Patents by Inventor Mark Robert Houghtlin

Mark Robert Houghtlin 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).

  • Generating and displaying an application flow diagram that maps business transactions for application performance engineering
    Patent number: 8395623
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating and displaying an application flow diagram for an application. The application flow diagram includes: a set of business transaction display elements representing critical business transactions that sustain or provide revenue for an organization; a set of service display elements representing services required by the critical business transactions; a set of infrastructure display elements representing information technology (IT) infrastructure components utilized by the services; and formatted display elements (e.g., arrows) that map the business transaction display elements to the service display elements and the service display elements to the infrastructure display elements, thereby indicating an end-to-end flow of data between the critical business transactions and the IT infrastructure components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Robert Houghtlin, Michael Anthony Mendez
  • GENERATING AND DISPLAYING AN APPLICATION FLOW DIAGRAM THAT MAPS BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS FOR APPLICATION PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING
    Publication number: 20100302248
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating and displaying an application flow diagram for an application. The application flow diagram includes: a set of business transaction display elements representing critical business transactions that sustain or provide revenue for an organization; a set of service display elements representing services required by the critical business transactions; a set of infrastructure display elements representing information technology (IT) infrastructure components utilized by the services; and formatted display elements (e.g., arrows) that map the business transaction display elements to the service display elements and the service display elements to the infrastructure display elements, thereby indicating an end-to-end flow of data between the critical business transactions and the IT infrastructure components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Robert Houghtlin, Michael Anthony Mendez