Patents by Inventor James M. Vinson

James M. Vinson 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).

  • ESTABLISHING CONTEXTS FOR USE DURING AUTOMATED PRODUCT CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20080195952
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for validating a user configuration of a computer system are provided. The method generally includes receiving, through a user interface of a configuration system, a user configuration selection, wherein the user configuration selection modifies the configuration of the computer system. Based on the user configuration selection, one or more contexts in a collection of contexts may be modified. The collection of contexts may be applied to part information for a part of the computer system to determine applicable part information for the modified configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: DOUGLAS C. EWING, MICHAEL J. O'ROURKE, ANAND RAGHAVAN, JAMES M. VINSON
  • Method to establish contexts for use during automated product configuration
    Patent number: 7360071
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for validating a user configuration of a computer system are provided. The method generally includes receiving, through a user interface of a configuration system, a user configuration selection, wherein the user configuration selection modifies the configuration of the computer system. Based on the user configuration selection, one or more contexts in a collection of contexts may be modified. The collection of contexts may be applied to part information for a part of the computer system to determine applicable part information for the modified configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas C. Ewing, Michael J. O'Rourke, Anand Raghavan, James M. Vinson