Patents by Inventor Randy Allen Scott

Randy Allen Scott 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).

  • Using presence in a system management environment
    Patent number: 8364804
    Abstract: Method, system and computer program product for communicating information regarding a managed resource in a network data processing system. A method, in a network data processing system, for communicating information regarding a managed resource includes receiving management information regarding at least one managed resource. The received management information is converted into a specified format, and the converted management information is then sent to at least one management application in conjunction with the sending of presence information to the at least one management application. The converted management information may then be extracted from the presence information for use in any desired manner. The invention provides a convenient mechanism for communicating status information and other appropriate information regarding a managed resource to interested parties connected to the network data processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rhonda L. Childress, Ward K. Harold, David Bruce Kumhyr, Neil R. Pennell, Randy Allen Scott
  • Method and System for Using Presence in a System Management Environment
    Publication number: 20090254648
    Abstract: Method, system and computer program product for communicating information regarding a managed resource in a network data processing system. A method, in a network data processing system, for communicating information regarding a managed resource includes receiving management information regarding at least one managed resource. The received management information is converted into a specified format, and the converted management information is then sent to at least one management application in conjunction with the sending of presence information to the at least one management application. The converted management information may then be extracted from the presence information for use in any desired manner. The invention provides a convenient mechanism for communicating status information and other appropriate information regarding a managed resource to interested parties connected to the network data processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rhonda L. Childress, Ward K. Harold, David Bruce Kumhyr, Neil R. Pennell, Randy Allen Scott
  • Method for using presence in a system management environment
    Patent number: 7571224
    Abstract: Method, system and computer program product for communicating information regarding a managed resource in a network data processing system. A method, in a network data processing system, for communicating information regarding a managed resource includes receiving management information regarding at least one managed resource. The received management information is converted into a specified format, and the converted management information is then sent to at least one management application in conjunction with the sending of presence information to the at least one management application. The converted management information may then be extracted from the presence information for use in any desired manner. The invention provides a convenient mechanism for communicating status information and other appropriate information regarding a managed resource to interested parties connected to the network data processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rhonda L. Childress, Ward K. Harold, David Bruce Kumhyr, Neil R. Pennell, Randy Allen Scott