Patents by Inventor James Allen Goodwin

James Allen Goodwin 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).

  • Predictively managing failover in high availability systems
    Patent number: 9229843
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer usable program product for predictively managing failover in a high availability system are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A disruptive activity occurring on the HA data processing system is detected. The disruptive activity has a potential to cause an operation of the HA data processing system to perform outside a specified parameter. A determination is made of a desired response in the HA data processing system should the disruptive activity disrupting the operation. A precautionary action is initiated with respect to the HA data processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen N. Abbot, James Allen Goodwin, Manjunath Basappa Muttur, Thomas Howard Smith
  • PREDICTIVELY MANAGING FAILOVER IN HIGH AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20110271136
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer usable program product for predictively managing failover in a high availability system are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A disruptive activity occurring on the HA data processing system is detected. The disruptive activity has a potential to cause an operation of the HA data processing system to perform outside a specified parameter. A determination is made of a desired response in the HA data processing system should the disruptive activity disrupting the operation. A precautionary action is initiated with respect to the HA data processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: STEPHEN N. ABBOT, James Allen Goodwin, Manjunath Basappa Muttur, Thomas Howard Smith