Patents by Inventor Tim T. Liim

Tim T. Liim 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).

  • Selecting a processor to run an executable of a distributed software application upon startup of the distributed software application
    Patent number: 7614055
    Abstract: An apparatus in one example comprises a manager component for a distributed software application that based on one or more of a characteristic of an executable of the distributed software application and/or a characteristic of one or more of a plurality of processors, selects a processor from the plurality of processors to run the executable upon startup of the distributed software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Buskens, Tim T. Liim, Yow-Jian Lin, Sunil K. Mishra, Muhammad A. Siddiqui, Timothy A. Suchaczewski
  • Software component initialization in an ordered sequence
    Patent number: 7509630
    Abstract: A manager component of an apparatus in one example initializes a plurality of software components of a distributed software application, within one or more executables, in an ordered sequence based on one or more dependency relationships among the plurality of software components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Buskens, Oscar J. Gonzalez, Li Kuang, Tim T. Liim, Yow-Jian Lin, Sunil K. Mishra, Pravish Prabhakar, Muhammad A. Siddiqui, Timothy A. Suchaczewski
  • Shutting down a plurality of software components in an ordered sequence
    Patent number: 7426715
    Abstract: An apparatus in one example comprises a manager component in communication with a distributed software application. The distributed software application comprises a plurality of software components that run within one or more executables. The manager component shuts down the plurality of software components in an ordered sequence based on one or more dependency relationships among the plurality of software components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Buskens, Oscar J. Gonzalez, Li Kuang, Tim T. Liim, Yow-Jian Lin, Sunil K. Mishra, Muhammad A. Siddiqui
  • Manager component resource addition and/or resource removal on behalf of distributed software application
    Patent number: 7406678
    Abstract: A distributed software application comprises a plurality of software components within a plurality of executables. A manager component for the distributed software application handles: an addition of one or more first resources to the distributed software application on behalf of the distributed software application and/or a removal of one or more second resources from the distributed software application on behalf of the distributed software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Weilin Gong, Oscar J. Gonzalez, Li Kuang, Tim T. Liim, Sunil K. Mishra, Pravish Prabhakar, Yansong J. Ren, Muhammad A. Siddiqui
  • Substitute manager component that obtains state information of one or more software components upon failure of a first manager component
    Patent number: 7386556
    Abstract: An apparatus in one example comprises a substitute manager component that upon failure of a first manager component, obtains management responsibility for a distributed software application from the first manager component and queries one or more software components of the distributed software application for state information of the one or more software components. The substitute manager component employs the state information to determine whether one or more recovery actions are needed for the distributed software application to recover from the failure of the first manager component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Buskens, Oscar J. Gonzalez, Li Kuang, Tim T. Liim, Sunil K. Mishra, Yansong J. Ren, Muhammad A. Siddiqui
  • Distributed software application software component recovery in an ordered sequence
    Patent number: 7366949
    Abstract: A distributed software application comprises a plurality of software components within a plurality of executables. A manager component for the distributed software application performs a recovery of two or more software components, of the plurality of software components, in an ordered sequence based on one or more dependency relationships among the plurality of software components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Buskens, Weilin Gong, Oscar J. Gonzalez, Li Kuang, Tim T. Liim, Yow-Jian Lin, Sunil K. Mishra, Pravish Prabhakar, Muhammad A. Siddiqui, Timothy A. Suchaczewski