Patents by Inventor David Wesley Smith

David Wesley Smith 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 method for monitoring computer application and resource utilization
    Patent number: 7325234
    Abstract: A system and a method for monitoring computer application and resource utilization are presented. In one embodiment, a list of different users associated with different entities or customers of a shared computer is maintained. A second list of different applications invoked by one or more of the different users is also maintained. A third list including different programs employed by the different applications invoked by the different users, including a weighting factor for each program is also maintained. These records are then used to identify operation usage and/or cost characteristics of the different applications by particular users associated with different entities of the shared computer, in response to an event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation
    Inventor: David Wesley Smith
  • System and method for monitoring computer application and resource utilization
    Publication number: 20020178206
    Abstract: A system and a method for monitoring computer application and resource utilization are presented. In one embodiment, a list of different users associated with different entities or customers of a shared computer is maintained. A second list of different applications invoked by one or more of the different users is also maintained. A third list including different programs employed by the different applications invoked by the different users, including a weighting factor for each program is also maintained. These records are then used to identify operation usage and/or cost characteristics of the different applications by particular users associated with different entities of the shared computer, in response to an event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation
    Inventor: David Wesley Smith