Patents by Inventor James Tai Morris

James Tai Morris 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: 8516471
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products for detecting impact of operating system upgrades on software components. Embodiments detect the impact of differences between a current operating system and an upgraded operating system. The operating system is configured to provide a run-time environment. In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting a call from a software entity running on a first data processing system to the current operating system of the data processing system; recording the detected call in a data structure configured to contain one or more recorded calls; scanning the upgraded operating system on a second data processing system upon which the upgraded operating system is installed and running, before execution of the software entity in the run-time environment of the upgraded operating system, to identify the recorded calls in the data structure that are not supported by the upgraded operating system; and presenting an indication of the identified calls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sagar Bhakta, James Tai Morris, Calvin Sze
  • Publication number: 20110083126
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products for detecting impact of operating system upgrades on software components. Embodiments detect the impact of differences between a current operating system and an upgraded operating system. The operating system is configured to provide a run-time environment. In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting a call from a software entity running on a first data processing system to the current operating system of the data processing system; recording the detected call in a data structure configured to contain one or more recorded calls; scanning the upgraded operating system on a second data processing system upon which the upgraded operating system is installed and running, before execution of the software entity in the run-time environment of the upgraded operating system, to identify the recorded calls in the data structure that are not supported by the upgraded operating system; and presenting an indication of the identified calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines
    Inventors: Sagar Bhakta, James Tai Morris, Calvin Sze