Patents by Inventor John William Duffell
John William Duffell 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).
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Patent number: 11106626Abstract: A method for managing changes to one or more files via a link is associated with the changes that result in an updated version of the one or more files. A changed section determiner determines which sections associated with the one or more files have changed. The changed section operator further determines metadata regarding the nature of the changes to the sections. Based on the metadata a metrics generator generates a first weight associated with each of the changed sections. A mapping record generator generates a mapping record for each of the changed sections. A first mapping record comprises data associated with the first weight. The first mapping record is associated with a particular version of the one or more files and is linked to mapping records associated with other changed sections using the link.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Peter John Cullen, John William Duffell, Sam Marland, Yue Wang
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Publication number: 20180373710Abstract: A method for managing changes to one or more files via a link is associated with the changes that result in an updated version of the one or more files. A changed section determiner determines which sections associated with the one or more files have changed. The changed section operator further determines metadata regarding the nature of the changes to the sections. Based on the metadata a metrics generator generates a first weight associated with each of the changed sections. A mapping record generator generates a mapping record for each of the changed sections. A first mapping record comprises data associated with the first weight. The first mapping record is associated with a particular version of the one or more files and is linked to mapping records associated with other changed sections using the link.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Peter John Cullen, John William Duffell, Sam Marland, Yue Wang
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Patent number: 10095698Abstract: A method for managing changes to one or more files via a link is associated with the changes that result in an updated version of the one or more files. A changed section determiner determines which sections associated with the one or more files have changed. The changed section operator further determines metadata regarding the nature of the changes to the sections. Based on the metadata a metrics generator generates a first weight associated with each of the changed sections. A mapping record generator generates a mapping record for each of the changed sections. A first mapping record comprises data associated with the first weight. The first mapping record is associated with a particular version of the one or more files and is linked to mapping records associated with other changed sections using the link.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Peter John Cullen, John William Duffell, Sam Marland, Yue Wang
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Publication number: 20160321249Abstract: A method for managing changes to one or more files via a link is associated with the changes that result in an updated version of the one or more files. A changed section determiner determines which sections associated with the one or more files have changed. The changed section operator further determines metadata regarding the nature of the changes to the sections. Based on the metadata a metrics generator generates a first weight associated with each of the changed sections. A mapping record generator generates a mapping record for each of the changed sections. A first mapping record comprises data associated with the first weight. The first mapping record is associated with a particular version of the one or more files and is linked to mapping records associated with other changed sections using the link.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Peter John Cullen, John William Duffell, Sam Marland, Yue Wang
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Patent number: 9471575Abstract: A method for managing changes to one or more files via a link is associated with the changes that result in an updated version of the one or more files. A changed section determiner determines which sections associated with the one or more files have changed. The changed section operator further determines metadata regarding the nature of the changes to the sections. Based on the metadata a metrics generator generates a first weight associated with each of the changed sections. A mapping record generator generates a mapping record for each of the changed sections. A first mapping record comprises data associated with the first weight. The first mapping record is associated with a particular version of the one or more files and is linked to mapping records associated with other changed sections using the link.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Peter John Cullen, John William Duffell, Sam Marland, Yue Wang
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Patent number: 9116899Abstract: A computer program product includes program code for managing changes to one or more files via a link is associated with the changes that result in an updated version of the one or more files. A changed section determiner determines which sections associated with the one or more files have changed. The changed section operator further determines metadata regarding the nature of the changes to the sections. Based on the metadata a metrics generator generates a first weight associated with each of the changed sections. A mapping record generator generates a mapping record for each of the changed sections. A first mapping record comprises data associated with the first weight. The first mapping record is associated with a particular version of the one or more files and is linked to mapping records associated with other changed sections using the link.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Peter John Cullen, John William Duffell, Sam Marland, Yue Wang
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Publication number: 20140372452Abstract: A method for managing changes to one or more files via a link is associated with the changes that result in an updated version of the one or more files. A changed section determiner determines which sections associated with the one or more files have changed. The changed section operator further determines metadata regarding the nature of the changes to the sections. Based on the metadata a metrics generator generates a first weight associated with each of the changed sections. A mapping record generator generates a mapping record for each of the changed sections. A first mapping record comprises data associated with the first weight. The first mapping record is associated with a particular version of the one or more files and is linked to mapping records associated with other changed sections using the link.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Peter John Cullen, John William Duffell, Sam Marland, Yue Wang
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Publication number: 20140007068Abstract: An apparatus for managing changes to one or more files via a link is associated with the changes that result in an updated version of the one or more files. A changed section determiner determines which sections associated with the one or more files have changed. The changed section operator further determines metadata regarding the nature of the changes to the sections. Based on the metadata a metrics generator generates a first weight associated with each of the changed sections. A mapping record generator generates a mapping record for each of the changed sections. A first mapping record comprises data associated with the first weight. The first mapping record is associated with a particular version of the one or more files and is linked to mapping records associated with other changed sections using the link.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Peter John Cullen, John William Duffell, Sam Marland, Yue Wang
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Publication number: 20090249303Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John William Duffell, Ian Derek Heritage, Mark Stephen Taylor, Henry Tonnison