Patents by Inventor Michael A. Pigott

Michael A. Pigott 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).

  • Simplifying the deployment and serviceability of commercial software environments
    Patent number: 8762965
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a preparation machine with an installed image; an execution machine on which the installed image is virtually installed; and a virtualizer for virtualizing the installed image on the execution machine to produce a virtually installed image by using a hierarchy of selective virtualizers, wherein the virtualizing is selective such that not all operations of the executing software of the installed image at any particular level are virtualized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bowen L. Alpern, Joshua S. Auerbach, Vasanth Bala, Thomas V. Frauenhofer, Jobi George, Todd W. Mummert, Michael A. Pigott
  • SIMPLIFYING THE DEPLOYMENT AND SERVICEABILITY OF COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20120330640
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a preparation machine with an installed image; an execution machine on which the installed image is virtually installed; and a virtualizer for virtualizing the installed image on the execution machine to produce a virtually installed image by using a hierarchy of selective virtualizers, wherein the virtualizing is selective such that not all operations of the executing software of the installed image at any particular level are virtualized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bowen L. Alpem, Joshua S. Auerbach, Vasanth Bala, Thomas V. Frauenhofer, Jobi George, Todd W. Mummert, Michael A. Pigott
  • Simplifying the deployment and serviceability of commercial software environments
    Patent number: 8286147
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a preparation machine with an installed image; an execution machine on which the installed image is virtually installed; and a virtualizer for virtualizing the installed image on the execution machine to produce a virtually installed image by using a hierarchy of selective virtualizers, wherein the virtualizing is selective such that not all operations of the executing software of the installed image at any particular level are virtualized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bowen L. Alpern, Joshua S. Auerbach, Vasanth Bala, Thomas V. Frauenhofer, Jobi George, Todd W. Mummert, Michael A. Pigott
  • SIMPLIFYING THE DEPLOYMENT AND SERVICEABILITY OF COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20090178035
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a preparation machine with an installed image; an execution machine on which the installed image is virtually installed; and a virtualizer for virtualizing the installed image on the execution machine to produce a virtually installed image by using a hierarchy of selective virtualizers, wherein the virtualizing is selective such that not all operations of the executing software of the installed image at any particular level are virtualized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bowen L. Alpern, Joshua S. Auerbach, Vasanth Bala, Thomas V. Frauenhofer, Jobi George, Todd W. Mummert, Michael A. Pigott
  • Method and apparatus for simplifying the deployment and serviceability of commercial software environments
    Patent number: 7506338
    Abstract: A method for executing on a first computer an application having an installed image prepared on a second computer, wherein the installed image is virtually installed on the first computer, is disclosed. The method includes emulating on the first computer a native environment of the second computer. The method further includes detecting an operation of the application upon data, wherein the operation requires an operation on data located on the first computer, and wherein a copy of the data is located in the virtually installed image. The method further includes directing the operation of the application to operate on the data located in the virtually installed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bowen L. Alpern, Joshua S. Auerbach, Vasanth Bala, Thomas V. Frauenhofer, Jobi George, Todd W. Mummert, Michael A. Pigott