Patents by Inventor Nathan P. Biles

Nathan P. Biles 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).

  • Recommending a policy for an IT asset
    Patent number: 9215144
    Abstract: When a policy for an IT asset is created in a system manager that manages one or more IT assets, other IT assets that are related to the selected IT asset are determined based on at least one relation criteria related to system topology. The system administrator is prompted to apply the same policy to the related systems. When the system administrator accepts the recommendation to apply the same policy to the related systems, a system group is defined that includes the selected computer system and the related systems, and the system group and its corresponding policy are displayed to the system administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan P. Biles, Jacob Kugel, Matthew C. Riedemann, Brian O. Wood
  • Recommending a policy for an IT asset
    Patent number: 9210043
    Abstract: When a policy for an IT asset is created in a system manager that manages one or more IT assets, other IT assets that are related to the selected IT asset are determined based on at least one relation criteria related to system topology. The system administrator is prompted to apply the same policy to the related systems. When the system administrator accepts the recommendation to apply the same policy to the related systems, a system group is defined that includes the selected computer system and the related systems, and the system group and its corresponding policy are displayed to the system administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan P. Biles, Jacob Kugel, Matthew C. Riedemann, Brian O. Wood
  • RECOMMENDING A POLICY FOR AN IT ASSET
    Publication number: 20140115134
    Abstract: When a policy for an IT asset is created in a system manager that manages one or more IT assets, other IT assets that are related to the selected IT asset are determined based on at least one relation criteria related to system topology. The system administrator is prompted to apply the same policy to the related systems. When the system administrator accepts the recommendation to apply the same policy to the related systems, a system group is defined that includes the selected computer system and the related systems, and the system group and its corresponding policy are displayed to the system administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan P. Biles, Jacob Kugel, Matthew C. Riedemann, Brian O. Wood