Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Bradicich

Thomas M. Bradicich 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).

  • Publication number: 20120173653
    Abstract: A computer program product and computer implemented method are provided for migrating a virtual machine between servers. The virtual machine is initially operated on a first server, wherein the first server accesses the virtual machine image over a network at a memory location within fabric attached memory. The virtual machine is migrated from the first server to a second server by flushing data to the virtual machine image from cache memory associated with the virtual machine on the first server and providing the state and memory location of the virtual machine to the second server. The virtual machine may then operate on the second server, wherein the second server accesses the virtual machine image over the network at the same memory location within the fabric attached memory without copying the virtual machine image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick M. Bland, John M. Borkenhagen, Thomas M. Bradicich, Dhruv M. Desai, Jimmy G. Foster, SR., Joseph J. Jakubowski, Randolph S. Kolvick, Makoto Ono
  • Patent number: 8091127
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the heuristic malware detection. In one embodiment of the invention, a heuristic malware detection method can include merging a baseline inventory of file attributes for respective files from each client computing system in a community of client computing systems into a merged inventory. The method further can include receiving an updated inventory of file attributes in a current inventory survey from different ones of the client computing systems. Each received survey can be compared to the merged inventory, and in response to the comparison, a deviant pattern of file attribute changes can be detected in at least one survey for a corresponding client computing system. Thereafter, the deviant pattern can be classified as one of a benign event or a malware attack. Finally, malware removal can be requested in the corresponding client computing system if the deviant pattern is classified as a malware attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Bradicich, Richard E. Harper, William J. Piazza
  • Publication number: 20090287949
    Abstract: Managing power domains in a data center including establishing a unique domain identification for each electrical path connecting one or more computing devices to a power source; receiving, by a management module from the computing devices, the unique domain identifications; maintaining, by the management module, a map associating the unique domain identifications with identifications of the computing devices; reporting, by a monitoring module to the management module, status information of a monitored power service module located in a particular power domain; and identifying by the management module an action to take in dependence upon the status information and the map of the unique domain identifications for the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas M. Bradicich, William J. Piazza
  • Publication number: 20080239649
    Abstract: A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a system chassis includes multiple chassis bays configured for receiving either of a single, conventional server blade or an adapter blade is provided. The adapter blade can selectively secure a plurality of compact blades, such as a blade PC. The adapter blade includes an interposer disposed for electronically communicating each compact blade with a server interface as a separate node upon securing a compact blade within any of the adapter bays. Each compact blade may be configured as a server, a “client blade” or “blade PC”, or a companion blade providing application-specific features. Therefore, the use of an adapter blade increases the flexibility of and capability of the processor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas M. Bradicich, Boyd K. Dimmock, John D. Landers, Edward S. Suffern
  • Publication number: 20080141371
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the heuristic malware detection. In one embodiment of the invention, a heuristic malware detection method can include merging a baseline inventory of file attributes for respective files from each client computing system in a community of client computing systems into a merged inventory. The method further can include receiving an updated inventory of file attributes in a current inventory survey from different ones of the client computing systems. Each received survey can be compared to the merged inventory, and in response to the comparison, a deviant pattern of file attribute changes can be detected in at least one survey for a corresponding client computing system. Thereafter, the deviant pattern can be classified as one of a benign event or a malware attack. Finally, malware removal can be requested in the corresponding client computing system if the deviant pattern is classified as a malware attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas M. Bradicich, Richard E. Harper, William J. Piazza