Patents by Inventor Michael Peter Etgen

Michael Peter Etgen 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).

  • Patent number: 9071570
    Abstract: A portlet may be selected from among one or more portlets rendered by an origin server. The origin server may have an object listening for pointer activity wherein a user event triggers selection of a portlet. The origin server, in response, may send state information of the portlet in the form of a key to a client, often operated by a user. Client may later send the key to a disjoint server, wherein the key is integrated into a portal containing services that the client subscribes to. Thus a persistent session may exist between the disjoint server and the origin server based on the user's preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Peter Etgen, James Edward Fox, Steven Michael Miller
  • Patent number: 7937715
    Abstract: A method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for generating content dynamically without a Web server. Responsive to a request to display a document containing markup language content on a client data processing system, a determination is made as to whether a utility script is present in the document. A utility application associated with the utility script is loaded on the client data processing system, if the utility script is present. Then, the utility application processes the utility script to dynamically generate dynamic content for display with markup language content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Peter Etgen, Douglas Earl Hays, Thomas Paul Pitzen
  • Patent number: 7797569
    Abstract: System, method and computer program product for monitoring the status of components in a data processing system that improves the accessibility of JMX monitoring information in web content. The system includes a mechanism for acquiring a text representation of component status for display as ALT and TITLE content associated with each status image. Because the component status is displayed in a manner that is indistinguishable from ALT/TITLE text that has already been statically included in an image attribute, user experience is improved for users with and without accessibility needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Neal Brauneis, Jr., Brent Hames Daniel, Michael Peter Etgen, Christopher Creighton Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7653610
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing system for facilitating problem resolution. The data processing system-implemented system includes a configuring module for configuring a system pathway that leads to a solution, and an associating module for associating a usage indicator with the symptom pathway, the usage indicator indicating a frequency in which the symptom pathway was previously implemented for successfully resolving previously experienced problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Abrashkevich, Dmitri Abrashkevich, John H. Bailey, Sean Chen, James B. Cottingham, Michael Peter Etgen, Vijaya Ratnala, Frederick O. G. van Veen, Michael LaVerne Wamboldt, Mark Francis Wilding
  • Publication number: 20090013216
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing system for facilitating problem resolution. The data processing system-implemented system includes a configuring module for configuring a system pathway that leads to a solution, and an associating module for associating a usage indicator with the symptom pathway, the usage indicator indicating a frequency in which the symptom pathway was previously implemented for successfully resolving previously experienced problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Alexander Abrashkevich, Dmitri Abrashkevich, John H. Bailey, Sean Chen, James B. Cottingham, Michael Peter Etgen, Vijaya Ratnala, Frederick O.G. van Veen, Michael LaVerne Wamboldt, Mark Francis Wilding
  • Patent number: 7440933
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing system-implemented method. The data processing system-implemented method includes configuring a symptom pathway that leads to a solution, and associating a usage indicator with the symptom pathway, the usage indicator indicating a frequency in which the symptom pathway was previously implemented for successfully resolving previously experienced problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Abrashkevich, Dmitri Abrashkevich, John H. Bailey, Sean Chen, James B. Cottingham, Michael Peter Etgen, Vijaya Ratnala, Frederick O. G. van Veen, Michael LaVerne Wamboldt, Mark Francis Wilding
  • Publication number: 20080140832
    Abstract: System, method and computer program product for monitoring the status of components in a data processing system that improves the accessibility of JMX monitoring information in web content. The system includes a mechanism for acquiring a text representation of component status for display as ALT and TITLE content associated with each status image. Because the component status is displayed in a manner that is indistinguishable from ALT/TITLE text that has already been statically included in an image attribute, user experience is improved for users with and without accessibility needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: David Neal Brauneis, Brent Hames Daniel, Michael Peter Etgen, Christopher Creighton Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7337349
    Abstract: System, method and computer program product for monitoring the status of components in a data processing system that improves the accessibility of JMX monitoring information in web content. The system includes a mechanism for acquiring a text representation of component status for display as ALT and TITLE content associated with each status image. Because the component status is displayed in a manner that is indistinguishable from ALT/TITLE text that has already been statically included in an image attribute, user experience is improved for users with and without accessibility needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Neal Brauneis, Jr., Brent Hames Daniel, Michael Peter Etgen, Christopher Creighton Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7084872
    Abstract: A multi-range data set graph control and adjustment process. A multi-range data set graph adjustment control can include a graph display having at least two axises. At least one of the axises can include a contiguous set of selectable and adjustable segments. A rescaling processor can be configured to rescale segments which are adjacent to an adjusted segment in a proportional manner according to the distance of each of the adjacent segments from the adjusted segment. Also, a graph display plotter can be configured to plot graphs of data in the multi-range data set according the scale of each segment in the contiguous set of selectable and adjustable segments. Notably, the control can be included in an application server analysis tool to provide a visual display of multi-range data sets produced by the analysis tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Peter Etgen, Michael D. Rahn, Srinivasan Rangaswamy
  • Patent number: 7035772
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions for maintaining data integrity in logs in a data processing system. A log is reviewed. A determination is made as to whether the log contains a data loss. Data may be added to replace the data loss in the log to increase integrity of the log if a determination is made that a data loss has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Peter Etgen
  • Publication number: 20040012589
    Abstract: A multi-range data set graph control and adjustment process. A multi-range data set graph adjustment control can include a graph display having at least two axises. At least one of the axises can include a contiguous set of selectable and adjustable segments. A rescaling processor can be configured to rescale segments which are adjacent to an adjusted segment in a proportional manner according to the distance of each of the adjacent segments from the adjusted segment. Also, a graph display plotter can be configured to plot graphs of data in the multi-range data set according the scale of each segment in the contiguous set of selectable and adjustable segments. Notably, the control can be included in an application server analysis tool to provide a visual display of multi-range data sets produced by the analysis tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Peter Etgen, Michael D. Rahn, Srinivasan Rangaswamy
  • Publication number: 20020184570
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions for maintaining data integrity in logs in a data processing system. A log is reviewed. A determination is made as to whether the log contains a data loss. Data may be added to replace the data loss in the log to increase integrity of the log if a determination is made that a data loss has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Peter Etgen