Patents by Inventor Gregory D. Bruno

Gregory D. Bruno 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).

  • Identifying at-risk components in systems with redundant components
    Patent number: 6081812
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying at-risk data in systems with redundant components is described. The method comprises the steps of representing the system by a plurality of nodes representing components and a plurality of paths representing communication paths among the components, each node having a path count representing the number of paths leading into the node, decrementing the path count for each node by one, for each failure of a path leading to the node, decrementing the path count for each node by one, for every path leading from each node having a zero path count, decrementing the path count for each node by one, for every path leading from a failed node, and presenting a graphical depiction of the nodes and the paths to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Lee Boggs, John D. Frazier, Gregory D. Bruno