Patents by Inventor Christopher N. Freeman

Christopher N. Freeman 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: 10523491
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to connectivity management in a heterogeneous network and provide a method, system and computer program product for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network environment can be provided. The method can include creating an instance of an abstracted network resource model (NRM) for a heterogeneous network environment of different network resource nodes. The method further can include binding an application endpoint in the instance of the abstracted NRM with a connectivity endpoint for a first of the different network resource nodes. The method yet further can include detecting an outage in the first of the different network resource nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dinakaran Joseph, Jon K. Franks, Christopher N. Freeman, Sivaram Gottimukkala, Jason P. Hawrysz, Lap T. Huynh, Barry Mosakowski
  • Patent number: 9742621
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to connectivity management in a heterogeneous network and provide a method, system and computer program product for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network environment can be provided. The method can include creating an instance of an abstracted network resource model (NRM) for a heterogeneous network environment of different network resource nodes. The method further can include binding an application endpoint in the instance of the abstracted NRM with a connectivity endpoint for a first of the different network resource nodes. Finally, the method can include re-binding the application endpoint to a second of the different network resource nodes in response to detecting the outage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dinakaran Joseph, Jon K. Franks, Christopher N. Freeman, Sivaram Gottimukkala, Jason P. Hawrysz, Lap T. Huynh, Barry Mosakowski
  • Publication number: 20120213059
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to connectivity management in a heterogeneous network and provide a method, system and computer program product for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network environment can be provided. The method can include creating an instance of an abstracted network resource model (NRM) for a heterogeneous network environment of different network resource nodes. The method further can include binding an application endpoint in the instance of the abstracted NRM with a connectivity endpoint for a first of the different network resource nodes. Finally, the method can include re-binding the application endpoint to a second of the different network resource nodes in response to detecting the outage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dinakaran Joseph, Jon K. Franks, Christopher N. Freeman, Sivaram Gottimukkala, Jason P. Hawrysz, Lap T. Huynh, Barry Mosakowski
  • Publication number: 20110038256
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to connectivity management in a heterogeneous network and provide a method, system and computer program product for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network environment can be provided. The method can include creating an instance of an abstracted network resource model (NRM) for a heterogeneous network environment of different network resource nodes. The method further can include binding an application endpoint in the instance of the abstracted NRM with a connectivity endpoint for a first of the different network resource nodes. The method yet further can include detecting an outage in the first of the different network resource nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dinakaran Joseph, Jon K. Franks, Christopher N. Freeman, Sivaram Gottimukkala, Jason P. Hawrysz, Lap T. Huynh, Barry Mosakowski
  • Patent number: 7821921
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to connectivity management in a heterogeneous network and provide a method, system and computer program product for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network environment can be provided. The method can include creating an instance of an abstracted network resource model (NRM) for a heterogeneous network environment of different network resource nodes. The method further can include binding an application endpoint in the instance of the abstracted NRM with a connectivity endpoint for a first of the different network resource nodes. The method yet further can include detecting an outage in the first of the different network resource nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dinakaran Joseph, Jon K. Franks, Christopher N. Freeman, Sivaram Gottimukkala, Jason P. Hawrysz, Lap T Huynh, Barry Mosakowski
  • Publication number: 20080259790
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to connectivity management in a heterogeneous network and provide a method, system and computer program product for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for resilient and reliable end-to-end connectivity in a heterogeneous network environment can be provided. The method can include creating an instance of an abstracted network resource model (NRM) for a heterogeneous network environment of different network resource nodes. The method further can include binding an application endpoint in the instance of the abstracted NRM with a connectivity endpoint for a first of the different network resource nodes. The method yet further can include detecting an outage in the first of the different network resource nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dinakaran Joseph, Jon K. Franks, Christopher N. Freeman, Sivaram Gottimukkala, Jason P. Hawrysz, Lap T. Huynh, Barry Mosakowski