Patents by Inventor Nigel Slinger

Nigel Slinger 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).

  • Publication number: 20240112071
    Abstract: Described systems and techniques provide fast, efficient, and cost-effective techniques for detecting anomalous behaviors of monitored objects. Multiple hashing algorithms, each providing multiple hash bins, may be used to generate a unique hash signature for each of the monitored objects. Metric values characterizing the behavior of the monitored objects may be aggregated within individual ones of the multiple hash bins of each of the multiple hashing algorithms. Then, one or more machine learning models may be trained using the unique hash signatures and their included, aggregated metric values. During subsequent scoring using the trained machine learning model(s), each of the aggregated metric values of each of the hash bins may be scored, and a single or small subset of anomalous objects may be identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nigel Slinger, Vincent Huynh Nguyen, Roxanne Kallman, Wenjie Zhu
  • Patent number: 11886297
    Abstract: When a restart event is detected within a technology landscape, restart-impacted performance metrics and non-restart-impacted performance metrics may be identified. The non-restart-impacted performance metrics may continue to be included within a performance characterization of the technology landscape. The restart-impacted performance metrics may be monitored, while being excluded from the performance characterization. The restart-impacted performance metric of the restart-impacted performance metrics may be transitioned to a non-restart-impacted performance metric, based on a monitored value of the restart-impacted performance metric following the restart event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Slinger, Wenjie Zhu, Catherine Drummond, Roxanne Kallman, Sudipta Sengupta, Jeremy Riegel, John Flournoy
  • Publication number: 20230267032
    Abstract: An event graph schema for a technology landscape may be determined, where the technology landscape is characterized using scores assigned to performance metrics. The event graph schema may include a plurality of nodes corresponding to the performance metrics and the scores, and directional edges connecting node pairs of the plurality of nodes, with each directional edge having a score-dependent validity criteria defined by scores of a corresponding node pair. Anomalous scores associated with an event within the technology landscape may be used to find anomalous nodes. Valid edges connecting two of the anomalous nodes and satisfying the score-dependent validity criteria thereof may be used to determine at least one path that includes the valid edges and connected anomalous nodes. In this way, it is possible to traverse the at least one path to identify at least one of the connected anomalous nodes as a root cause node of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Nigel Slinger, Wenjie Zhu
  • Patent number: 11640329
    Abstract: An event graph schema for a technology landscape may be determined, where the technology landscape is characterized using scores assigned to performance metrics. The event graph schema may include a plurality of nodes corresponding to the performance metrics and the scores, and directional edges connecting node pairs of the plurality of nodes, with each directional edge having a score-dependent validity criteria defined by scores of a corresponding node pair. Anomalous scores associated with an event within the technology landscape may be used to find anomalous nodes. Valid edges connecting two of the anomalous nodes and satisfying the score-dependent validity criteria thereof may be used to determine at least one path that includes the valid edges and connected anomalous nodes. In this way, it is possible to traverse the at least one path to identify at least one of the connected anomalous nodes as a root cause node of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Slinger, Wenjie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230115166
    Abstract: When a restart event is detected within a technology landscape, restart-impacted performance metrics and non-restart-impacted performance metrics may be identified. The non-restart-impacted performance metrics may continue to be included within a performance characterization of the technology landscape. The restart-impacted performance metrics may be monitored, while being excluded from the performance characterization. The restart-impacted performance metric of the restart-impacted performance metrics may be transitioned to a non-restart-impacted performance metric, based on a monitored value of the restart-impacted performance metric following the restart event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Nigel Slinger, Wenjie Zhu, Catherine Drummond, Roxanne Kallman, Sudipta Sengupta, Jeremy Riegel, John Flournoy
  • Patent number: 11526400
    Abstract: When a restart event is detected within a technology landscape, restart-impacted performance metrics and non-restart-impacted performance metrics may be identified. The non-restart-impacted performance metrics may continue to be included within a performance characterization of the technology landscape. The restart-impacted performance metrics may be monitored, while being excluded from the performance characterization. The restart-impacted performance metric of the restart-impacted performance metrics may be transitioned to a non-restart-impacted performance metric, based on a monitored value of the restart-impacted performance metric following the restart event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Slinger, Wenjie Zhu, Catherine Drummond, Roxanne Kallman, Sudipta Sengupta, Jeremy Riegel, John Flournoy
  • Publication number: 20220318082
    Abstract: An event graph schema for a technology landscape may be determined, where the technology landscape is characterized using scores assigned to performance metrics. The event graph schema may include a plurality of nodes corresponding to the performance metrics and the scores, and directional edges connecting node pairs of the plurality of nodes, with each directional edge having a score-dependent validity criteria defined by scores of a corresponding node pair. Anomalous scores associated with an event within the technology landscape may be used to find anomalous nodes. Valid edges connecting two of the anomalous nodes and satisfying the score-dependent validity criteria thereof may be used to determine at least one path that includes the valid edges and connected anomalous nodes. In this way, it is possible to traverse the at least one path to identify at least one of the connected anomalous nodes as a root cause node of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Nigel Slinger, Wenjie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220308977
    Abstract: A technology landscape may be characterized using a performance characterization that includes scores assigned to performance metrics for the technology landscape and using at least one trained machine learning model. In response to a detected calibration trigger, a calibratable performance metric of the performance metrics may be determined. A relationship may be determined between conforming values of the calibratable performance metric during a conforming period for which the at least one trained machine learning model was trained, and non-conforming values of the calibratable performance metric occurring during a calibration period initiated by the calibration trigger. In this way, a score assigned to the calibratable performance metric may be calibrated, based on the relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Nigel Slinger, Wenjie Zhu, Catherine Drummond, Sudipta Sengupta
  • Publication number: 20220237083
    Abstract: When a restart event is detected within a technology landscape, restart-impacted performance metrics and non-restart-impacted performance metrics may be identified. The non-restart-impacted performance metrics may continue to be included within a performance characterization of the technology landscape. The restart-impacted performance metrics may be monitored, while being excluded from the performance characterization. The restart-impacted performance metric of the restart-impacted performance metrics may be transitioned to a non-restart-impacted performance metric, based on a monitored value of the restart-impacted performance metric following the restart event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Nigel Slinger, Wenjie Zhu, Catherine Drummond, Roxanne Kallman, Sudipta Sengupta, Jeremy Riegel, John Floumoy
  • Publication number: 20210383271
    Abstract: A data stream of performance metrics characterizing a technology landscape may be received. From a plurality of performance prediction models and based on the performance metrics, a subset of performance prediction models may be selected. The subset of performance prediction models may be combined into a composite prediction model. The composite prediction model may be loaded into a model processor for scoring against the data stream of performance metrics to obtain a performance prediction for the technology landscape based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Nigel Slinger, Wenjie Zhu, Roxanne KALLMAN, Catherine Drummond, John Flournoy