Patents by Inventor Barbara J. Kilburn

Barbara J. Kilburn 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).

  • Method and apparatus for setting parameters in a system
    Patent number: 7234118
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for compensating for deficiencies existing in programs to assist a user through installing a program. Polling the status of jobs requested by the user of a workstation is done so that the user may eventually be provided with status reports regarding the jobs being executed. The user can set parameters during loading of System Modification Program Extended (SMPE) libraries, install, migrate, fallback, remigrate and update procedures for the program. An indication is provided to a user of a workstation as steps of a task have been completed by the user. The health of catalog and directory databases may be verified before a migrate procedure is performed. The user of the program can be informed regarding parameters whose default values have changed, which parameters are of particular concern to the specific user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Terry M. Bleizeffer, Nathan D. Church, Kathryn W. Devine, Virginia W. Hughes, Jr., Barbara J. Kilburn, David E. Shough
  • Method and apparatus of indicating steps in a task which have been completed
    Patent number: 6286137
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for compensating for deficiencies existing in programs to assist a user through installing a program. Polling the status of jobs requested by the user of a workstation is done so that the user may eventually be provided with status reports regarding the jobs being executed. The user can set parameters during loading of SMPE libraries, install, migrate, fallback, remigrate and update procedures for the program. An indication is provided to a user of a workstation as steps of a task have been completed by the user. The health of catalog and directory databases may be verified before a migrate procedure is performed. The user of the program can be informed regarding parameters whose default values have changed, which parameters are of particular concern to the specific user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Terry M. Bleizeffer, Nathan D. Church, Kathryn W. Devine, Virginia W. Hughes, Jr., Barbara J. Kilburn, David E. Shough
  • Method and apparatus for generating a default list
    Patent number: 6182285
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for compensating for deficiencies existing in programs to assist a user through installing a program. Polling the status of jobs requested by the user of a workstation is done so that the user may eventually be provided with status reports regarding the jobs being executed. The user can set parameters during loading of System Modification Program Extended (SMPE) libraries, install, migrate, fallback, remigrate and update procedures for the program. An indication is provided to a user of a workstation as steps of a task have been completed by the user. The health of catalog and directory databases may be verified before a migrate procedure is performed. The user of the program can be informed regarding parameters whose default values have changed, which parameters are of particular concern to the specific user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Terry M. Bleizeffer, Nathan D. Church, Kathryn W. Devine, Virginia W. Hughes, Jr., Barbara J. Kilburn, David E. Shough
  • Method and apparatus for performing a health check on a database system
    Patent number: 6115720
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for compensating for deficiencies existing in programs to assist a user through installing a program. Polling the status of jobs requested by the user of a workstation is done so that the user may eventually be provided with status reports regarding the jobs being executed. The user can set parameters during loading of SMPE libraries, install, migrate, fallback, remigrate and update procedures for the program. An indication is provided to a user of a workstation as steps of a task have been completed by the user. The health of catalog and directory databases may be verified before a migrate procedure is performed. The user of the program can be informed regarding parameters whose default values have changed, which parameters are of particular concern to the specific user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corportion
    Inventors: Terry M. Bleizeffer, Nathan D. Church, Kathryn W. Devine, Virginia W. Hughes, Jr., Barbara J. Kilburn, David E. Shough
  • Portion of a computer screen with a computer generated icon
    Patent number: D429493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Terry M. Bleizeffer, Kathryn W. Devine, Virginia W. Hughes, Jr., Barbara J. Kilburn, David E. Shough