Patents by Inventor Tom Fawcett

Tom Fawcett 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).

  • Identifying exceptional managed systems
    Patent number: 7640217
    Abstract: A method is provided for the identification of managed systems that are exceptional compared to comparable managed systems. The method involves selecting a set of managed systems wherein each managed system has a number of system configuration attributes and selecting a set of parameterizations relating to the managed systems. Patterns are determined for the parameterizations within the set of managed systems using a supervised machine learning algorithm. The managed systems are compared to the patterns and any managed systems that deviate from the patterns are isolated as exceptional managed systems. Isolated systems may be targeted for remedial action such as the allocation of support resources or system management resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tom Fawcett, George H. Forman, Henri Jacques Suermondt
  • Identifying exceptional managed systems
    Publication number: 20050228789
    Abstract: A method is provided for the identification of managed systems that are exceptional compared to comparable managed systems. The method involves selecting a set of managed systems wherein each managed system has a number of system configuration attributes and selecting a set of parameterizations relating to the managed systems. Patterns are determined for the parameterizations within the set of managed systems using a supervised machine learning algorithm. The managed systems are compared to the patterns and any managed systems that deviate from the patterns are isolated as exceptional managed systems. Isolated systems may be targeted for remedial action such as the allocation of support resources or system management resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Tom Fawcett, George Forman, Henri Suermondt