Patents by Inventor Edward M. McCrickard

Edward M. McCrickard 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).

  • Common information model
    Patent number: 7725473
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention is a method for responding to an inquiry. An example of the method includes receiving the inquiry, obtaining information from a CIMOM, and creating at least one Storage Object. This example of the method also includes populating the at least one Storage Object with information received from the CIMOM, and sending the at least one Storage Object to a calling function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael L. Lamb, Edward M. McCrickard, Raymond M. Swank, Kevin J. Webster, Timothy C. Willging
  • Monitoring storage resources used by computer applications distributed across a network
    Patent number: 7167915
    Abstract: Computing devices storing and executing applications across a network each include agent software to communicate with the application at the computing device to retrieve storage utilization information. At a server on the network, data representative of storage utilization by the applications executing at the several computing devices across the network is collected from the agents for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Bendich, Steven M. Corrigan, Stephen C. Donovan, Edward M. McCrickard, W. Scott McCullough
  • Monitoring storage resources used by computer applications distributed across a network
    Publication number: 20040078461
    Abstract: Computing devices storing and executing applications across a network each include agent software to communicate with the application at the computing device to retrieve storage utilization information. At a server on the network, data representative of storage utilization by the applications executing at the several computing devices across the network is collected from the agents for processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Bendich, Steven M. Corrigan, Stephen C. Donovan, Edward M. McCrickard, W. Scott McCullough