Patents by Inventor Scott M. Dominick

Scott M. Dominick 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: 7742432
    Abstract: A solution for comparing topologies is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, a set of differences between the nodes and/or connectors of two or more topologies is obtained. Each difference can comprise a missing node/connector and/or a difference in an item/relationship attribute. A user interface is generated that displays one or more of the differences by displaying a subset of each topology that corresponds to the difference. In an embodiment of the invention, a user interface for comparing topologies is provided that displays each subset in a unique display area and enables a user to select the difference(s) and/or limit the difference(s) that can be selected based on the type of difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: International Busniness Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott M. Dominick, Paul F. McMahan
  • Publication number: 20090125846
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for identifying the relationships between managed resources and displaying these relationships and resources in an interactive computerized system. A Relationships Display and Highlight (RDH) utility provides both an interactive view of a primary relationship via a topological graph and an interactive associated view to highlight the secondary relationships between a set of managed resources. The RDH utility links the graphical view to the associated view by displaying and/or highlighting the resources in the graphical view when secondary relationships are interactively explored in the associated view. When a secondary relationship is selected via the associated view, each resource which participates directly in the selected secondary relationship is highlighted, within the topological graph. When a resource is selected via the primary view, the RDH utility identifies a set of relationships in the associated view in which the resource participates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Mark A. Anderson, Cerelisa C. Burr, Scott M. Dominick, Scott B. Greer, Niraj P. Joshi, Richard B. Southard