Patents by Inventor Stewart Addison

Stewart Addison 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).

  • System provisioning optimization
    Patent number: 9594722
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for optimizing of the provisioning of systems. The method, system, computer program product for provisioning a system comprises steps of intercepting a request to provision a named system; calculating a number of named systems needed to give an overall provisioning success rate higher than a threshold success rate; and requesting parallel provisioning of the calculated number of named systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stewart Addison, David A. Barnes, Edwin P. J. Moffatt, Richard Postlethwaite
  • SYSTEM PROVISIONING OPTIMIZATION
    Publication number: 20140095680
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for optimizing of the provisioning of systems. The method, system, computer program product for provisioning a system comprises steps of intercepting a request to provision a named system; calculating a number of named systems needed to give an overall provisioning success rate higher than a threshold success rate; and requesting parallel provisioning of the calculated number of named systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stewart Addison, David A. Barnes, Edwin P.J. Moffatt, Richard Postlethwaite