Patents by Inventor Chris Appleton
Chris Appleton 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).
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Patent number: 8887176Abstract: Provided are techniques for a network management system notification shortcut. Also provides are techniques controlling an event notification shortcut in a network management system. The network management system comprising: a probe for intercepting a system event from a monitored system and creating an event item or modifying an event item associated with the system event; a collection database server for collecting a new event item or modification to an existing event item and forwarding a event notification to a second database server; a second database server for receiving the event notification, requesting the event item data or modification data and forwarding the event item to a first client; a first client for receiving the event notification and requesting the event item data or modification data; whereby the collection database server sends the event notification directly to the first client bypassing the second database server if the event satisfies a priority condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chris Appleton, Kristian Stewart
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Patent number: 8782203Abstract: This invention relates to a method, system and computer program product for a network management system comprising: a probe for intercepting a system event from a monitored system and creating event items or modifying event items associated with the system events; a collection database server collecting, in database of event items, a batch of new event items or modifications to an existing event items; a client; a replication means for periodically notifying a client of the batch of new event items or event item modification; and an acceleration mechanism for directly notifying the client of a new event item or modified event item independently of the periodic batch notification if the new or modified event item satisfies a priority condition.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Chris Appleton
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Publication number: 20130268613Abstract: Provided are techniques for a network management system notification shortcut. Also provides are techniques controlling an event notification shortcut in a network management system. The network management system comprising: a probe for intercepting a system event from a monitored system and creating an event item or modifying an event item associated with the system event; a collection database server for collecting a new event item or modification to an existing event item and forwarding a event notification to a second database server; a second database server for receiving the event notification, requesting the event item data or modification data and forwarding the event item to a first client; a first client for receiving the event notification and requesting the event item data or modification data; whereby the collection database server sends the event notification directly to the first client bypassing the second database server if the event satisfies a priority condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Chris Appleton, Kristian Stewart
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Patent number: 8429273Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product associated with a network management system are disclosed. The method includes storing event data associated with a system event in a network as an event item at a database. The method also includes processing the event item at a control system of a collection server when a fast track flag is identified in the stored event item of the database. Processing the event item by the control system includes generating processing data to send a first notification associated with the event item to a first client. The first notification includes an identifier enabling the first client to obtain the stored event data from the database. Processing the event item by the control system also includes purging the processing data from the control system after sending the first notification.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chris Appleton, John Postoyko
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Patent number: 8402472Abstract: Provided is a network management system notification shortcut relating to control of an event notification shortcut in a network management system. The network management system comprising: a probe for intercepting a system event from a monitored system and creating an event item or modifying an event item associated with the system event; a collection database server for collecting a new event item or modification to an existing event item and forwarding a event notification to a second database server; a second database server for receiving the event notification, requesting the event item data or modification data and forwarding the event item to a first client; a first client for receiving the event notification and requesting the event item data or modification data; whereby the collection database server sends the event notification directly to the first client bypassing the second database server if the event satisfies a priority condition.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2007Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chris Appleton, Kristian Stewart
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Publication number: 20120265878Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product associated with a network management system are disclosed. The method includes storing event data associated with a system event in a network as an event item at a database. The method also includes processing the event item at a control system of a collection server when a fast track flag is identified in the stored event item of the database. Processing the event item by the control system includes generating processing data to send a first notification associated with the event item to a first client. The first notification includes an identifier enabling the first client to obtain the stored event data from the database. Processing the event item by the control system also includes purging the processing data from the control system after sending the first notification.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chris Appleton, John Postoyko
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Patent number: 8244856Abstract: This invention relates to a network management system accelerated event desktop client. This invention also relates to a method and computer program product for controlling an accelerated event desktop client in a network management system. The network management system comprises: a probe for intercepting a system event from a monitored system and creating an event item or modifying an event item associated with the system event; a collection database server collecting, in database of event items, a new event item or modification to an existing event item; a first client and a second client; a notifying means for notifying the first client of the new event item or event item modification; and first client notifying means for notifying the second client of the new event or event item modification. Additionally the second client can retrieve event item data, corresponding to the event notification received from the first client, from the database where the event item is collected.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chris Appleton, John Postoyko
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Patent number: 8176160Abstract: This invention relates to a network management system accelerated event channel. This invention also relates to a method and computer program product for controlling an accelerated event channel in a network management system. The network management system comprising: a probe for intercepting a system event from a monitored system and creating an event item or modifying an event item associated with the system event; a collection database server collecting, in database of event items, a new event item or modification to an existing event item; a client; a notifying means for notifying a client of the new event item or event item modification; a channel table for storing an association between a channel and a client id; and wherein the probe associates the event item with a channel and the notifying means uses the channel table to find the client association.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chris Appleton, Kristian Stewart
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Publication number: 20090077212Abstract: This invention relates to a network management system accelerated event channel. This invention also relates to a method and computer program product for controlling an accelerated event channel in a network management system. The network management system comprising: a probe for intercepting a system event from a monitored system and creating an event item or modifying an event item associated with the system event; a collection database server collecting, in database of event items, a new event item or modification to an existing event item; a client; a notifying means for notifying a client of the new event item or event item modification; a channel table for storing an association between a channel and a client id; and wherein the probe associates the event item with a channel and the notifying means uses the channel table to find the client association.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: CHRIS APPLETON, Kristian Stewart
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Publication number: 20090077569Abstract: This invention relates to a network management system notification shortcut. This invention also relates to a method and computer program product for controlling an event notification shortcut in a network management system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: CHRIS APPLETON, Kristian Stewart
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Publication number: 20090077224Abstract: This invention relates to a method, system and computer program product for a network management system comprising: a probe for intercepting a system event from a monitored system and creating event items or modifying event items associated with the system events; a collection database server collecting, in database of event items, a batch of new event items or modifications to an existing event items; a client; a replication means for periodically notifying a client of the batch of new event items or event item modification; and an acceleration mechanism for directly notifying the client of a new event item or modified event item independently of the periodic batch notification if the new or modified event item satisfies a priority condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventor: CHRIS APPLETON
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Publication number: 20090077211Abstract: This invention relates to a network management system accelerated event desktop client. This invention also relates to a method and computer program product for controlling an accelerated event desktop client in a network management system. The network management system comprises: a probe for intercepting a system event from a monitored system and creating an event item or modifying an event item associated with the system event; a collection database server collecting, in database of event items, a new event item or modification to an existing event item; a first client and a second client; a notifying means for notifying the first client of the new event item or event item modification; and first client notifying means for notifying the second client of the new event or event item modification. Additionally the second client can retrieve event item data, corresponding to the event notification received from the first client, from the database where the event item is collected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: CHRIS APPLETON, John Postoyko