Patents by Inventor Byron E. Todd, III

Byron E. Todd, III 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).

  • Flexible configuration item reconciliation based on data source prioritization and persistent ownership tracking
    Patent number: 8166002
    Abstract: A reconciliation event can be detected. A controlling element of a database can be determined for the reconciliation event. The controlling element can include a preexisting database value for that element that is different from an update value for that element provided within update data. The update data can be provided by an update data source. A last data source that provided the preexisting database value can be ascertained. A priority array associated with the controlling element can be retrieved from a data store. It can be determined from the priority array whether the update data source has reconciliation priority over the last data source. A value of the controlling element in the database can be changed from the preexisting database value to the update value only when the update data source has reconciliation priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Robinson, Byron E. Todd, III
  • FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATION ITEM RECONCILIATION BASED ON DATA SOURCE PRIORITIZATION AND PERSISTENT OWNERSHIP TRACKING
    Publication number: 20090319932
    Abstract: A reconciliation event can be detected. A controlling element of a database can be determined for the reconciliation event. The controlling element can include a preexisting database value for that element that is different from an update value for that element provided within update data. The update data can be provided by an update data source. A last data source that provided the preexisting database value can be ascertained. A priority array associated with the controlling element can be retrieved from a data store. It can be determined from the priority array whether the update data source has reconciliation priority over the last data source. A value of the controlling element in the database can be changed from the preexisting database value to the update value only when the update data source has reconciliation priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David G. Robinson, Byron E. Todd, III