Patents by Inventor Guy I.T. Sidford

Guy I.T. Sidford 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).

  • Analytics based patch management and distribution
    Patent number: 9760362
    Abstract: In a method for determining a time to deploy and install patches one or more processors receive a request to deploy a patch by a target deployment time and install the patch by a target installation time, for at least one computing device of a plurality of computing devices on a network. The one or more processors determine a time frame to deploy the patch based on the target deployment time and availability of bandwidth on the network. The one or more processors determine a time to install the patch based on the target installation time and usage of the at least one computing device. The one or more processors cause the patch to be deployed within the determined time frame to deploy the patch. The one or more processors send an instruction to install the patch at the determined time to install the patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric M. Anderson, Christopher J. Dawson, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Guy I. T. Sidford
  • ANALYTICS BASED PATCH MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20150089488
    Abstract: In a method for determining a time to deploy and install patches one or more processors receive a request to deploy a patch by a target deployment time and install the patch by a target installation time, for at least one computing device of a plurality of computing devices on a network. The one or more processors determine a time frame to deploy the patch based on the target deployment time and availability of bandwidth on the network. The one or more processors determine a time to install the patch based on the target installation time and usage of the at least one computing device. The one or more processors cause the patch to be deployed within the determined time frame to deploy the patch. The one or more processors send an instruction to install the patch at the determined time to install the patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric M. Anderson, Christopher J. Dawson, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Guy I.T. Sidford