Patents by Inventor Thomas Soal

Thomas Soal 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: 20250045060
    Abstract: An embodiment identifies, by a deployment restart engine, a change in a configuration from a first version to a second version. The embodiment determines, by the deployment restart engine, based on the change, whether to restart a deployment associated with the configuration. The embodiment determines, by the deployment restart engine, a deployment dependency associated with the deployment. The embodiment restarts, by the deployment restart engine, responsive to a determination to restart the deployment, based on the deployment dependency, the deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Soal, Doina Lilliana Klinger, Barry Dow, Paul S. M Thorpe
  • Patent number: 12174851
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are configured to: receive, from a user device of a user, input indicating that a first extract, transform, and load (ETL) flow is incorrect and that a second ETL flow is correct; in response to receiving the input, determine whether a change made by the first ETL flow is reversible; in response to determining the change made by the first ETL flow is reversible, generate a corrective ETL flow that is configured to reverse the change made by the first ETL flow; and in response to determining the change made by the first ETL flow is not reversible, notify a user that the change made by the first ETL flow is not reversible, and inform the user which records have been changed such that they can do a manual correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chengxuan Xing, Doina Liliana Klinger, Alexander Robert Wood, Thomas Soal