the first version into the second version in such a way that the second version can access application data from the first version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Zhonghui Ben Zou, Yuanzhi Michael Tang, Chaosong Wang
  • Patent number: 10454890
    Abstract: Methods of communicatively connecting first and second endpoints are disclosed. One method includes transmitting from a first endpoint to a second endpoint a connection request, the connection request including an IP address of the second endpoint. The method further includes, based at least in part on the IP address of the second endpoint, selecting IPsec from among a plurality of available security protocols to first attempt to use in forming a tunnel between the first and second endpoints, and forming the tunnel between the first and second endpoints based on the connection request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A Johnson, Kathleen Wild, Sarah K Inforzato, Ted Hinaman
  • Patent number: 10454881
    Abstract: Systems and methods configuring a process that uses IPv4 communication without associating the IPv4 process with an IP loopback address are disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving a message to configure an IPv4 process. Embodiments may also include determining if a configuration parameter associated with the received message is set to indicate that one or more default IP loopback addresses are to be used as IP loopback addresses to associate with the IPv4 process. Embodiments may further include completing the configuration of the IPv4 process without associating an IP loopback address with the IPv4 process when the configuration parameter is determined to not be set to indicate that one or more default IP loopback addresses are to be used as IP loopback addresses to associate with the IPv4 process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Mark V Deisinger, Robert L Bergerson
  • Patent number: 10447501
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing a VLAN or a subinterface on a computing system using a single configuration statement are disclosed. Embodiments may include modifying a configuration statement that configures a NIC coupled to the computing system to include a new field which indicates if a VLAN should be created on the NIC port. Embodiments may also include receiving a configuration statement that includes the new field. Embodiments may further include creating a VLAN on an Ethernet computer network or a subinterface on an InfiniBand computer network based on the received configuration statement that includes the new field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Jason C Schultz, James Heit, John A Peters, Robert L Bergerson
  • Publication number: 20190296989
    Abstract: A machine of console includes a processor and a machine readable medium accessible by the processor. The processor being adapted to execute instructions including categorizing incidents based on parameters of the incidents; identifying solutions, at least partially, based on the categorization of the incidents; measuring mean time to restoration; monitoring post-restoration incidents over a period of time; and storing effective solutions into a database corresponding to the category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Sandra J Racine, Jon Carlson, Steven G. Buchmiller, Cynthia Deibert Shelton, Alejandro Mendoza
  • Patent number: 10425395
    Abstract: A client system may be configured to request a single sign on authentication, in which an identity certificate is provided by the client system and stored by a server system. The stored certificate may be used to later authenticate a secure connection between the client system and the server system, after validating that the user represented by the certificate is a legitimate registered user of the server. The secure connection validated by the stored certificate may be, for example, a secure sockets layer/transport layer security (SSL/TLS) connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Glen E Newton, Robert L Bergerson, James R Heit, Steven R Hallquist
  • Patent number: 10423591
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods that generate a model file with a plurality of components. In one embodiment, a method includes reading, by a processor, an input model file. The method includes extracting, by the processor, at least one input component from the input model file. The method includes generating, by the processor, at least one output component using the at least one input component. The method includes storing, by the processor, the at least one output component in an output model file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Dhaneshwari Aneppanavar, Senthamarai Vilvanathan
  • Patent number: 10423603
    Abstract: A method includes determining, by a processor, whether a program check condition exists. The method further includes determining, by the processor, whether a lock descriptor of a lock in a file lock table satisfies an unlocking condition. The method further includes releasing, by the processor, the lock by setting the lock descriptor's host identifier as zero. The method further includes determining, by the processor, whether any lock in the file lock table satisfies a lock conflict condition. The method further includes determining, by the processor, whether the file lock table includes any lock descriptor that satisfies a locking condition. The method further includes creating, by the processor, a new lock using the lock descriptor that satisfies the locking condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Michael C Otto, Carl R Crandall, Forest F Crocker, Lnda J Brock, Douglas A Fuller, Michael J Rieschl
  • Patent number: 10417428
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating a remote desktop client from a computing system hosting a secure boot device. In some embodiments, a method comprises initiating execution of an operating system from the computing system hosting the secure boot device, the computing system communicatively connected within a secure enterprise network, the computing system being untrusted within the secure enterprise network and based on verification of received authentication credentials, booting an operating system from the secure boot device and establishing a secure communication tunnel with a service appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Steven L. Rajcan, Matthew Mohr, Jim Trocki, Mark K. Vallevand