Patents by Inventor DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham
DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham 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: 8161462Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment request a program or programs to tune themselves to run faster or slower if a service class is not meeting its performance goal. In an embodiment, the program is repeatedly requested to incrementally tune itself until the performance goal is met or until no further improvement occurs. In various embodiments, the programs to be requested to tune themselves are selected based on whether the programs are bottlenecks for the service class, whether the programs do the majority of work for the service class, whether the programs easily meet their own performance goals, or whether the programs are low priority. In this way, the programs may be performance tuned in a way that is more effective and less intrusive than by adjusting global, system-level resource allocations.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Gerald Herbeck, David E. Hubka, Mark Donald Masbruch, Mark Anthony Perkins, Joseph Harold Peterson, DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham, Richard Michael Smith
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Patent number: 8055733Abstract: Hardware and partition information of an existing LPAR system is collected and stored in a first system plan file. The first system plan file is applied to a partition planning tool. The partition planning tool identifies hardware to be reused in a second LPAR system and filters hardware to be excluded from the second LPAR system. The partition planning tool creates a plan for the second LPAR system using the identified hardware to be reused and the partition information. The created plan for the second LPAR system is applied to a partition deployment tool to partition the second LPAR system. The created plan for the second LPAR system is used to move and place hardware to be reused in the second LPAR system.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David J. Gimpl, Cale T. Rath, Devaughn Lawrence Rackham, George James Romano, Tammy Lynn Van Hove
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Publication number: 20090105999Abstract: Hardware and partition information of an existing LPAR system is collected and stored in a first system plan file. The first system plan file is applied to a partition planning tool. The partition planning tool identifies hardware to be reused in a second LPAR system and filters hardware to be excluded from the second LPAR system. The partition planning tool creates a plan for the second LPAR system using the identified hardware to be reused and the partition information. The created plan for the second LPAR system is applied to a partition deployment tool to partition the second LPAR system. The created plan for the second LPAR system is used to move and place hardware to be reused in the second LPAR system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2007Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventors: David J. Gimpl, Cale T. Rath, Devaughn Lawrence Rackham, George James Romano, Tammy Lynn Van Hove
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Publication number: 20080134181Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment request a program or programs to tune themselves to run faster or slower if a service class is not meeting its performance goal. In an embodiment, the program is repeatedly requested to incrementally tune itself until the performance goal is met or until no further improvement occurs. In various embodiments, the programs to be requested to tune themselves are selected based on whether the programs are bottlenecks for the service class, whether the programs do the majority of work for the service class, whether the programs easily meet their own performance goals, or whether the programs are low priority. In this way, the programs may be performance tuned in a way that is more effective and less intrusive than by adjusting global, system-level resource allocations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David Gerald Herbeck, David E. Hubka, Mark Donald Masbruch, Mark Anthony Perkins, Joseph Harold Peterson, DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham, Richard Michael Smith
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Patent number: 7350195Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment request a program or programs to tune themselves to run faster or slower if a service class is not meeting its performance goal. In an embodiment, the program is repeatedly requested to incrementally tune itself until the performance goal is met or until no further improvement occurs. In various embodiments, the programs to be requested to tune themselves are selected based on whether the programs are bottlenecks for the service class, whether the programs do the majority of work for the service class, whether the programs easily meet their own performance goals, or whether the programs are low priority. In this way, the programs may be performance tuned in a way that is more effective and less intrusive than by adjusting global, system-level resource allocations.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2003Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Gerald Herbeck, David E. Hubka, Mark Donald Masbruch, Mark Anthony Perkins, Joseph Harold Peterson, DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham, Richard Michael Smith
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Patent number: 7206813Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing professional use of instant messaging. A flow of an IM conversation is displayed. Responsive to identifying a user selection to pair a response with a previous request, a user entered response and a user selected previous request are sent. Responsive to a user selection, a new topic is displayed in a new view and a new IM conversation is started. When an IM conversation is completed or a window is closed for the IM conversation; the IM conversation is automatically saved. Responsive to a user selection, another user is added to the IM conversation and a window including the flow of the IM conversation is displayed to the added user. An object can be linked to an IM conversation and the IM conversation is automatically saved with the selected object.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2002Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anthony Michael Dunbar, Gregory Richard Hintermeister, DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham
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Patent number: 7020842Abstract: A method, computer program product and apparatus are provided for providing dynamic assistance for disabled user interface resources. Code for disabling controls is identified. A state of the identified control is changed from disabled to disabled with assistance. Assistance text is provided to explain why control is disabled. Code is provided for correcting the condition for disabling control. An assistance icon is displayed for viewing by the user. Responsive to a user selection of the assistance icon, the assistance text is displayed. An adjustment button is displayed. Responsive to a user selection of the adjustment button, the code for correcting the condition for disabling control is used, and an action is executed on eligible items.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2000Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: George Francis DeStefano, Anthony Michael Dunbar, DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham
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Patent number: 6930614Abstract: An occupancy alarm system can be integrated into a motor vehicle or can be portable. The occupancy alarm system may be programmed to communicate with a program within a logic unit of the on-board computer within the vehicle or a cellular telephone or other wireless logic device so that if the driver's door is open and the engine is turned off but there still is an occupant in the motor vehicle, an alarm is immediately triggered. The GPS coordinates of the motor vehicle or the cellular telephone or other wireless device may be communicated to a remote location service or a local emergency center as part of the alarm. The occupancy sensor may be mounted on the occupant or on the restraint system, and may interact with an ambient temperature sensor and an alarm, both of which may be integrated into a motor vehicle, to indicate that a dangerous condition exists for an occupant within the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham, Anthony Michael Dunbar, Gregory Richard Hintermeister
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Publication number: 20040078435Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing professional use of instant messaging. A flow of an IM conversation is displayed. Responsive to identifying a user selection to pair a response with a previous request, a user entered response and a user selected previous request are sent. Responsive to a user selection, a new topic is displayed in a new view and a new IM conversation is started. When an IM conversation is completed or a window is closed for the IM conversation; the IM conversation is automatically saved. Responsive to a user selection, another user is added to the IM conversation and a window including the flow of the IM conversation is displayed to the added user. An object can be linked to an IM conversation and the IM conversation is automatically saved with the selected object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2002Publication date: April 22, 2004Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Anthony Michael Dunbar, Gregory Richard Hintermeister, DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham
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Publication number: 20030222775Abstract: An occupancy alarm system can be integrated into a motor vehicle or can be portable. The occupancy alarm system may be programmed to communicate with a program within a logic unit of the on-board computer within the vehicle or a cellular telephone or other wireless logic device so that if the driver's door is open and the engine is turned off but there still is an occupant in the motor vehicle, an alarm is immediately triggered. The GPS coordinates of the motor vehicle or the cellular telephone or other wireless device may be communicated to a remote location service or a local emergency center as part of the alarm. The occupancy sensor may be mounted on the occupant or on the restraint system, and may interact with an ambient temperature sensor and an alarm, both of which may be integrated into a motor vehicle, to indicate that a dangerous condition exists for an occupant within the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham, Anthony Michael Dunbar, Gregory Richard Hintermeister
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Publication number: 20030158944Abstract: The present invention generally is a method of managing the process of a plurality of transactions through two or more applications in a business transaction environment. Each application has at least one associated log file. Each transaction is defined by one or more steps configured to complete the transaction. In one embodiment, for each new log entry recorded in the at least one associated log file, the method determines whether the new log entry comprises one or more required fields, e.g., a transaction identifier, a step identifier, or a time stamp. A set of information is extracted from the new log entry only if the new log entry comprises the one or more required fields. A database comprising a plurality of transaction records from the information is then created. The method then determines whether the plurality of transaction records meets a condition. An action is then executed if the plurality of transactions meets the condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael John Branson, Melissa Sue Fichtinger, Leah Elizabeth Hause, Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Erik Duane Lindberg, Diane Elaine Olson, Neela Sharad Patel, DeVaughn Lawrence Rackham, Brent Gorden Tang