Patents by Inventor Mark Allen Balstad

Mark Allen Balstad 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).

  • Reduction of the number of interoperability test candidates and the time for interoperability testing
    Patent number: 8875101
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture wherein a determination is made of a subset of all possible interoperable combinations of components of a computing system, wherein the components comprise selected elements of the computing system. One or more testing criteria are stored, wherein a testing criteria provides indications of characteristics of one or more of the components of the computing system. A selection is made of a number of interoperable combinations of the components from the subset of interoperable combinations of the components, based on the stored one or more testing criteria. The selected interoperable combinations are tested, wherein the selected interoperable combinations are fewer in number than the subset of interoperable combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Allen Balstad, Mark Sean Fleming, Keith Brian Maddern, Jeffrey Alan Melching, Michael Allan Nelsen
  • REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF INTEROPERABILITY TEST CANDIDATES AND THE TIME FOR INTEROPERABILITY TESTING
    Publication number: 20100082282
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture wherein a determination is made of a subset of all possible interoperable combinations of components of a computing system, wherein the components comprise selected elements of the computing system. One or more testing criteria are stored, wherein a testing criteria provides indications of characteristics of one or more of the components of the computing system. A selection is made of a number of interoperable combinations of the components from the subset of interoperable combinations of the components, based on the stored one or more testing criteria. The selected interoperable combinations are tested, wherein the selected interoperable combinations are fewer in number than the subset of interoperable combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Allen Balstad, Mark Sean Fleming, Keith Brian Maddern, Jeffrey Alan Melching, Michael Allan Nelsen