Patents by Inventor Ian Derek Heritage

Ian Derek Heritage 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).

  • Patent number: 8015277
    Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture for simulating latency between software applications. There is provided a middleware component, e.g., a delay driver, within a multi-tier software product, the middleware component driver enables simulation of both latency and bandwidth restrictions experienced by the components in the multi-tier software product. The middleware component determines whether I/O request packets should be delayed, selects the number and types of I/O requests packets to be delayed and the amount of time to delay processing of the packets. Through the use of such a middleware component, a user is able to simulate various conditions experienced by the multi-tier software product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Brown, Tim Peter Griffith, David Evans Knibb, Ian Derek Heritage
  • Publication number: 20100211672
    Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture for simulating latency between software applications. There is provided a middleware component, e.g., a delay driver, within a multi-tier software product, the middleware component driver enables simulation of both latency and bandwidth restrictions experienced by the components in the multi-tier software product. The middleware component determines whether I/O request packets should be delayed, selects the number and types of I/O requests packets to be delayed and the amount of time to delay processing of the packets. Through the use of such a middleware component, a user is able to simulate various conditions experienced by the multi-tier software product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin Brown, Tim Peter Griffith, David Evans Knibb, Ian Derek Heritage
  • Publication number: 20090249303
    Abstract: A method in one embodiment includes: executing a program; performing testing on the program; logging every input to the program during the testing; logging every result during testing of the program; storing the logged results; and allowing a user to search the logged results. If a failure occurs during the testing: performing a comparison between a successful testing of the program and the failed testing of the program; rerunning the successful testing and the failed testing in parallel; analyzing the logged results for determining occurrence of events during testing of the program; generating a timeline of the events; and outputting the timeline of the events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John William Duffell, Ian Derek Heritage, Mark Stephen Taylor, Henry Tonnison
  • Patent number: 7539980
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for concurrency testing within a model-based testing environment is provided. One implementation involves concurrency testing within a model-based software system testing environment, by receiving concurrent test service requests; duplicating a model representing software under test, based on the number of requests; sending the concurrent requests to each of the duplicated models sequentially but in different orders; storing the outcomes of each of the models; comparing the outcomes from the models to the outcome from the software system under test; and if all comparisons fail, then indicating test failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Jack Geraint Bailey, Ian Derek Heritage, Michael Anthony Ricketts, James Clive Stewart