Patents by Inventor Clark J. Hunter

Clark J. Hunter 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).

  • System and methods for tracing individual transactions across a mainframe computing environment
    Patent number: 9311214
    Abstract: A performance management system is provided for monitoring performance of an application across a distributed computing environment, including within one or more mainframe computers. In the mainframe environment, a transaction manager is configured to receive a transaction request from an application executing remotely from the mainframe computer. An event agent is invoked via a user exit by the transaction manager and operates to detect events caused by the handling of the transaction by the transaction manager. Upon detecting such events, the event agent generates event messages for select events associated with the transaction, where the event message includes identifying information for the transaction. A translator agent is configured to receive the event messages from the event agent and transmit the event data record to a server located remotely from the mainframe computer, where the event data record includes the identifying information for the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dynatrace LLC
    Inventors: Donald L. Ebright, Clark J. Hunter, Michael A. Horwitz
  • System And Methods For Tracing Individual Transactions Across A Mainframe Computing Environment
    Publication number: 20140149486
    Abstract: A performance management system is provided for monitoring performance of an application across a distributed computing environment, including within one or more mainframe computers. In the mainframe environment, a transaction manager is configured to receive a transaction request from an application executing remotely from the mainframe computer. An event agent is invoked via a user exit by the transaction manager and operates to detect events caused by the handling of the transaction by the transaction manager. Upon detecting such events, the event agent generates event messages for select events associated with the transaction, where the event message includes identifying information for the transaction. A translator agent is configured to receive the event messages from the event agent and transmit the event data record to a server located remotely from the mainframe computer, where the event data record includes the identifying information for the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Donald L. Ebright, Clark J. Hunter, Michael A. Horwitz