Patents by Inventor Philip Thomas Hartman

Philip Thomas Hartman 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).

  • Database usage trends based on database lock requests
    Patent number: 9141965
    Abstract: An enterprise locking service coordinates multiple cooperating applications to ensure that one and only one user is modifying a database record at a given time. The database records may be stored in multiple databases having potentially different database record locking protocols. Through monitoring and tracking requests for database locks, the enterprise locking service is also able to determine database usage trends under various metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Philip Thomas Hartman
  • Customer statistics based on database lock use
    Patent number: 9020997
    Abstract: A method and service for establishing a web-based network that includes an enterprise locking service. The enterprise locking service is able to coordinate multiple, cooperating applications that need to ensure that one and only one user is modifying a database record at a given time. These database records may be stored in multiple databases having potentially different database record locking protocols. Through monitoring and tracking of requests for database locks, the enterprise locking service is also able to determine database usage trends under various metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Philip Thomas Hartman
  • Customer statistics based on database lock use
    Patent number: 8386449
    Abstract: A method and service for establishing a web-based network that includes an enterprise locking service. The enterprise locking service is able to coordinate multiple, cooperating applications that need to ensure that one and only one user is modifying a database record at a given time. These database records may be stored in multiple databases having potentially different database record locking protocols. Through monitoring and tracking of requests for database locks, the enterprise locking service is also able to determine database usage trends under various metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Philip Thomas Hartman