Patents by Inventor Thomas H. Gnech
Thomas H. Gnech 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).
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Patent number: 11055180Abstract: Backup management of software environments in a distributed network environment includes: Creating a platform specific software environment according to a predefined software environment definition by a user in the network environment; automatically creating a generalized backup of the software environment by extracting platform independent data contents and platform specific transformation rules; automatically calculating enhanced meta data describing the generalized backup; assigning the enhanced metadata with the predefined software environment definition; registering the generalized backup with the enhanced metadata in a backup storage accessible by a plurality of distributed users connected via said network environment, creating a software environment according to a predefined software environment definition by automatically checking the backup storage for an available generalized backup by means of the predefined software environment definition.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas H. Gnech, Steffen Koenig, Oliver Petrik, Petra Wagner
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Patent number: 10986180Abstract: A method for smart mounting of a first storage device to a first server includes receiving, at a first peer-to-peer communication component of a first server, a request from a second peer-to-peer communication component of a second server, the request being a request to mount a first storage device to said first server. The request is a request to mount a first storage device to said first server. The request is using a peer-to-peer communication protocol between the first and the second peer-to-peer communication components without using a central instance between the first and the second server.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas H. Gnech, Steffen Koenig, Oliver Petrik, Sven Wagner
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Patent number: 10956440Abstract: Documents are compressed. A partially compressed document is obtained. The partially compressed document includes one or more code words that replace one or more common tokens of a document to be compressed. The one or more common tokens are tokens common to a plurality of documents, and included in a common dictionary. The common dictionary provides a mapping of code words to common tokens. A document associated dictionary is created from non-common tokens of the document to be compressed. The document associated dictionary provides another mapping of other code words to the non-common tokens. A compressed document is created. The creating of the compressed document includes replacing one or more non-common tokens of the partially compressed document with one or more other code words of the document associated dictionary. The compressed document includes the one or more code words of the partially compressed document and the one or more other code words of the document associated dictionary.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jochen Roehrig, Thomas H. Gnech, Steffen Koenig, Regina Illner, Oliver Petrik, Christian Zoellin
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Patent number: 10904023Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to multicast a message, wherein the request includes the message and a restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes generating a distribution list for a first set of devices in a plurality of registered devices based, at least in part, on an overlap between a registered range of a device and a multicast range included in the restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes determining a first subset of devices from the first set of devices based, at least in part, on a set of registered property values associated with each device meeting the criteria of each restriction in the restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes multicasting the message to the first subset of devices. A corresponding computer system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Joachim Rese, Thomas H. Gnech, Regina Illner, Sabine U. Jaeschke, Ilke Tiebs
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Patent number: 10671488Abstract: A computer-implemented process provides data protection of an in-memory database. The method may include triggering the securing of data of the in-memory database to a first savepoint; securing data of the in-memory database to the first savepoint; and backing up the data of the first savepoint on a persistent storage medium. The data of the first savepoint may be stored on a first persistent medium and the backup data of the first savepoint are stored on a second persistent storage medium. The availability of two different savepoint data on physically different storage media increases the probability of having always savepoint data ready for recovery purposes dramatically. By using different storage media, even in cases of a hardware damage savepoint data will be available.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas H. Gnech, Joerg Mueller, Thomas Prause
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Patent number: 10649977Abstract: In an approach for calculating a probability of a consistency violation of a transaction in a database management system, a processor receives a plurality of transactions within a predetermined time period. A processor identifies a first pattern in a first transaction of the plurality of transactions based on at least an isolation level of the transaction. A processor identifies a second pattern, wherein the second pattern is the cooperation between the first transaction and the second transaction. A processor determines that the first pattern of the first transaction substantially matches a preexisting pattern, wherein the preexisting pattern corresponds to values for a mathematical model for estimating a percentage of transactions in violation of consistency criteria. A processor extracts values from the first transaction based on the determined preexisting pattern. A processor calculates the mathematical model using the values from the first transaction and the values from the preexisting pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas H. Gnech, Steffen Koenig, Philipp A. Tölle
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Publication number: 20200053149Abstract: A method for smart mounting of a first storage device to a first server includes receiving, at a first peer-to-peer communication component of a first server, a request from a second peer-to-peer communication component of a second server, the request being a request to mount a first storage device to said first server. The request is a request to mount a first storage device to said first server. The request is using a peer-to-peer communication protocol between the first and the second peer-to-peer communication components without using a central instance between the first and the second server.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Thomas H. Gnech, Steffen Koenig, Oliver Petrik, Sven Wagner
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Patent number: 10530857Abstract: A method for smart mounting of a storage device to a server may be provided. The method comprises providing a first peer-to-peer communication component to a first server a first storage device is controlled by, and providing a second peer-to-peer communication component to a second server a second storage device is controlled by. The method also comprises requesting, by said second server, a mounting of said first storage device of said first server using a direct communication between said first peer-to-peer communication component, and said second peer-to-peer communication component using a peer-to-peer communication protocol between said first and said second peer-to-peer communication component without using a central instance between said first and said second server, and providing mounting information of said first storage device to said second peer-to-peer communication component without using said central instance.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas H. Gnech, Steffen Koenig, Oliver Petrik, Sven Wagner
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Publication number: 20190296923Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to multicast a message, wherein the request includes the message and a restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes generating a distribution list for a first set of devices in a plurality of registered devices based, at least in part, on an overlap between a registered range of a device and a multicast range included in the restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes determining a first subset of devices from the first set of devices based, at least in part, on a set of registered property values associated with each device meeting the criteria of each restriction in the restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes multicasting the message to the first subset of devices. A corresponding computer system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Joachim Rese, Thomas H. Gnech, Regina Illner, Sabine U. Jaeschke, Ilke Tiebs
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Patent number: 10397010Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to multicast a message, wherein the request includes the message and a restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes generating a distribution list for a first set of devices in a plurality of registered devices based, at least in part, on an overlap between a registered range of a device and a multicast range included in the restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes determining a first subset of devices from the first set of devices based, at least in part, on a set of registered property values associated with each device meeting the criteria of each restriction in the restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes multicasting the message to the first subset of devices. A corresponding computer system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Joachim Rese, Thomas H. Gnech, Regina Illner, Sabine U. Jaeschke, Ilke Tiebs
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Patent number: 10346503Abstract: A method includes associating a state identifier with a page of a user interface; associating an element identifier with an element of the page of the user interface; and tracking a state of the element based on the state identifier and the element identifier throughout a user session of the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas H. Gnech, Steffen Koenig, Oliver Petrik, Holger J. Scheller
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Publication number: 20190165960Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to multicast a message, wherein the request includes the message and a restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes generating a distribution list for a first set of devices in a plurality of registered devices based, at least in part, on an overlap between a registered range of a device and a multicast range included in the restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes determining a first subset of devices from the first set of devices based, at least in part, on a set of registered property values associated with each device meeting the criteria of each restriction in the restriction bundle. The computer-implemented method further includes multicasting the message to the first subset of devices. A corresponding computer system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Joachim Rese, Thomas H. Gnech, Regina Illner, Sabine U. Jaeschke, Ilke Tiebs
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Publication number: 20190115934Abstract: Documents are compressed. A partially compressed document is obtained. The partially compressed document includes one or more code words that replace one or more common tokens of a document to be compressed. The one or more common tokens are tokens common to a plurality of documents, and included in a common dictionary. The common dictionary provides a mapping of code words to common tokens. A document associated dictionary is created from non-common tokens of the document to be compressed. The document associated dictionary provides another mapping of other code words to the non-common tokens. A compressed document is created. The creating of the compressed document includes replacing one or more non-common tokens of the partially compressed document with one or more other code words of the document associated dictionary. The compressed document includes the one or more code words of the partially compressed document and the one or more other code words of the document associated dictionary.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Jochen Roehrig, Thomas H. Gnech, Steffen Koenig, Regina Illner, Oliver Petrik, Christian Zoellin
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Patent number: 10250543Abstract: A method for handling e-mail communication by an e-mail server is provided. The method includes receiving an e-mail by the e-mail server, parsing the e-mail to identify a large content item within the e-mail, generating a modified e-mail by replacing the large content item within the e-mail with an identifier, storing the large content item and the large content item forms a basis for a weblog associated with the identifier, sending the modified e-mail, and receiving a reply e-mail to the modified e-mail and the content of the reply e-mail builds an extension to the weblog.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas H. Gnech, Eric Kass, Michael H. Schlachter, Andreas Uhl, Barbara Wald
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Patent number: 10142260Abstract: Predicting future utilization of a resource. The predicting future utilization of a resource may include receiving inquiries for a potential future utilization of the resource for different future points in time, recording time-based patterns of the received inquiries, recording a historic actual utilization value of the resource, and determining a future utilization of the resource using the recorded time-based patterns of the received inquiries, the recorded historic actual utilization value of the resource and a current inquiry pattern of the resource.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Petra Sabine Buehrer, Thomas H. Gnech, Joachim Rese, Holger J. Scheller
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Patent number: 10135757Abstract: Predicting future utilization of a resource. The predicting future utilization of a resource may include receiving inquiries for a potential future utilization of the resource for different future points in time, recording time-based patterns of the received inquiries, recording a historic actual utilization value of the resource, and determining a future utilization of the resource using the recorded time-based patterns of the received inquiries, the recorded historic actual utilization value of the resource and a current inquiry pattern of the resource.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Petra Sabine Buehrer, Thomas H. Gnech, Joachim Rese, Holger J. Scheller
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Publication number: 20180205789Abstract: A method for smart mounting of a storage device to a server may be provided. The method comprises providing a first peer-to-peer communication component to a first server a first storage device is controlled by, and providing a second peer-to-peer communication component to a second server a second storage device is controlled by. The method also comprises requesting, by said second server, a mounting of said first storage device of said first server using a direct communication between said first peer-to-peer communication component, and said second peer-to-peer communication component using a peer-to-peer communication protocol between said first and said second peer-to-peer communication component without using a central instance between said first and said second server, and providing mounting information of said first storage device to said second peer-to-peer communication component without using said central instance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Thomas H. Gnech, Steffen Koenig, Oliver Petrik, Sven Wagner
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Publication number: 20180109470Abstract: Predicting future utilization of a resource. The predicting future utilization of a resource may include receiving inquiries for a potential future utilization of the resource for different future points in time, recording time-based patterns of the received inquiries, recording a historic actual utilization value of the resource, and determining a future utilization of the resource using the recorded time-based patterns of the received inquiries, the recorded historic actual utilization value of the resource and a current inquiry pattern of the resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Petra Sabine Buehrer, Thomas H. Gnech, Joachim Rese, Holger J. Scheller
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Publication number: 20180102986Abstract: Predicting future utilization of a resource. The predicting future utilization of a resource may include receiving inquiries for a potential future utilization of the resource for different future points in time, recording time-based patterns of the received inquiries, recording a historic actual utilization value of the resource, and determining a future utilization of the resource using the recorded time-based patterns of the received inquiries, the recorded historic actual utilization value of the resource and a current inquiry pattern of the resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Petra Sabine Buehrer, Thomas H. Gnech, Joachim Rese, Holger J. Scheller
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Patent number: 9940311Abstract: In an approach for optimizing read/write access to a document object model in a web browser, one or more computer processors detect one or more accesses to a first data structure of a document object model. Based on the detected one or more accesses, the one or more computer processors determine whether the first data structure is a highly dynamic part of the document object model. Responsive to determining the first data structure is a highly dynamic part of the document object model, the one or more computer processors trigger a conversion of the first data structure to an access optimized data structure. The one or more computer processors convert the first data structure to an access optimized data structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas H. Gnech, Steffen Koenig, Oliver Petrik, Jochen Roehrig