Patents by Inventor Helen C. Fischer

Helen C. Fischer 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).

  • Clustered application management with a blockchain
    Patent number: 10764142
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of initiating an application cluster including a number of instances of an application, storing the application cluster members in a blockchain, identifying the application cluster members and testing whether communication paths to the cluster members are operable, creating a blockchain transaction including an account and status of the application cluster members, and storing the blockchain transaction in the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Bertsche, Robert J. Brenneman, Philip F. Chan, Helen C. Fischer, David Gross, Dulce Smith
  • CLUSTERED APPLICATION MANAGEMENT WITH A BLOCKCHAIN
    Publication number: 20190149418
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of initiating an application cluster including a number of instances of an application, storing the application cluster members in a blockchain, identifying the application cluster members and testing whether communication paths to the cluster members are operable, creating a blockchain transaction including an account and status of the application cluster members, and storing the blockchain transaction in the blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan Bertsche, Robert J. Brenneman, Philip F. Chan, Helen C. Fischer, David Gross, Dulce Smith