Patents by Inventor Allan Bradley Winslow

Allan Bradley Winslow 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: 12190139
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device performs a detection stage of an automated instrumentation pipeline during which the device detects an application server type by examining a command line of a process of an application. The device performs, based on the application server type, an extraction stage of the automated instrumentation pipeline during which the device extracts application server attributes. The device performs, based on the application server attributes, a naming stage of the automated instrumentation pipeline during which the device forms a naming hierarchy for processes of the application. The detection stage, the extraction stage, and the naming stage of the automated instrumentation pipeline do not have access to a controlled space of the application. The device inserts, based in part on the naming hierarchy, arguments into command lines of processes of the application that cause the processes of the application to be instrumented at runtime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Connable Wills, Karthik Krishnamurthy, Ivan Sopin, Allan Bradley Winslow, Brian Henry Kirouac, Senthilnathan Arunagirinathan
  • Patent number: 8397227
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for Java class automatic deployment using byte code instrumentation technology. One or more classloaders are instrumented with byte code instrumentation code such that a class loading event is received when a class is loaded. If a determination is made that new byte code instrumentation code needs to be loaded with the loaded class, candidate classloaders that load import classes of the new byte code instrumentation code are determined. A correct classloader from the candidate classloaders to load the new byte code instrumentation code is calculated. The correct classloader is instrumented to have an extended classpath, wherein the new byte code instrumentation code is inserted into the extended classpath of the correct classloader. The class is loaded from the extended classpath and original classpath of the correct classloader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nan Fan, Allan Bradley Winslow, Ting Bin Wu, Jean Xu Yu
  • Patent number: 8276125
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for automatic discovery of the Java classloader delegation hierarchy. One or more classloaders are instrumented with byte code instrumentation code such that a delegation event is received each time a classloader delegates a resource finding method to a parent classloader of the classloader. From each delegation event received, the classloader that generated the delegation event and a parent classloader to which the classloader directly delegates the resource finding method is determined. Based on the delegation events received, the classloaders to which a current classloader in the one or more classloaders can directly delegate are determined. The order of delegation to the classloaders may then be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nan Fan, Allan Bradley Winslow, Ting Bin Wu, Jean Xu Yu
  • Publication number: 20090144714
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for Java class automatic deployment using byte code instrumentation technology. One or more classloaders are instrumented with byte code instrumentation code such that a class loading event is received when a class is loaded. If a determination is made that new byte code instrumentation code needs to be loaded with the loaded class, candidate classloaders that load import classes of the new byte code instrumentation code are determined. A correct classloader from the candidate classloaders to load the new byte code instrumentation code is calculated. The correct classloader is instrumented to have an extended classpath, wherein the new byte code instrumentation code is inserted into the extended classpath of the correct classloader. The class is loaded from the extended classpath and original classpath of the correct classloader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Nan Fan, Allan Bradley Winslow, Ting Bin Wu, Jean Xu Yu
  • Publication number: 20090144751
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for automatic discovery of the Java classloader delegation hierarchy. One or more classloaders are instrumented with byte code instrumentation code such that a delegation event is received each time a classloader delegates a resource finding method to a parent classloader of the classloader. From each delegation event received, the classloader that generated the delegation event and a parent classloader to which the classloader directly delegates the resource finding method is determined. Based on the delegation events received, the classloaders to which a current classloader in the one or more classloaders can directly delegate are determined. The order of delegation to the classloaders may then be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: NAN FAN, Allan Bradley Winslow, Ting Bin Wu, Jean Xu Yu