Patents by Inventor Lucy A. Raw

Lucy A. Raw 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: 8255648
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are provided for maintaining a storage device backup consistency group. The method comprises receiving a first I/O command for a first storage device, receiving a second I/O command for a second storage device, identifying a transaction comprising both the first I/O command and the second I/O command, accessing a storage device backup consistency group for the first storage device, determining whether a backup for the second storage device is a member of the storage device backup consistency group, and performing a predefined corrective action if a backup for the second storage device is not a member of the storage device backup consistency group. The predefined corrective action may comprise detecting or creating a backup for the second storage device and then adding the detected or created backup to the storage device backup consistency group, invalidating the second I/O command, and/or issuing a warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon D. Hutchison, Cameron J. McAllister, Lucy A. Raw, Bruce J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20100115218
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are provided for maintaining a storage device backup consistency group. The method comprises receiving a first I/O command for a first storage device, receiving a second I/O command for a second storage device, identifying a transaction comprising both the first I/O command and the second I/O command, accessing a storage device backup consistency group for the first storage device, determining whether a backup for the second storage device is a member of the storage device backup consistency group, and performing a predefined corrective action if a backup for the second storage device is not a member of the storage device backup consistency group. The predefined corrective action may comprise detecting or creating a backup for the second storage device and then adding the detected or created backup to the storage device backup consistency group, invalidating the second I/O command, and/or issuing a warning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gordon D. Hutchison, Cameron J. McAllister, Lucy A. Raw, Bruce J. Smith
  • Patent number: 7552421
    Abstract: A method for adding comments to deleted code includes maintaining a first version of a file in a code repository, providing the first version of a file available to a first user, receiving a second version of the file, the second version being an updated version of the first version of a file, the second version of the file including at least one segment of deleted code and at least one comment regarding the at least one segment of deleted code, simultaneously maintaining the second version of the file and the first version of the file in the code repository, providing the second version of the file to a second user, providing a comparison tool for comparing the first version of the file to the second version of the file, and receiving a modification approval indication including an approval of deletion of the at least one deleted segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Lucy A. Raw