Patents by Inventor Brian P. Steele

Brian P. Steele 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).

  • Configuration management of engineering artifacts with automatic identification of related change sets based on type system
    Patent number: 9733931
    Abstract: A user input initiating delivery of a first change set to a stream maintained by an artifact management application can be detected. A first set of elements and a first set of elements types associated with the first change set can be identified. A second set of element types that pertain to at least one unit of work identified for the first set of elements can be identified. A second set of elements that are involved in the same unit of work can be identified. A second change set modifying the second set of elements can be identified. A third change set modifying at least one element type can be identified. A change set group can be created and the first change set, the second change set and the third change set can be added to the change set group. The change set group can be delivered to the stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Muhtar B. Akbulut, Geoffrey M. Clemm, George P. DeCandio, Brian P. Steele
  • CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT OF ENGINEERING ARTIFACTS WITH AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF RELATED CHANGE SETS BASED ON TYPE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170031678
    Abstract: A user input initiating delivery of a first change set to a stream maintained by an artifact management application can be detected. A first set of elements and a first set of elements types associated with the first change set can be identified. A second set of element types that pertain to at least one unit of work identified for the first set of elements can be identified. A second set of elements that are involved in the same unit of work can be identified. A second change set modifying the second set of elements can be identified. A third change set modifying at least one element type can be identified. A change set group can be created and the first change set, the second change set and the third change set can be added to the change set group. The change set group can be delivered to the stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Muhtar B. Akbulut, Geoffrey M. Clemm, George P. DeCandio, Brian P. Steele
  • Configuration management of engineering artifacts with automatic identification of related change sets based on type system
    Patent number: 9535690
    Abstract: A user input initiating delivery of a first change set to a stream maintained by an artifact management application can be detected. A first set of elements and a first set of elements types associated with the first change set can be identified. A second set of element types that pertain to at least one unit of work identified for the first set of elements can be identified. A second set of elements that are involved in the same unit of work can be identified. A second change set modifying the second set of elements can be identified. A third change set modifying at least one element type can be identified. A change set group can be created and the first change set, the second change set and the third change set can be added to the change set group. The change set group can be delivered to the stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Muhtar B. Akbulut, Geoffrey M. Clemm, George P. DeCandio, Brian P. Steele
  • Configuration management of engineering artifacts with automatic identification of related change sets based on type system
    Patent number: 9524161
    Abstract: A user input initiating delivery of a first change set to a stream maintained by an artifact management application can be detected. A first set of elements and a first set of elements types associated with the first change set can be identified. A second set of element types that pertain to at least one unit of work identified for the first set of elements can be identified. A second set of elements that are involved in the same unit of work can be identified. A second change set modifying the second set of elements can be identified. A third change set modifying at least one element type can be identified. A change set group can be created and the first change set, the second change set and the third change set can be added to the change set group. The change set group can be delivered to the stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Muhtar B. Akbulut, Geoffrey M. Clemm, George P. DeCandio, Brian P. Steele
  • CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT OF ENGINEERING ARTIFACTS WITH AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF RELATED CHANGE SETS BASED ON TYPE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160350106
    Abstract: A user input initiating delivery of a first change set to a stream maintained by an artifact management application can be detected. A first set of elements and a first set of elements types associated with the first change set can be identified. A second set of element types that pertain to at least one unit of work identified for the first set of elements can be identified. A second set of elements that are involved in the same unit of work can be identified. A second change set modifying the second set of elements can be identified. A third change set modifying at least one element type can be identified. A change set group can be created and the first change set, the second change set and the third change set can be added to the change set group. The change set group can be delivered to the stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Muhtar B. Akbulut, Geoffrey M. Clemm, George P. DeCandio, Brian P. Steele
  • CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT OF ENGINEERING ARTIFACTS WITH AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF RELATED CHANGE SETS BASED ON TYPE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160350109
    Abstract: A user input initiating delivery of a first change set to a stream maintained by an artifact management application can be detected. A first set of elements and a first set of elements types associated with the first change set can be identified. A second set of element types that pertain to at least one unit of work identified for the first set of elements can be identified. A second set of elements that are involved in the same unit of work can be identified. A second change set modifying the second set of elements can be identified. A third change set modifying at least one element type can be identified. A change set group can be created and the first change set, the second change set and the third change set can be added to the change set group. The change set group can be delivered to the stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Muhtar B. Akbulut, Geoffrey M. Clemm, George P. DeCandio, Brian P. Steele