Patents by Inventor Randy L. Hackbarth

Randy L. Hackbarth 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: 9176729
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for identifying and remediating risky source files. An example system configured to practice the method can gather data describing each file in a source code repository, and generate, using a weighted algorithm based on empirical relationships between the data and customer-found defects, a risk score for each file in the source code repository, wherein the weighted algorithm prioritizes factors based on predictiveness of defects. Then the system can generate a list of files having risk scores above a threshold, and make risk-mitigation recommendations based on the risk scores. A file can include a single file or a collection of files such as a module. The system can identify, for each file in the list of files having risk scores above the threshold, a respective risk type, and make the risk-mitigation recommendation for each file based on the respective risk type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Audris Mockus, Randy L. Hackbarth, John D. Palframan
  • Publication number: 20150100940
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for identifying and remediating risky source files. An example system configured to practice the method can gather data describing each file in a source code repository, and generate, using a weighted algorithm based on empirical relationships between the data and customer-found defects, a risk score for each file in the source code repository, wherein the weighted algorithm prioritizes factors based on predictiveness of defects. Then the system can generate a list of files having risk scores above a threshold, and make risk-mitigation recommendations based on the risk scores. A file can include a single file or a collection of files such as a module. The system can identify, for each file in the list of files having risk scores above the threshold, a respective risk type, and make the risk-mitigation recommendation for each file based on the respective risk type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Audris MOCKUS, Randy L. HACKBARTH, John D. PALFRAMAN
  • Patent number: 7299257
    Abstract: A ConnectIcon View is employed to establish collaborative communications between a plurality of participants in a group. Specifically, it is a dynamic visual representation of the participants of a group being invited to communicate together with their presence information, lists of documents and URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) to be examined, and a set of mechanisms (email, chat, voice, and the like) to initiate communication, each of which can be billed to the originator or otherwise as desired. The available presence information allows a user to employ the best mode of communicating for the instant purpose, namely, either asynchronous communication or synchronous communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: David Gray Boyer, James Owen Coplien, Rebecca Elizabeth Grinter, Randy L. Hackbarth, James David Herbsleb, Lalita Jategaonkar Jagadeesan, Peter Andrew Mataga, Graham John Wills
  • Patent number: 7107312
    Abstract: A so-called “OpenChannel™” conference is established by separating particular participants of the conference from those participants that are actually currently active in the conference. This establishes a type of virtual conference, i.e., meeting, that can be monitored by participants, i.e., users, without requiring them to be actively a part of the conference call. These particular participants are in a so-called monitor mode. These participants can readily change their state from the monitor mode to a listen mode or active mode, as desired. One advantage of this invention is that a long-term conference of months or even years duration can be set up, only incurring a cost to participants when they are active participants in the conference call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Randy L. Hackbarth, James David Herbsleb, Graham John Wills
  • Publication number: 20020147777
    Abstract: A TeamPortal View is a dynamic visual representation of the members of a team who may be located at geographically distributed locations. The TeamPortal View provides a Web portal that (a) displays static team information, (b) provides a dynamic view of the team members presence and their current locations, which are collected automatically and up-dated in real-time and (c) allows contact to be made by members of the team using the Web interface to initiate email, chat sessions, person-to-person calls, conference calls or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Randy L. Hackbarth, James David Herbsleb, Graham John Wills
  • Publication number: 20020143876
    Abstract: A ConnectIcon View is employed to establish collaborative communications between a plurality of participants in a group. Specifically, it is a dynamic visual representation of the participants of a group being invited to communicate together with their presence information, lists of documents and URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) to be examined, and a set of mechanisms (email, chat, voice, and the like) to initiate communication, each of which can be billed to the originator or otherwise as desired. The available presence information allows a user to employ the best mode of communicating for the instant purpose, namely, either asynchronous communication or synchronous communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: David Gray Boyer, James Owen Coplien, Rebecca Elizabeth Grinter, Randy L. Hackbarth, James David Herbsleb, Lalita Jategaonkar Jagadeesan, Peter Andrew Mataga, Graham John Wills
  • Publication number: 20020143877
    Abstract: A so-called “OpenChannel™” conference is established by separating particular participants of the conference from those participants that are actually currently active in the conference. This establishes a type of virtual conference, i.e., meeting, that can be monitored by participants, i.e., users, without requiring them to be actively a part of the conference call. These particular participants are in a so-called monitor mode. These participants can readily change their state from the monitor mode to a listen mode or active mode, as desired. One advantage of this invention is that a long-term conference of months or even years duration can be set up, only incurring a cost to participants when they are active participants in the conference call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Randy L. Hackbarth, James David Herbsleb, Graham John Wills