Patents by Inventor Thomas Starz

Thomas Starz 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: 8265980
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a workflow model to effectively respond to outage events within an IT infrastructure. This workflow model enables a combination of manual and automated processing to effectively deploy a flexible, plannable, and testable recovery to outages and problems encountered within IT infrastructure settings. In one embodiment, a shared processing context is created to accompany the operations of the workflow, thereby collecting useful data in one location related to events and status information during the outage and the outage response. Within the workflow, analysis of the outage event is performed, an appropriate recovery plan is selected, the selected recovery plan is implemented, and recovery to the outage event is completed. Data collected within the processing context can be analyzed to obtain post mortem analysis and continuous service improvements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Georg Ochs, Juergen P. Schneider, Thomas Starz, Jeremias Werner
  • Publication number: 20100268568
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a workflow model to effectively respond to outage events within an IT infrastructure. This workflow model enables a combination of manual and automated processing to effectively deploy a flexible, plannable, and testable recovery to outages and problems encountered within IT infrastructure settings. In one embodiment, a shared processing context is created to accompany the operations of the workflow, thereby collecting useful data in one location related to events and status information during the outage and the outage response. Within the workflow, analysis of the outage event is performed, an appropriate recovery plan is selected, the selected recovery plan is implemented, and recovery to the outage event is completed. Data collected within the processing context can be analyzed to obtain post mortem analysis and continuous service improvements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Georg Ochs, Juergen P. Schneider, Thomas Starz, Jeremias Werner
  • Patent number: 6971272
    Abstract: A circuit board, which includes one or more sensors, is integrated in a fluid control device, such as a valve manifold and a base plate. The fluid control device selectively directs a fluid used to control pneumatic or hydraulic equipment. The sensors are used to measure physical characteristics of the fluid, such as flow rate, pressure, and temperature. A flow sensor includes a paddle and a support member. The paddle is disposed at least partially in an orifice and is displaced in response to fluid flow. The support member positions the paddle in the orifice and includes a plurality of strain gauges. The strain gauges are disposed on only one side of the support member and are mechanically stressed in response to the paddle being displaced by the fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Festo AG & Co.
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Förster, Frank J. Langro, Frank Latino, Josef Binder, Wolfgang Benecke, Thomas Stärz, Oliver Ahrens
  • Publication number: 20050121080
    Abstract: A circuit board, which includes one or more sensors, is integrated in a fluid control device, such as a valve manifold and a base plate. The fluid control device selectively directs a fluid used to control pneumatic or hydraulic equipment. The sensors are used to measure physical characteristics of the fluid, such as flow rate, pressure, and temperature. A flow sensor includes a paddle and a support member. The paddle is disposed at least partially in an orifice and is displaced in response to fluid flow. The support member positions the paddle in the orifice and includes a plurality of strain gauges. The strain gauges are disposed on only one side of the support member and are mechanically stressed in response to the paddle being displaced by the fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Forster, Frank Langro, Frank Latino, Josef Binder, Wolfgang Benecke, Thomas Starz, Oliver Ahrens
  • Publication number: 20040025598
    Abstract: A circuit board, which includes one or more sensors, is integrated in a fluid control device, such as a valve manifold and a base plate. The fluid control device selectively directs a fluid used to control pneumatic or hydraulic equipment. The sensors are used to measure physical characteristics of the fluid, such as flow rate, pressure, and temperature. A flow sensor includes a paddle and a support member. The paddle is disposed at least partially in an orifice and is displaced in response to fluid flow. The support member positions the paddle in the orifice and includes a plurality of strain gauges. The strain gauges are disposed on only one side of the support member and are mechanically stressed in response to the paddle being displaced by the fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: FESTO AG & CO.
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Forster, Frank J. Langro, Frank Latino, Josef Binder, Wolfgang Benecke, Thomas Starz, Oliver Ahrens
  • Patent number: 6619142
    Abstract: A circuit board, which includes one or more sensors, is integrated in a fluid control device, such as a valve manifold and a base plate. The fluid control device selectively directs a fluid used to control pneumatic or hydraulic equipment. The sensors are used to measure physical characteristics of the fluid, such as flow rate, pressure, and temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Festo AG & Co.
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Förster, Frank J. Langro, Frank Latino, Josef Binder, Wolfgang Benecke, Thomas Stärz, Oliver Ahrens