Patents by Inventor Benoit Sirot

Benoit Sirot 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 system in an electronic spreadsheet for handling user-defined options in a copy/cut—paste operation
    Patent number: 7178098
    Abstract: An example of a solution provided here comprises defining one or more combinations of options, defining an operation to execute (e.g. copy and paste, or cut and paste), computing the content of each cell within the source cell range according to the options, creating a version instance of the destination cell range, and copying the source range of cells into the version instance. Each of the options is defined as a boolean variable, which can be set as “True” or “False,” and impact the content of a cell within an electronic spreadsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Bauchot, Albert Harari, Benoit Sirot
  • Method and system in an electronic spreadsheet for comparing series of cells
    Patent number: 7146561
    Abstract: An example of a solution provided here involves identifying two series of cells to be compared in a multi dimensional spreadsheet, performing intermediary tests, and deriving the result of the comparison: the first series may be included in the second series, include the second series, be the same as the second series, overlap the second series, or be disjoined from the second series, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Bauchot, Daniel Mauduit, Benoit Sirot
  • Method for dynamically adjusting performance measurements according to provided service level
    Patent number: 6928394
    Abstract: Methods, systems and programs in an information processing system comprising one or a plurality of devices managed by a manager device, for decreasing the cost of monitoring measurements, while using conventional techniques for managing problems. The cost saving is achieved when the managed devices conform to the expected quality of service. This saving does not negatively affect the response time required to detect either solid failures or performance problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Bauchot, Benoit Sirot
  • Method and system for dynamically adjusting performance measurements according to provided service level
    Publication number: 20030187828
    Abstract: Methods, systems and programs in an information processing system comprising one or a plurality of devices managed by a manager device, for decreasing the cost of monitoring measurements, while using conventional techniques for managing problems. The cost saving is achieved when the managed devices conform to the expected quality of service, This saving does not negatively affect the response time required to detect either solid failures or performance problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Bauchot, Benoit Sirot
  • Method and system in an electronic spreadsheet for comparing series of cells
    Publication number: 20020023106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of information processing by digital computers, and more particularly to a method and system, in an electronic spreadsheet, for comparing two series of cells, a series of cells comprising one or a plurality of cell range, a cell range comprising one or a plurality of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Bauchot, Daniel Mauduit, Benoit Sirot
  • Method and system in an electronic spreadsheet for handling user-defined options in a copy/cut - paste operation
    Publication number: 20020007380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of information processing by digital computers, and more particularly to a method and system, in an electronic spreadsheet, for handling user-defined options during a copy/cut-paste operation when the source range of cells comprises one or a plurality of cells with user-defined options and when the destination environment does not necessarily defines the same user-defined options as the ones defined in the source environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Bauchot, Albert Harari, Benoit Sirot
  • Fault correlation system and method in packet switching networks
    Patent number: 5949759
    Abstract: In case of a failure in a high speed packet switching network, the failure information provided by the multiplicity of resources is registered in the access nodes of the network. The failure information can be retrieved by the network management on request for fault correlation. A plurality of alarms flooding the network management when a failure occurs is thus avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andre Cretegny, Catherine Gallian, Laurent Nicolas, Yves Ouvry, Benoit Sirot, Gilles Wozelka