Patents by Inventor Tomasz Stopa

Tomasz Stopa 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: 20150089473
    Abstract: A method for performing software discovery by an installer controller is provided and may include detecting, at a computer, an attempt by a software installer to execute on the computer, wherein during execution, the software installer modifies software on the computer. A Software Asset Management (SAM) computer server may be queried for an approval status corresponding to a software package provided by the software installer. The installer controller executes the software installer upon receiving on the returned approval status; aggregates a result from the execution of the software installer based on the software installer modifying the software on the computer; and updates a discovery software signature on the computer when the returned approval status is marked as known.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Pawel Gocek, Piotr Kania, Michal Paluch, Tomasz Stopa
  • Publication number: 20150089472
    Abstract: A method for performing software discovery by an installer controller is provided and may include detecting, at a computer, an attempt by a software installer to execute on the computer, wherein during execution, the software installer modifies software on the computer. A Software Asset Management (SAM) computer server may be queried for an approval status corresponding to a software package provided by the software installer. The installer controller executes the software installer upon receiving on the returned approval status; aggregates a result from the execution of the software installer based on the software installer modifying the software on the computer; and updates a discovery software signature on the computer when the returned approval status is marked as known.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pawel Gocek, Piotr Kania, Michal Paluch, Tomasz Stopa
  • Publication number: 20140149585
    Abstract: A software asset management method comprising storing URL data for each of a first plurality of software entities, obtaining, by means of a first browser plug-in, first data indicative of a URL from which a browser has obtained content, comparing, for at least one of the first plurality of software entities, the URL data of the respective software entity with the first data, and communicating the first data to a first computer other than a computer hosting the browser subject to a first condition that, for each of the first plurality of software entities, the comparing reveals that the first data does not match the URL data of the respective software entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pawel Gocek, Piotr Kania, Michal Paluch, Tomasz Stopa
  • Publication number: 20140089274
    Abstract: A data communication system comprising a first plurality of software entities, each having a respective entity identifier and a respective plurality of characteristics, and a data repository, wherein a first software entity of the first plurality of software entities instigates establishment of a first collection of data at the data repository, the first collection of data having at least one collection identifier selected from the plurality of characteristics of the first software entity, each of a second plurality of the first plurality of software entities having a respective set of the respective plurality of characteristics that matches the at least one collection identifier instigates addition of the entity identifier of the respective software entity to the first collection of data, at least one of the second plurality of software entities instigates addition of data to the first collection of data, and at least one other of the second plurality of software entities obtains a portion of the data from t
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pawel Gocek, Jakub Kania, Bartlomiej T. Malecki, Tomasz Stopa
  • Publication number: 20140059535
    Abstract: A software inventory method, comprising storing data representative of a logic engine established via a machine learning algorithm, detecting a software item on a computer system, determining at least one parameter of the software item, estimating, using the logic engine and the at least one parameter, a category of the software item, and communicating the at least one parameter to another computer system in response to the estimated category is a given category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Pawel Gocek, Piotr Kania, Tomasz Stopa
  • Patent number: 7506038
    Abstract: A method for determining a software configuration in a computer system having a plurality of devices which can communicate with a central server and a one or more shared file systems, the method including the acts of determining, by each of the plurality of devices, which of the one or more shared file systems the corresponding device is mounted to; designating for each of the one or more shared file systems a device which is mounted thereto to perform a scanning operation on the corresponding shared file system, the device being selected from the plurality of devices; scanning, by each designated device, the one or more shared file systems that the corresponding device has been designated to scan so as to identify software products on the corresponding shared file systems that correspond with the catalog information; and receiving, from each designated device, results of the scanning for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Perrone, Bernardo Pastorelli, Brian Joseph Schlosser, Paolo Salerno, Rossella De Gaetano, Tomasz Stopa