Patents by Inventor Patricia D. Griffin
Patricia D. Griffin 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).
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Patent number: 8856343Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and products for managing computer resources in a distributed computing system are disclosed that include registering, in a configuration management database by a discovery module in response to a modification of a resource in a resource container, the resource in association with a configuration management database identifier, the resource characterized by a resource type and a resource identification, the resource container including a manageability endpoint characterized by a manageability endpoint reference; and managing the resource by a management module in dependence upon a resource management policy and the manageability endpoint reference, the resource management policy including management actions for the resource.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James R. Boykin, Alberto Giammaria, Patricia D. Griffin, David B. Lindquist, Robert L. Orr
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Publication number: 20120317292Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and products for managing computer resources in a distributed computing system are disclosed that include registering, in a configuration management database by a discovery module in response to a modification of a resource in a resource container, the resource in association with a configuration management database identifier, the resource characterized by a resource type and a resource identification, the resource container including a manageability endpoint characterized by a manageability endpoint reference; and managing the resource by a management module in dependence upon a resource management policy and the manageability endpoint reference, the resource management policy including management actions for the resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: James R. Boykin, Alberto Giammaria, Patricia D. Griffin, David B. Lindquist, Robert L. Orr
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Publication number: 20120233332Abstract: The present invention provides for resource property aggregation. A set of new instances is received from one or more providers. For each new instance in the set of new instances, a determination is made as to whether the new instance represents a same resource as at least one other instance. Responsive to determining that the new instance represents the same resource as another instance, a set of properties associated with the new instance and with the at least one other instance are identified. Each property from the new instance is compared to an associated property in the at least one other instance using a set of precedence rules. At least one property value is identified from either the new instance or the at least one other instance. An aggregate instance is then generated that represents the resource using the identified property values.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James R. Boykin, Alberto Giammaria, Patricia D. Griffin, Mark W. Johnson, Christopher A. Peters
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Patent number: 8266287Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and products for managing computer resources in a distributed computing system are disclosed that include registering, in a configuration management database by a discovery module in response to a modification of a resource in a resource container, the resource in association with a configuration management database identifier, the resource characterized by a resource type and a resource identification, the resource container including a manageability endpoint characterized by a manageability endpoint reference; and managing the resource by a management module in dependence upon a resource management policy and the manageability endpoint reference, the resource management policy including management actions for the resource.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James R. Boykin, Alberto Giammaria, Patricia D. Griffin, David B. Lindquist, Robert L. Orr
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Patent number: 8219668Abstract: The present invention provides for resource property aggregation. A set of new instances is received from one or more providers. For each new instance in the set of new instances, a determination is made as to whether the new instance represents a same resource as at least one other instance. Responsive to determining that the new instance represents the same resource as another instance, a set of properties associated with the new instance and with the at least one other instance are identified. Each property from the new instance is compared to an associated property in the at least one other instance using a set of precedence rules. At least one property value is identified from either the new instance or the at least one other instance. An aggregate instance is then generated that represents the resource using the identified property values.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James R. Boykin, Alberto Giammaria, Patricia D. Griffin, Mark W. Johnson, Christopher A. Peters
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Publication number: 20110107250Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) in which a user may navigate through states of an information technology (IT) management process by selecting or deselecting the selectable objects in the GUI. When the user selects a first object in a first display window of the GUI, the first display window is changed to represent a first state of the IT management process based on the selected object, and the second display window is changed to show computing objects and relationships associated with the selected object. When the user selects another associated object in the first display window, the first display window is changed to represent a second state of the IT management process based on the selected object, and the and the second display window is changed to show computing objects and relationships associated with the selected object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: J. RUSSELL BOYKIN, Alberto Giammaria, Patricia D. Griffin, Christopher A. Peters
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Publication number: 20100083271Abstract: The present invention provides for resource property aggregation. A set of new instances is received from one or more providers. For each new instance in the set of new instances, a determination is made as to whether the new instance represents a same resource as at least one other instance. Responsive to determining that the new instance represents the same resource as another instance, a set of properties associated with the new instance and with the at least one other instance are identified. Each property from the new instance is compared to an associated property in the at least one other instance using a set of precedence rules. At least one property value is identified from either the new instance or the at least one other instance. An aggregate instance is then generated that represents the resource using the identified property values.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James R. Boykin, Alberto Giammaria, Patricia D. Griffin, Mark W. Johnson, Christopher A. Peters
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Publication number: 20080313331Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and products for managing computer resources in a distributed computing system are disclosed that include registering, in a configuration management database by a discovery module in response to a modification of a resource in a resource container, the resource in association with a configuration management database identifier, the resource characterized by a resource type and a resource identification, the resource container including a manageability endpoint characterized by a manageability endpoint reference; and managing the resource by a management module in dependence upon a resource management policy and the manageability endpoint reference, the resource management policy including management actions for the resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2007Publication date: December 18, 2008Inventors: James R. Boykin, Alberto Giammaria, Patricia D. Griffin, David B. Lindquist, Robert L. Orr