Patents by Inventor Anthony A. Main

Anthony A. Main 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).

  • Automated information technology standards management system
    Patent number: 6178430
    Abstract: An automated information technology standards management system for managing information standards that specify the procedures by which data is stored, manipulated, and retrieved within a computer system. The automated information technology standards management system manages information technology standards contained within a standards document stored on a permanent storage device. A download program converts the standards document into a displayable standards document that may be displayed on users' computers, and a dissemination process transmits the displayable standards document to users' computers for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: MCI Communication Corporation
    Inventors: Edward L. Cohen, Burt Crockett, Claude A. Godfrey, Ann O. Haehn, Mary F. Kubicek, Anthony A. Main, Michael McIntyre, Mark D. Murtha
  • Automated SLA performance analysis monitor with impact alerts on downstream jobs
    Patent number: 5893905
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the performance of selected data processing jobs, comparing actual performance against the Service Level Agreement (SLA) to which each monitored job belongs, identifying discrepancies, and analyzing impacts to other jobs in a job stream. The present invention, also referred to as the Automated SLA Monitor (ASM), is a distributed computing platform comprising one or more Production Consoles for extracting job performance data from the production mainframe computers (or production midrange computers in other embodiments), one or more Production Servers for housing databases, one or more Maintenance Workstations for entering and maintaining SLA data, and one or more Client Workstations for presenting selected data to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony A. Main, Burt L. Crockett, Ann Oneta Haehn, Michael R. McIntyre, John Fitzgerald Baker, William T. Donovan, Jr., Richard W. Lindgren, Jr., Wayne C. McAvoy
  • Integrated cross-platform batch management system
    Patent number: 5872970
    Abstract: A system and method for automating the process of monitoring batch production jobs, being executed on a plurality of computer systems, for abnormal ends (ABENDs) and exceptions, and for integrating a plurality of tools needed to monitor and fix jobs to provide Production Operations personnel a single, integrated environment for performing these tasks. The present invention automates the monitoring process by searching for exceptions and reporting them to the user. The present invention comprises a computer workstation, operating in a client/server environment, connected to multiple logical data centers via a standard data communications link to provide the user with a single interface for multiple platforms (MVS, UNIX, OS/2, etc.) and to continuously monitor all specified jobs at each logical data center for ABENDs and exceptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: MCIWORLDCOM, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Pickett, John F. Baker, Robert V. Hardisty, IV, Anthony A. Main, Gilbert O. Kindt, Jr., Elizabeth A. Mackey