Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. Stabile

Lawrence A. Stabile 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: 8805779
    Abstract: A classifier classifies data to identify a class of the data. Based on the identified class, at least one action to apply to the given data item is determined according to the data management policy, where the data management policy specifies a plurality of actions to apply for different classes of data items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Longsand Limited
    Inventors: Joseph S. Ficara, Lawrence A. Stabile, David J. Asher, Mark A. Kaufman, Jacob T. LeBlanc, Jeffrey L. West, Michael R. Boucher
  • Patent number: 8745435
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting alarm conditions, the method involving receiving at a first time a trigger notification describing a monitored occurrence on a network; setting a redundancy window to begin at the first time and to end at an expiration time; designating a first alarm condition to represent the trigger notification; receiving a second notification at a second time after the first time, the second notification describing the monitored occurrence; and determining whether a second alarm condition exists by testing whether the second time is within the redundancy window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Stabile, Mark W. Sylor, Thomas Allen LaRosa, Bradley S. Carey, David William Russo, Kevin M. Jackson, Albert Briner, Jeremiah David Small, Matthew Eric Baddeley
  • Publication number: 20140052689
    Abstract: A classifier classifies data to identify a class of the data. Based on the identified class, at least one action to apply to the given data item is determined according to the data management policy, where the data management policy specifies a plurality of actions to apply for different classes of data items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Joseph S. Ficara, Lawrence A. Stabile, David J. Asher, Mark A. Kaufman, Jacob T. LeBlanc, Jeffrey L. West, Michael R. Boucher
  • Patent number: 8448012
    Abstract: The network fault manager described herein may include one or more processors configured to detect alarms. For example, the one or more processors may periodically sample rates at which similar events that relate to occurrences on a network arrive, compare the periodically sampled rates to a first threshold, and determine whether a preexisting alarm exists. In response to a number of the periodically sampled rates that exceeded the first threshold within a preceding time window exceeding a second threshold and the preexisting alarm not existing, the one or more processors may assert a first alarm. Otherwise, if the number of periodically sampled rates that exceeded the first threshold within the preceding time window exceeds the second threshold but the preexisting alarm does exist, the one or more processors may maintain the preexisting alarm for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Stabile, Mark W. Sylor, Thomas Allen LaRosa, Bradley S. Carey, David William Russo, Kevin M. Jackson, Albert Briner, Jeremiah David Small, Matthew Eric Baddeley
  • Publication number: 20110289362
    Abstract: The network fault manager described herein may include one or more processors configured to detect alarms. For example, the one or more processors may periodically sample rates at which similar events that relate to occurrences on a network arrive, compare the periodically sampled rates to a first threshold, and determine whether a preexisting alarm exists. In response to a number of the periodically sampled rates that exceeded the first threshold within a preceding time window exceeding a second threshold and the preexisting alarm not existing, the one or more processors may assert a first alarm. Otherwise, if the number of periodically sampled rates that exceeded the first threshold within the preceding time window exceeds the second threshold but the preexisting alarm does exist, the one or more processors may maintain the preexisting alarm for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Stabile, Mark W. Sylor, Thomas Allen LaRosa, Bradley S. Carey, David William Russo, Kevin M. Jackson, Albert Briner, Jeremiah David Small, Matthew Eric Baddeley
  • Patent number: 8015456
    Abstract: The network fault manager described herein may generate an alarm data table having various columns and rows respectively corresponding to different alarm data fields and different alarms. The alarm data table may be associated with a primary key that includes a subset of the different data fields in the multiple columns to uniquely represent the different alarms in the multiple rows. In response to removing one or more of the different alarm data fields in the subset from the primary key, the primary key may non-uniquely represent the different alarms in a plurality of the multiple rows. Thus, the alarm data table may be collapsed to combine the different alarms non-uniquely represented in the plurality of the multiple rows into one combined row uniquely representing the different alarms, whereby the collapsed alarm data table may replace the plurality of the multiple rows with the combined row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Stabile, Mark W. Sylor, Thomas Allen LaRosa, Bradley S. Carey, David William Russo, Kevin M. Jackson, Albert Briner, Jeremiah David Small, Matthew Eric Baddeley
  • Patent number: 7877472
    Abstract: A method of monitoring an element in a computer network including monitoring a preselected variable relating to that element; defining a threshold for the monitored preselected variable; establishing a sliding window in time; repeatedly generating a time above threshold value, the time above threshold value being a measure of an amount of time during which the monitored variable exceeded the threshold during the sliding window of time; detecting when the time above threshold value exceeds a condition window value; and in response to detecting when the time above threshold value exceeds the condition window, generating an alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Sylor, George Iglesias, Jay B. Wolf, Will C. Lauer, Lawrence A. Stabile
  • Patent number: 7864700
    Abstract: A method of merging a list of newly found network elements and a list of previously known network elements includes arranging the newly found network elements in a hierarchical structure, and determining one or more device matches between each network device in the list of newly found network elements and one or more network devices in the list of previously known network elements. The method further includes, for each of the one or more device matches, determining one or more network element matches between the newly found network element and the corresponding previously stored network device. The method also includes updating the previously found network device corresponding to each of the one or more device matches with the corresponding newly found network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Shepard, Bradley S. Carey, Lawrence A. Stabile
  • Publication number: 20090234944
    Abstract: A method of monitoring an element in a computer network including monitoring a preselected variable relating to that element; defining a threshold for the monitored preselected variable; establishing a sliding window in time; repeatedly generating a time above threshold value, the time above threshold value being a measure of an amount of time during which the monitored variable exceeded the threshold during the sliding window of time; detecting when the time above threshold value exceeds a condition window value; and in response to detecting when the time above threshold value exceeds the condition window, generating an alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: MARK W. SYLOR, George Iglesias, Jay B. Wolf, Will C. Lauer, Lawrence A. Stabile
  • Patent number: 7492785
    Abstract: A method of processing data received at a local system in response to polling a remote device, wherein the local system includes a local clock, the method involving: sending a first poll to the remote device; receiving a response from the remote device to the first poll, the response to the first poll containing data and a time stamp indicating when the remote device responded to the first poll; for the data received in response to the first poll, computing a first time by using both a time that was derived from the local clock for a previous poll of the remote device and also the time stamp contained in the response to the first poll; comparing the computed first time to information that the local system stored in connection with the first poll, wherein the information that the local system stored in connection with the first poll was derived from the local clock; and determining how to process the data received in response to the first poll based on comparing the computed first time to the information that
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Seligman, David L. Shepard, Mark W. Sylor, Gordon Booman, Lawrence A. Stabile
  • Patent number: 7490145
    Abstract: A method of monitoring an element in a computer network including monitoring a preselected variable relating to that element; defining a threshold for the monitored preselected variable; establishing a sliding window in time; repeatedly generating a time above threshold value, the time above threshold value being a measure of an amount of time during which the monitored variable exceeded the threshold during the sliding window of time; detecting when the time above threshold value exceeds a condition window value; and in response to detecting when the time above threshold value exceeds the condition window, generating an alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Sylor, George Iglesias, Jay B. Wolf, Will C. Lauer, Lawrence A. Stabile
  • Patent number: 7434109
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting alarm conditions, the method involving receiving at a first time a trigger notification describing a monitored occurrence on a network; setting a redundancy window to begin at the first time and to end at an expiration time; designating a first alarm condition to represent the trigger notification; receiving a second notification at a second time after the first time, the second notification describing the monitored occurrence; and determining whether a second alarm condition exists by testing whether the second time is within the redundancy window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Stabile, Mark W. Sylor, Thomas Allen LaRosa, Bradley S. Carey, David William Russo, Kevin M. Jackson, Albert Briner, Jeremiah David Small, Matthew Eric Baddeley
  • Patent number: 6816896
    Abstract: A method provides for merging lists of newly found and old network elements. The method comprises receiving the list of newly found elements and deriving a potential key value for a portion of the newly found elements from configuration data associated therewith and a key format. The method also updates one of the old elements with the configuration data of a newly found keyed element having the same key. The method compares attributes of newly found elements for components to attributes of old network elements for attribute matches and reports matches. The report lists matching old elements and newly found elements as unresolved if either one does not have a unique key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Concord Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent H. Fortin, Will C. Lauer, Lawrence A. Stabile, Richard Wallace
  • Publication number: 20030120760
    Abstract: A method provides for merging lists of newly found and old network elements. The method comprises receiving the list of newly found elements and deriving a potential key value for a portion of the newly found elements from configuration data associated therewith and a key format. The method also updates one of the old elements with the configuration data of a newly found keyed element having the same key. The method compares attributes of newly found elements for components to attributes of old network elements for attribute matches and reports matches. The report lists matching old elements and newly found elements as unresolved if either one does not have a unique key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Concord Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent H. Fortin, Will C. Lauer, Lawrence A. Stabile, Richard Wallace
  • Publication number: 20020049838
    Abstract: A method of monitoring an element in a computer network including monitoring a preselected variable relating to that element; defining a threshold for the monitored preselected variable; establishing a sliding window in time; repeatedly generating a time above threshold value, the time above threshold value being a measure of an amount of time during which the monitored variable exceeded the threshold during the sliding window of time; detecting when the time above threshold value exceeds a condition window value; and in response to detecting when the time above threshold value exceeds the condition window, generating an alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Mark W. Sylor, George Iglesias, Jay B. Wolf, Will C. Lauer, Lawrence A. Stabile
  • Patent number: 6278694
    Abstract: A method for collecting and reporting monitored data for network traffic, which has been accumulated by a plurality of remote probes. The method includes making a series of polling requests for lists of monitoring data to each probe and receiving the requested lists. Each list has traffic count values that are identified by at least a sampling time, a source address, a destination address and a probe identifier. The method also includes calculating the traffic observed by each probe between successive sampling times and apportioning the calculated traffic data among a single set of consecutive temporal intervals and selecting best counts to avoid overcounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Concord Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Jay B. Wolf, Will C. Lauer, Bradley S. Carey, Lawrence A. Stabile