Patents by Inventor Matt R. Hogstrom
Matt R. Hogstrom 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).
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Publication number: 20210110279Abstract: A computer-implemented method for optimizing research of an abstracted issue with a plurality of analytics engines is described. The method includes receiving a problem report at an analytics engine controller. The problem report includes symptoms of a problem in a computing system. The analytics engine forwards the problem report to a research optimization engine that abstracts one or more issues associated with the problem based on the symptoms of the problem. The research optimization engine then obtains anomaly research data for one or more of diagnosing the problem and fixing the problem. The anomaly research data is based on the one or more abstracted issues. The research optimization engine associates the abstracted issues with corresponding portions of the anomaly research data, then assigns the abstracted issues and corresponding portions of the anomaly research data to at least one of the plurality of analytics engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: AL CHAKRA, MICHAEL P. CLARKE, MATT R. HOGSTROM
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Patent number: 10970637Abstract: A computer-implemented method for optimizing research of an abstracted issue with a plurality of analytics engines is described. The method includes receiving a problem report at an analytics engine controller. The problem report includes symptoms of a problem in a computing system. The analytics engine forwards the problem report to a research optimization engine that abstracts one or more issues associated with the problem based on the symptoms of the problem. The research optimization engine then obtains anomaly research data for one or more of diagnosing the problem and fixing the problem. The anomaly research data is based on the one or more abstracted issues. The research optimization engine associates the abstracted issues with corresponding portions of the anomaly research data, then assigns the abstracted issues and corresponding portions of the anomaly research data to at least one of the plurality of analytics engines.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Al Chakra, Michael P. Clarke, Matt R. Hogstrom
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Patent number: 10546121Abstract: There is a computer program product and computer system that includes program instructions programmed to establish a security container describing a workload and a set of resources in a software-defined environment, the security container including a set of sub-containers that are self-describing sub-containers having associated metadata describing content of a respectively corresponding sub-container, each sub-container of the set of sub-containers respectively corresponds to a resource-divisible portion of the workload, the set of resources being required by the workload, wherein a sub-container of the set of sub-containers is an operating system sub-container; monitor the workload and the set of resources for security events; and responsive to identifying a security event, adjust isolation mechanisms provided by the plurality of sub-containers at various layers of a stack. The set of sub-containers represents an end-to-end run time environment for processing the workload using the set of resources.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Dimitrios Pendarakis, Josyula R. Rao, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Michael D. Williams
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Patent number: 10534911Abstract: There is a computer program product and computer system that includes program instructions programmed to identify, in a software-defined environment, a security container describing a workload and a set of resources required by the workload, the security container including self-describing sub-containers having associated metadata describing content of a respectively corresponding sub-container; determine, for the workload, a set of resource-divisible portions of the workload including a compute-resource portion; generate a plurality of sub-containers within the security container, a sub-container within the plurality of sub-containers being a self-describing sub-container having associated metadata describing the content of the sub-container representing only one resource-divisible portion, the sub-container being an operating system sub-container; and responsive to identifying a security event while processing the workload, adjust a security mechanism associated with the security container.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Dimitrios Pendarakis, Josyula R. Rao, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Michael D. Williams
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Patent number: 10423457Abstract: Outcome-based adjustment of a software-defined environment (SDE) includes determining a business operation and a corresponding set of tasks to be performed in a software defined environment (SDE), establishing a first resource configuration to perform the corresponding set of tasks to achieve a business outcome target, determining a first resource cost for performing the corresponding set of tasks, assigning a priority level to tasks within the corresponding set of tasks, determining a set of performance indicators corresponding to a task having a first priority level, monitoring the SDE to identify a triggering event, responsive to identifying the triggering event, establishing a second resource configuration based, at least in part, on a performance level of a performance indicator in the set of performance indicators, the second resource configuration addressing the triggering event, and determining a second resource cost for performing the corresponding set of tasks according to the second resource configType: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Jeffrey A. Frey, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, David B. Lindquist, Stefan Pappe, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Balachandar Rajaraman, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Rodney A. Smith, Michael D. Williams
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Patent number: 10216544Abstract: A method and system for outcome-based adjustment of a software-defined environment (SDE) that includes establishing a link between a business outcome and a first resource configuration from software defined environment, establishing a monitoring mechanism for continuously measuring a current state of the SDE, using a behavior model of the SDE to anticipate, or forecast, a triggering event, and responsive to the forecast of a triggering event, using the behavior model to determine a second resource configuration to achieve the business outcome. The link includes at least one of a utility of services for the business outcome, a cost of a set of resources consumed by the first resource configuration, and a risk of the set of resources becoming unavailable.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Jeffrey A. Frey, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, David B. Lindquist, Stefan Pappe, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Balachandar Rajaraman, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Rodney A. Smith, Michael D. Williams
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Publication number: 20180336475Abstract: A computer-implemented method for optimizing research of an abstracted issue with a plurality of analytics engines is described. The method includes receiving a problem report at an analytics engine controller. The problem report includes symptoms of a problem in a computing system. The analytics engine forwards the problem report to a research optimization engine that abstracts one or more issues associated with the problem based on the symptoms of the problem. The research optimization engine then obtains anomaly research data for one or more of diagnosing the problem and fixing the problem. The anomaly research data is based on the one or more abstracted issues. The research optimization engine associates the abstracted issues with corresponding portions of the anomaly research data, then assigns the abstracted issues and corresponding portions of the anomaly research data to at least one of the plurality of analytics engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Al Chakra, Michael P. Clarke, Matt R. Hogstrom
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Publication number: 20180300478Abstract: There is a computer program product and computer system that includes program instructions programmed to identify, in a software-defined environment, a security container describing a workload and a set of resources required by the workload, the security container including self-describing sub-containers having associated metadata describing content of a respectively corresponding sub-container; determine, for the workload, a set of resource-divisible portions of the workload including a compute-resource portion; generate a plurality of sub-containers within the security container, a sub-container within the plurality of sub-containers being a self-describing sub-container having associated metadata describing the content of the sub-container representing only one resource-divisible portion, the sub-container being an operating system sub-container; and responsive to identifying a security event while processing the workload, adjust a security mechanism associated with the security container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Dimitrios Pendarakis, Josyula R. Rao, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Michael D. Williams
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Publication number: 20180300479Abstract: There is a computer program product and computer system that includes program instructions programmed to establish a security container describing a workload and a set of resources in a software-defined environment, the security container including a set of sub-containers that are self-describing sub-containers having associated metadata describing content of a respectively corresponding sub-container, each sub-container of the set of sub-containers respectively corresponds to a resource-divisible portion of the workload, the set of resources being required by the workload, wherein a sub-container of the set of sub-containers is an operating system sub-container; monitor the workload and the set of resources for security events; and responsive to identifying a security event, adjust isolation mechanisms provided by the plurality of sub-containers at various layers of a stack. The set of sub-containers represents an end-to-end run time environment for processing the workload using the set of resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Dimitrios Pendarakis, Josyula R. Rao, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Michael D. Williams
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Publication number: 20180247203Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for dynamic problem assignment. Aspects include receiving a data set from a computer system and detecting a problem based on the data set. A problem signature is generated based on the problem and is transmitted to a plurality of cognitive engines. A plurality of bids from the plurality of analytics engines is received and a bid from the plurality of bids is selected. An activity to intervene on the problem is initiated, the activity is determined based on the selected bid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: AL CHAKRA, MICHAEL P. CLARKE, MATT R. HOGSTROM
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Patent number: 10043007Abstract: There is a method and system that includes establishing a security container that describes a workload and a set of resources that corresponds to the workload in a software-defined environment, determining a set of security criteria for the security container, monitoring the workload and the set of resources for security events based, at least in part, upon the set of security criteria, and responsive to identifying a security event, adjusting one or more security mechanisms. The steps of monitoring and adjusting are operated within the software-defined environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Dimitrios Pendarakis, Josyula R. Rao, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Michael D. Williams
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Patent number: 9851933Abstract: There is a method and system for capability-based resource allocation in a software-defined environment that performs the following steps (not necessarily in the following order): (i) determining a set of capability characteristics for a plurality of workload resources within a software-defined environment; (ii) determining a set of workload components for a specified workload; and (iii) identifying a set of workload resources from the plurality of workload resources to allocate to the specified workload based, at least in part, on the set of capability characteristics corresponding to each workload within the set of workload resources. A workload component of the set of workload components has a unique set of workload characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Jeffrey A. Frey, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Yu-Cheng Hsu, Dilip D. Kandlur, Chung-Sheng Li, David B. Lindquist, Stefan Pappe, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Balachandar Rajaraman, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Renato J. Recio, Rodney A. Smith, Michael D. Williams
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Publication number: 20170250891Abstract: A method and system for outcome-based adjustment of a software-defined environment (SDE) that includes establishing a link between a business outcome and a first resource configuration from software defined environment, establishing a monitoring mechanism for continuously measuring a current state of the SDE, using a behavior model of the SDE to anticipate, or forecast, a triggering event, and responsive to the forecast of a triggering event, using the behavior model to determine a second resource configuration to achieve the business outcome. The link includes at least one of a utility of services for the business outcome, a cost of a set of resources consumed by the first resource configuration, and a risk of the set of resources becoming unavailable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Jeffrey A. Frey, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, David B. Lindquist, Stefan Pappe, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Balachandar Rajaraman, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Rodney A. Smith, Michael D. Williams
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Publication number: 20170249193Abstract: Outcome-based adjustment of a software-defined environment (SDE) includes determining a business operation and a corresponding set of tasks to be performed in a software defined environment (SDE), establishing a first resource configuration to perform the corresponding set of tasks to achieve a business outcome target, determining a first resource cost for performing the corresponding set of tasks, assigning a priority level to tasks within the corresponding set of tasks, determining a set of performance indicators corresponding to a task having a first priority level, monitoring the SDE to identify a triggering event, responsive to identifying the triggering event, establishing a second resource configuration based, at least in part, on a performance level of a performance indicator in the set of performance indicators, the second resource configuration addressing the triggering event, and determining a second resource cost for performing the corresponding set of tasks according to the second resource configType: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Jeffrey A. Frey, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, David B. Lindquist, Stefan Pappe, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Balachandar Rajaraman, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Rodney A. Smith, Michael D. Williams
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Patent number: 9729421Abstract: A method and system for outcome-based adjustment of a software-defined environment (SDE) that includes establishing a link between a business outcome and a first resource configuration from software defined environment, establishing a monitoring mechanism for continuously measuring a current state of the SDE, using a behavior model of the SDE to anticipate, or forecast, a triggering event, and responsive to the forecast of a triggering event, using the behavior model to determine a second resource configuration to achieve the business outcome. The link includes at least one of a utility of services for the business outcome, a cost of a set of resources consumed by the first resource configuration, and a risk of the set of resources becoming unavailable.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Jeffrey A. Frey, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, David B. Lindquist, Stefan Pappe, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Balachandar Rajaraman, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Rodney A. Smith, Michael D. Williams
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Publication number: 20170206352Abstract: There is a method and system that includes establishing a security container that describes a workload and a set of resources that corresponds to the workload in a software-defined environment, determining a set of security criteria for the security container, monitoring the workload and the set of resources for security events based, at least in part, upon the set of security criteria, and responsive to identifying a security event, adjusting one or more security mechanisms. The steps of monitoring and adjusting are operated within the software-defined environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Dimitrios Pendarakis, Josyula R. Rao, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Michael D. Williams
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Patent number: 9652612Abstract: There is a method and system that includes establishing a security container that describes a workload and a set of resources that corresponds to the workload in a software-defined environment, determining a set of security criteria for the security container, monitoring the workload and the set of resources for security events based, at least in part, upon the set of security criteria, and responsive to identifying a security event, adjusting one or more security mechanisms. The steps of monitoring and adjusting are operated within the software-defined environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Dimitrios Pendarakis, Josyula R. Rao, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Michael D. Williams
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Patent number: 9471246Abstract: When a virtual machine writes to a page that is being shared across VMs, a share value is calculated to determine how different the page would be if the write command were implemented. If the share value is below a predefined threshold (meaning that the page would not be “too different”), then the page is not copied (as it would be in a standard copy-on-write operation). Instead, the difference between the contents of the pages is stored as a self-contained delta. The physical to machine memory map is updated to point to the delta, and the delta contains a pointer to the original page. When the VM needs to access the page that was stored as a delta, the delta and the page are then fetched from memory and the page is reconstructed.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Matt R. Hogstrom, Tiia Salo, Nikola Vouk, Meeta Yadav
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Patent number: 9471244Abstract: When a virtual machine writes to a page that is being shared across VMs, a share value is calculated to determine how different the page would be if the write command were implemented. If the share value is below a predefined threshold (meaning that the page would not be “too different”), then the page is not copied (as it would be in a standard copy-on-write operation). Instead, the difference between the contents of the pages is stored as a self-contained delta. The physical to machine memory map is updated to point to the delta, and the delta contains a pointer to the original page. When the VM needs to access the page that was stored as a delta, the delta and the page are then fetched from memory and the page is reconstructed.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Matt R. Hogstrom, Tiia Salo, Nikola Vouk, Meeta Yadav
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Publication number: 20160283713Abstract: There is a method and system that includes establishing a security container that describes a workload and a set of resources that corresponds to the workload in a software-defined environment, determining a set of security criteria for the security container, monitoring the workload and the set of resources for security events based, at least in part, upon the set of security criteria, and responsive to identifying a security event, adjusting one or more security mechanisms. The steps of monitoring and adjusting are operated within the software-defined environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Brad L. Brech, Scott W. Crowder, Hubertus Franke, Nagui Halim, Matt R. Hogstrom, Chung-Sheng Li, Pratap C. Pattnaik, Dimitrios Pendarakis, Josyula R. Rao, Radha P. Ratnaparkhi, Michael D. Williams