Patents by Inventor Nancy Walia

Nancy Walia 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, method, and computer program product for managing software updates
    Patent number: 9471455
    Abstract: A method performed by a monitoring tool in a computer system, the method including: identifying a software update applied to a plurality of computer system assets, retrieving a first status of a first one of the assets from a first time period before the software update was applied to the first asset, retrieving a second status of the first asset from a second time period after the software update was applied to the first asset, determining a first effectiveness of the software update for the first asset based on comparing the first status and the second status, and displaying within a Graphical User Interface (GUI) an identification of the software update, an identification of the first asset, and a recommendation for the software update based on the first effectiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Ophir Horn, Nancy Walia, Jason Sprague, Francisco Rosa
  • System, Method, and Computer Program Product For Managing Software Updates
    Publication number: 20150178066
    Abstract: A method performed by a monitoring tool in a computer system, the method including: identifying a software update applied to a plurality of computer system assets, retrieving a first status of a first one of the assets from a first time period before the software update was applied to the first asset, retrieving a second status of the first asset from a second time period after the software update was applied to the first asset, determining a first effectiveness of the software update for the first asset based on comparing the first status and the second status, and displaying within a Graphical User Interface (GUI) an identification of the software update, an identification of the first asset, and a recommendation for the software update based on the first effectiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Ophir Horn, Nancy Walia, Jason Sprague, Francisco Rosa