Patents by Inventor Bryant R. Chen

Bryant R. Chen 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).

  • Enforcing electronic service contracts between compu'iing devices
    Patent number: 11165664
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided. A set of classifiers are applied to metric definitions of an electronic contract between computing devices of a service provider and a service consumer. Each classifier includes a selector pattern and a set of variable declarations. Performance data of the service provider computing device are filtered according to the selector pattern of the each classifier. One or more algebraic expressions of the metric definitions are evaluated in accordance with the each classifier and the filtered performance data to determine compliance of the service provider computing device with the electronic contract. Evaluation results indicating whether the service provider computing device is in compliance with the electronic contract are captured and reported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Engel, Shashank Rajamoni, Bryant R. Chen, Heiko H. Ludwig, Alexander Keller
  • ENFORCING ELECTRONIC SERVICE CONTRACTS BETWEEN COMPUTING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210051080
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided. A set of classifiers are applied to metric definitions of an electronic contract between computing devices of a service provider and a service consumer. Each classifier includes a selector pattern and a set of variable declarations. Performance data of the service provider computing device are filtered according to the selector pattern of the each classifier. One or more algebraic expressions of the metric definitions are evaluated in accordance with the each classifier and the filtered performance data to determine compliance of the service provider computing device with the electronic contract. Evaluation results indicating whether the service provider computing device is in compliance with the electronic contract are captured and reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Robert M. Engel, Shashank Rajamoni, Bryant R. Chen, Heiko H. Ludwig, Alexander Keller