Patents by Inventor Matthew Conners

Matthew Conners 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).

  • Cooperative naming for configuration items in a distributed configuration management database environment
    Patent number: 10127296
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems to provide coordinated identification of data items across a plurality of distributed data storage repositories (datastores). In one disclosed embodiment, a single configuration management database (CMDB) controls identification rights for all CIs as they are first identified in a master/slave relationship with all other CMDBs in the distributed environment. In a second embodiment, a plurality of CMDBs divide identification rights based upon coordination identification rules where certain CMDBs are assigned authoritative identification rights for CIs matching the rules of a particular CMDB in the distributed environment. In a third embodiment, one or more of the plurality of CMDBs may also have advisory identification rights for CIs which do not already have an identifiable unique identity and can coordinate with an authoritative CMDB to establish an identity for CIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Govindarajan Rangarajan, Ajoy Kumar, Narayan Kumar, Douglas Mueller, Matthew Conners, Darius Wallace
  • Cooperative Naming for Configuration Items in a Distributed Configuration Management Database Environment
    Publication number: 20120259812
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems to provide coordinated identification of data items across a plurality of distributed data storage repositories (datastores). In one disclosed embodiment, a single configuration management database (CMDB) controls identification rights for all CIs as they are first identified in a master/slave relationship with all other CMDBs in the distributed environment. In a second embodiment, a plurality of CMDBs divide identification rights based upon coordination identification rules where certain CMDBs are assigned authoritative identification rights for CIs matching the rules of a particular CMDB in the distributed environment. In a third embodiment, one or more of the plurality of CMDBs may also have advisory identification rights for CIs which do not already have an identifiable unique identity and can coordinate with an authoritative CMDB to establish an identity for CIs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Govindarajan Rangarajan, Ajoy Kumar, Narayan Kumar, Douglas Mueller, Matthew Conners, Darius Wallace