Patents by Inventor Mary Ellen Kerr

Mary Ellen Kerr 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).

  • Heterogeneous two-phase commit test engine
    Patent number: 7792896
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, information processing system, and computer program storage product validate a two-phase commit process. First information is received that indicates a plurality of web services to be tested. Each of the web services are associated with a different resource manager. Second information is received that indicates a plurality of application servers for performing the web services. A global transaction is created that includes a plurality of transactions based on the first information that was received. A two-phase commit process is initiated at one of the application servers for performing the global transaction. After the two-phase commit process has ended, results of the global transaction that include information regarding each of the transactions within the global transaction are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Alex Cohen, Evan Jennings, Mary Ellen Kerr, Surya Kumari L. Pericherla, Gary Stuart Puchkoff
  • HETEROGENEOUS TWO-PHASE COMMIT TEST ENGINE
    Publication number: 20090172153
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, information processing system, and computer program storage product validate a two-phase commit process. First information is received that indicates a plurality of web services to be tested. Each of the web services are associated with a different resource manager. Second information is received that indicates a plurality of application servers for performing the web services. A global transaction is created that includes a plurality of transactions based on the first information that was received. A two-phase commit process is initiated at one of the application servers for performing the global transaction. After the two-phase commit process has ended, results of the global transaction that include information regarding each of the transactions within the global transaction are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Alex Cohen, Evan Jennings, Mary Ellen Kerr, Surya Kumari L. Pericherla, Gary Stuart Puchkoff