Patents by Inventor Blair Francis Wheeler

Blair Francis Wheeler 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 managing components in an IT system
    Patent number: 8037195
    Abstract: A system and method for collecting information on components in an information technology (IT) system. This embodiment features discovering components in the IT system, determining at least one dependency between two or more of the discovered components, and tracking changes to the discovered components and the dependency between two or more of the discovered components. The discovery of components can be carried out using fingerprints of components, which can include key elements of the component that exist in a full model of all of the elements of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Anuszczyk, David Jay Barbrow, Firdaus Bhathena, Peter Demarest Beaman, Stanislaw Kowalczyk, Blair Francis Wheeler
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING COMPONENTS IN AN IT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090125758
    Abstract: A system and method for collecting information on components in an information technology (IT) system. This embodiment features discovering components in the IT system, determining at least one dependency between two or more of the discovered components, and tracking changes to the discovered components and the dependency between two or more of the discovered components. The discovery of components can be carried out using fingerprints of components, which can include key elements of the component that exist in a full model of all of the elements of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Anuszczyk, David Jay Barbrow, Firdaus Bhathena, Peter Demarest Beaman, Stanislaw Kowalczyk, Blair Francis Wheeler
  • Method and apparatus for managing components in an IT system
    Patent number: 7483970
    Abstract: A system and method for collecting information on components in an information technology (IT) system. This embodiment features discovering components in the IT system, determining at least one dependency between two or more of the discovered components, and tracking changes to the discovered components and the dependency between two or more of the discovered components. The discovery of components can be carried out using fingerprints of components, which can include key elements of the component that exist in a full model of all of the elements of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Anuszczyk, David Jay Barbrow, Firdaus Bhathena, Peter Demarest Beaman, Stanislaw Kowalczyk, Blair Francis Wheeler
  • Method and apparatus for managing components in an IT system
    Publication number: 20030110253
    Abstract: A system and method for collecting information on components in an information technology (IT) system. This embodiment features discovering components in the IT system, determining at least one dependency between two or more of the discovered components, and tracking changes to the discovered components and the dependency between two or more of the discovered components. The discovery of components can be carried out using fingerprints of components, which can include key elements of the component that exist in a full model of all of the elements of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Relicore, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Anuszczyk, David Jay Barbrow, Firdaus Bhathena, Peter Demarest Beaman, Stanislaw Kowalczyk, Blair Francis Wheeler