Patents by Inventor Kathleen Sharp
Kathleen Sharp 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: 10656812Abstract: A method of controlling an application instance using a graphical user interface. In response to the application instance providing a user input control for accepting a command from the user, a corresponding user input control for display in a thumbnail representation of the application instance is generated. When a thumbnail representation of the application instance is displayed, the generated user input control is displayed with the thumbnail representation of the application instance. In response to a user giving a command using the generated user input control, a corresponding command is given to the application instance.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven J. Horsman, Kathleen Sharp, Joseph R. Winchester
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Patent number: 10318589Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for detecting and displaying potentially volatile data. A metadata store, which is attached to a data store, is used for storing metadata corresponding to the stored data. A data retrieval component is used for retrieving a first and a second subset of data from the data store. Furthermore, a metadata retrieval component is used for retrieving a first and a second subset of the metadata corresponding to the first and second subsets of data from the data store. In addition, a comparator is used for comparing the first and the second subsets of the metadata. Additionally, a display control component, responsive to the comparator, is used for varying an indicator associated on a display with the first subset of data or the second subset of data to indicate an inconsistency between the first subset of metadata and the second subset of metadata.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kathleen Sharp, Colin C. Stone, Joseph R. Winchester
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Patent number: 9870300Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for logged event frequency visualization. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for logged event frequency visualization is provided. The method includes loading into memory of a computer system a set of logged data entries and associated time stamps from a data store of log entries and computing in the computer system a frequency of logging for each of the logged data entries. The method additionally includes concurrently displaying in a log viewer both the logged data entries and also a visualization of the frequency of logging for each of the logged data entries.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kathleen Sharp, Grant J. Shayler, John D. Taylor, Joe Winchester
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Publication number: 20150293683Abstract: A method of controlling an application instance using a graphical user interface. In response to the application instance providing a user input control for accepting a command from the user, a corresponding user input control for display in a thumbnail representation of the application instance is generated. When a thumbnail representation of the application instance is displayed, the generated user input control is displayed with the thumbnail representation of the application instance. In response to a user giving a command using the generated user input control, a corresponding command is given to the application instance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Steven J. Horsman, Kathleen Sharp, Joseph R. Winchester
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Patent number: 8935573Abstract: During execution of a unit test, receiving from the unit test a first request referencing a mock object. An instance of the mock object and initial cached mock object data is returned to the test unit, wherein the initial cached mock object data includes first data for a real object represented by the mock object. Second data for the real object represented by the mock object is collected. The second data for the real object is compared to the initial cached mock object data. Responsive to determining that at least one aspect of the second data for the real object does not correspond to the initial cached mock object data, the cached mock object data is updated with the second data for the real object. An indication can be provided to the unit test that the initial cached mock object data returned to the unit test is unreliable.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven J. Horsman, Kathleen Sharp
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Publication number: 20140149924Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for logged event frequency visualization. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for logged event frequency visualization is provided. The method includes loading into memory of a computer system a set of logged data entries and associated time stamps from a data store of log entries and computing in the computer system a frequency of logging for each of the logged data entries. The method additionally includes concurrently displaying in a log viewer both the logged data entries and also a visualization of the frequency of logging for each of the logged data entries.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kathleen Sharp, Grant J. Shayler, John D. Taylor, Joe Winchester
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Publication number: 20140068334Abstract: During execution of a unit test, receiving from the unit test a first request referencing a mock object. An instance of the mock object and initial cached mock object data is returned to the test unit, wherein the initial cached mock object data includes first data for a real object represented by the mock object. Second data for the real object represented by the mock object is collected. The second data for the real object is compared to the initial cached mock object data. Responsive to determining that at least one aspect of the second data for the real object does not correspond to the initial cached mock object data, the cached mock object data is updated with the second data for the real object. An indication can be provided to the unit test that the initial cached mock object data returned to the unit test is unreliable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Steven J. HORSMAN, Kathleen SHARP
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Publication number: 20120072444Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for detecting and displaying potentially volatile data. A metadata store, which is attached to a data store, is used for storing metadata corresponding to the stored data. A data retrieval component is used for retrieving a first and a second subset of data from the data store. Furthermore, a metadata retrieval component is used for retrieving a first and a second subset of the metadata corresponding to the first and second subsets of data from the data store. In addition, a comparator is used for comparing the first and the second subsets of the metadata. Additionally, a display control component, responsive to the comparator, is used for varying an indicator associated on a display with the first subset of data or the second subset of data to indicate an inconsistency between the first subset of metadata and the second subset of metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kathleen Sharp, Colin C. Stone, Joseph R. Winchester