Patents by Inventor Mark Brian Thomas

Mark Brian Thomas 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).

  • Method and system for enforcing version control
    Patent number: 8108835
    Abstract: A method and system for enforcing version control is provided. An embodiment of the method comprises receiving a command to execute code. Code is retrieved from a code management storage and loaded into a controlled storage. The code may comprise test and program components. The code is executed and the results of the executed code are recorded and logged, and the code is removed from the controlled storage. The system includes an interface for receiving the execute code command and is coupled to the controlled storage. A code loader for loading code into the controlled storage may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Howard Jones, Jonathan Paul Kneller, Mark Brian Thomas
  • Method and system for enforcing version control
    Publication number: 20080127075
    Abstract: A method and system for enforcing version control is provided. An embodiment of the method comprises receiving a command to execute code. Code is retrieved from a code management storage and loaded into a controlled storage. The code may comprise test and program components. The code is executed and the results of the executed code are recorded and logged, and the code is removed from the controlled storage. The system includes an interface for receiving the execute code command and is coupled to the controlled storage. A code loader for loading code into the controlled storage may also be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Nicholas Howard Jones, Jonathan Paul Kneller, Mark Brian Thomas