Patents by Inventor Bruce Viars

Bruce Viars 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).

  • Patent number: 8219917
    Abstract: A computer automated method for bubbling-up condition severity indicators in a hierarchical tree control can include identifying a node in the hierarchical tree control that has been obscured in a collapsed branch of the hierarchical tree control, bubbling-up a status for the identified node to a visible parent node, rendering a status icon for the status adjacent to the visible parent node, and, responsive to an expansion of the collapsed branch rendering the identified node visible, relocating the status icon adjacent to the identified node. Optionally, a depth can be determined for the identified node, a visual characteristic for the status icon can be selected based upon the depth, and the status icon can be rendered using the selected visual characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth Black-Ziegelbein, Michael P. Etgen, Bruce A. Viars
  • Publication number: 20070028188
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to hierarchical tree controls for application server monitoring and provide a method, system and computer program product for bubbling up condition severity indicators within a hierarchical tree control. In a first embodiment, a computer automated method for bubbling-up condition severity indicators in a hierarchical tree control can include identifying a node in the hierarchical tree control that has been obscured in a collapsed branch of the hierarchical tree control, bubbling-up a status for the identified node to a visible parent node, rendering a status icon for the status adjacent to the visible parent node, and, responsive to an expansion of the collapsed branch rendering the identified node visible, relocating the status icon adjacent to the identified node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth Black-Ziegelbein, Michael Etgen, Bruce Viars