Patents by Inventor Ling-Ching W. Tai
Ling-Ching W. Tai 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: 9300522Abstract: In an embodiment, a system for information technology asset management may include a plurality of data processing systems, and a network connecting the plurality of data processing systems. The system may also include a controller configured to manage the plurality of data processing systems by resolving naming conflicts for each of the plurality of data processing systems on the network to a respective master name while also maintaining the alias names for each of the plurality of data processing systems on the network.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald B. Baker, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Patent number: 9009324Abstract: A method and system for managing and reconciling naming conflicts in a configuration database. Attributes are collected about a detected resource in a network. Valid names for the detected resource are created based on the collected attributes and a set of naming rules. A valid name is created for each naming rule, and the naming rules have a priority order. A master-alias table is search to locate a match between existing names of known resources recorded in the master-alias table and any of the valid names. A partial match of resource attributes is determined to exist when all of the valid names in the set of valid names do not match an existing name in a matching entry. The detected resource is determined to be a new resource or an existing resource based on a priority of the naming rules used to create the valid names.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald B. Baker, Russell C. Blaisdell, Paul M. Evans, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Publication number: 20140143211Abstract: A method and system for managing and reconciling naming conflicts in a configuration database. Attributes are collected about a detected resource in a network. Valid names for the detected resource are created based on the collected attributes and a set of naming rules. A valid name is created for each naming rule, and the naming rules have a priority order. A master-alias table is search to locate a match between existing names of known resources recorded in the master-alias table and any of the valid names. A partial match of resource attributes is determined to exist when all of the valid names in the set of valid names do not match an existing name in a matching entry. The detected resource is determined to be a new resource or an existing resource based on a priority of the naming rules used to create the valid names.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald B. Baker, Russell C. Blaisdell, Paul M. Evans, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Patent number: 8645543Abstract: A method and system for managing and reconciling naming conflicts in a configuration database. Attributes are collected about a detected resource in a network. Valid names for the detected resource are created based on the collected attributes and a set of naming rules. A valid name is created for each naming rule, and the naming rules have a priority order. A master-alias table is search to locate a match between existing names of known resources recorded in the master-alias table and any of the valid names. A partial match of resource attributes is determined to exist when all of the valid names in the set of valid names do not match an existing name in a matching entry. The detected resource is determined to be a new resource or an existing resource based on a priority of the naming rules used to create the valid names.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald B. Baker, Russell C. Blaisdell, Paul M. Evans, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Patent number: 8290949Abstract: A Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB) is utilized to reconcile names of enterprise computer resources in a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). Steps taken include creating a resource that belongs to a class that has multiple naming rules; in response to determining that more than one set of naming attributes is provided by the multiple naming rules, generating a set of valid names, in a priority order, for the resource; and correlating different names for the resource by, in accordance with the priority order, assigning one name for the resource to be a master name and assigning all other names for the resource to be alias names.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2006Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald Bruce Baker, Robert Louis Nielsen, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Patent number: 8290954Abstract: A Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB) is utilized to reconcile names of enterprise computer resources in a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). Steps taken include creating a resource that belongs to a class that has multiple naming rules; in response to determining that more than one set of naming attributes is provided by the multiple naming rules, generating a set of valid names, in a priority order, for the resource; and correlating different names for the resource by, in accordance with the priority order, assigning one name for the resource to be a master name and assigning all other names for the resource to be alias names.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald B. Baker, Robert L. Nielsen, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Patent number: 8290953Abstract: A Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB) is utilized to reconcile names of enterprise computer resources in a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). Steps taken include creating a resource that belongs to a class that has multiple naming rules; in response to determining that more than one set of naming attributes is provided by the multiple naming rules, generating a set of valid names, in a priority order, for the resource; and correlating different names for the resource by, in accordance with the priority order, assigning one name for the resource to be a master name and assigning all other names for the resource to be alias names.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald B. Baker, Robert L. Nielsen, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Publication number: 20120096163Abstract: A method and system for managing and reconciling naming conflicts in a configuration database. Attributes are collected about a detected resource in a network. Valid names for the detected resource are created based on the collected attributes and a set of naming rules. A valid name is created for each naming rule, and the naming rules have a priority order. A master-alias table is search to locate a match between existing names of known resources recorded in the master-alias table and any of the valid names. A partial match of resource attributes is determined to exist when all of the valid names in the set of valid names do not match an existing name in a matching entry. The detected resource is determined to be a new resource or an existing resource based on a priority of the naming rules used to create the valid names.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ling-Ching W. Tai, Ronald B. Baker, Russell C. Blaisdell, Paul M. Evans
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Publication number: 20110153787Abstract: In an embodiment, a system for information technology asset management may include a plurality of data processing systems, and a network connecting the plurality of data processing systems. The system may also include a controller configured to manage the plurality of data processing systems by resolving naming conflicts for each of the plurality of data processing systems on the network to a respective master name while also maintaining the alias names for each of the plurality of data processing systems on the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald B. Baker, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Publication number: 20100293205Abstract: A Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB) is utilized to reconcile names of enterprise computer resources in a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). Steps taken include creating a resource that belongs to a class that has multiple naming rules; in response to determining that more than one set of naming attributes is provided by the multiple naming rules, generating a set of valid names, in a priority order, for the resource; and correlating different names for the resource by, in accordance with the priority order, assigning one name for the resource to be a master name and assigning all other names for the resource to be alias names.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ronald Bruce Baker, Robert Louis Nielsen, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Publication number: 20100293204Abstract: A Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB) is utilized to reconcile names of enterprise computer resources in a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). Steps taken include creating a resource that belongs to a class that has multiple naming rules; in response to determining that more than one set of naming attributes is provided by the multiple naming rules, generating a set of valid names, in a priority order, for the resource; and correlating different names for the resource by, in accordance with the priority order, assigning one name for the resource to be a master name and assigning all other names for the resource to be alias names.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ronald Bruce Baker, Robert Louis Nielsen, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Publication number: 20080021917Abstract: A Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB) is utilized to reconcile names of enterprise computer resources in a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). Steps taken include creating a resource that belongs to a class that has multiple naming rules; in response to determining that more than one set of naming attributes is provided by the multiple naming rules, generating a set of valid names, in a priority order, for the resource; and correlating different names for the resource by, in accordance with the priority order, assigning one name for the resource to be a master name and assigning all other names for the resource to be alias names.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2006Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Ronald Bruce Baker, Robert Louis Nielsen, Ling-Ching W. Tai
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Publication number: 20070276779Abstract: Disclosed herein is a configuration management database including: a managed element table including a managed element identifier field, an actual class field, a name field, and a superior identifier field; a operating system table including the managed element identifier field and an operating system type field; and a computer system table including the managed element identifier field, a processor family field, a manufacturer field, a machine type field, a model field, and a serial number field, wherein the managed element identifier field is a primary key for the managed element table and a foreign key for the operating system table and the computer system table.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2006Publication date: November 29, 2007Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ronald B. Baker, Ling-Ching W. Tai