Patents by Inventor Michael D. Samson

Michael D. Samson 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).

  • System and method for root cause analysis
    Patent number: 8839036
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the root cause of an event in a data center are presented. The system includes a data center management device coupled to a network and configured to receive an indication of the event from a physical infrastructure device via the network, determine a first generic cause model for the event by accessing an event cause model data store, determine a first event profile by adapting the first generic cause model to the data center using data center profile information stored in a data center profile data store and display a first probability that a potential cause defined by the first event profile is the root cause.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Schneider Electric IT Corporation
    Inventors: Scott M. Rymeski, Tiegeng Ren, Michael D. Samson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20120173927
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the root cause of an event in a data center are presented. The system includes a data center management device coupled to a network and configured to receive an indication of the event from a physical infrastructure device via the network, determine a first generic cause model for the event by accessing an event cause model data store, determine a first event profile by adapting the first generic cause model to the data center using data center profile information stored in a data center profile data store and display a first probability that a potential cause defined by the first event profile is the root cause.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott M. Rymeski, Tiegeng Ren, Michael D. Samson