Patents by Inventor Nicholas M. Mitchell

Nicholas M. Mitchell 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: 10896181
    Abstract: A processor may receive a query from a user. The query may include one or more portions. The processor may identify a primary function. The processor may determine to segment the primary function into two or more subsidiary functions. The processor may process a first portion of the query with a first subsidiary function. The processor may display a processed outcome of the query to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rodric Rabbah, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Stephen Fink, Olivier L. J. Tardieu
  • Patent number: 10346283
    Abstract: Dynamically identifying performance anti-patterns in a software system is based on a set of documented symptoms that are evaluated in real-time. The evaluation is based on the observed system behavior and its comparison against the documented symptoms of different types of performance issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik R. Altman, Hitham Ahmed Assem Aly Salama, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Andres Omar Portillo Dominguez, Peter F. Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20190108259
    Abstract: A processor may receive a query from a user. The query may include one or more portions. The processor may identify a primary function. The processor may determine to segment the primary function into two or more subsidiary functions. The processor may process a first portion of the query with a first subsidiary function. The processor may display a processed outcome of the query to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Rodric Rabbah, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Stephen Fink, Olivier L. J. Tardieu
  • Patent number: 10176022
    Abstract: An improvement to the process for identifying software problems in performance testing is achieved by dynamically adjusting workloads in real-time to stress the functionality of an application suspected of causing a software problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik R. Altman, Hitham Ahmed Assem Aly Salama, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Andres Omar Portillo Dominguez, Peter F. Sweeney
  • Patent number: 10078571
    Abstract: A method for dynamically and adaptively monitoring a system based on its running behavior adjusts monitoring levels of the monitored application in real-time. A rules-based mechanism dynamically adjusts monitoring levels in real-time, based on the system's performance observed during a workload run, whether in a production or test environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik R. Altman, Hitham Ahmed Assem Aly Salama, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Andres Omar Portillo Dominguez, Peter F. Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20180039560
    Abstract: Dynamically identifying performance anti-patterns in a software system is based on a set of documented symptoms that are evaluated in real-time. The evaluation is based on the observed system behavior and its comparison against the documented symptoms of different types of performance issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik R. ALTMAN, Hitham Ahmed ASSEM ALY SALAMA, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Patrick Joseph O'SULLIVAN, Andres Omar PORTILLO DOMINGUEZ, Peter F. SWEENEY
  • Patent number: 9823994
    Abstract: Dynamically identifying performance anti-patterns in a software system is based on a set of documented symptoms that are evaluated in real-time. The evaluation is based on the observed system behavior and its comparison against the documented symptoms of different types of performance issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik R. Altman, Hitham Ahmed Assem Aly Salama, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Andres Omar Portillo Dominguez, Peter F. Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20170177461
    Abstract: Dynamically identifying performance anti-patterns in a software system is based on a set of documented symptoms that are evaluated in real-time. The evaluation is based on the observed system behavior and its comparison against the documented symptoms of different types of performance issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Erik R. Altman, Hitham Ahmed Assem Aly Salama, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Andres Omar Portillo Dominguez, Peter F. Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20170177416
    Abstract: An improvement to the process for identifying software problems in performance testing is achieved by dynamically adjusting workloads in real-time to stress the functionality of an application suspected of causing a software problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Erik R. ALTMAN, Hitham Ahmed ASSEM ALY SALAMA, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Patrick Joseph O'SULLIVAN, Andres Omar PORTILLO DOMINGUEZ, Peter F. SWEENEY
  • Publication number: 20170168914
    Abstract: A method for dynamically and adaptively monitoring a system based on its running behavior adjusts monitoring levels of the monitored application in real-time. A rules-based mechanism dynamically adjusts monitoring levels in real-time, based on the system's performance observed during a workload run, whether in a production or test environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Erik R. ALTMAN, Hitham Ahmed ASSEM ALY SALAMA, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Patrick Joseph O'SULLIVAN, Andres Omar PORTILLO DOMINGUEZ, Peter F. SWEENEY
  • Patent number: 8627317
    Abstract: Execution states of tasks are inferred from collection of information associated with runtime execution of a computer system. Collection of information may include infrequent samples of executing tasks, the samples which may provide inaccurate executing states. One or more tasks may be aggregated by one or more execution states for determining execution time, idle time, or system policy violations, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik R. Altman, Matthew R. Arnold, Nicholas M. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20120054472
    Abstract: Execution states of tasks are inferred from collection of information associated with runtime execution of a computer system. Collection of information may include infrequent samples of executing tasks, the samples which may provide inaccurate executing states. One or more tasks may be aggregated by one or more execution states for determining execution time, idle time, or system policy violations, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik R. Altman, Matthew R. Arnold, Nicholas M. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7233733
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program for identifying evolving regions in a graph of interrelated nodes representing a computer system environment. The method includes generating a series of samples (302) of the environment. Each sample includes a plurality of interrelated nodes (502) and at least one edge (504) classified into a plurality of at least one of node type and edge type, respectively. A summary (900) of the plurality of at least one of node type (502) and edge type (504) is created for the series of samples (302). A summary instance (312) of the summary (900) is created for each sample. At least one summary instance (312) is compared to at least one subsequent summary instance (314) and at least one result (318) is stored in memory (106). A successive behavior is characterized for one or more of the at least one of the node type and the edge type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Herbert G. Derby, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Indrajit Poddar
  • Patent number: 6865517
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer product that enables a processor associated with a node in a computer system having various nodes, the nodes having sensors which provide data, and the nodes being connected by a communications facility acquiring local data from the sensor and remote data from other nodes via the data transfer facility. The nodes process data from a local sensor at the node and from remote sensors at other nodes; and analyze the local data, data from other nodes and local decisions made at and received from other nodes to make a local decision for action at the node. A local decision made at a node is in turn communicated to other nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David F. Bantz, John S. Davis, II, Rafah A. Hosn, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Veronique Perret, Daby M. Sow, Jeremy B. Sussman
  • Publication number: 20040117157
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer product that enables a processor associated with a node in a computer system having various nodes, the nodes having sensors which provide data, and the nodes being connected by a communications facility acquiring local data from the sensor and remote data from other nodes via the data transfer facility. The nodes process data from a local sensor at the node and from remote sensors at other nodes; and analyze the local data, data from other nodes and local decisions made at and received from other nodes to make a local decision for action at the node. A local decision made at a node is in turn communicated to other nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: David F. Bantz, John S. Davis, Rafah A. Hosn, Nicholas M. Mitchell, Veronique Perret, Daby M. Sow, Jeremy B. Sussman