Patents by Inventor Wesley M. Devine

Wesley M. Devine 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: 20220374604
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program for detecting natural language (NL) bias by a conversational system is described. Embodiments of the invention determine an NL bias in a set of training questions used to train a machine learning model used by the conversational system to select a user intent. Other embodiments of the invention determine an NL bias in a user question received by the conversation system as compared to the set of training questions. The NL bias causes the machine learning to preferentially associate user queries to a user intent. In respective embodiments, the system takes a corrective action to adjust the NL bias of the training questions or the user question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Gandhi Sivakumar, Naeem Altaf, Wesley M. Devine, Rizwan Dudekula
  • Patent number: 11210123
    Abstract: A method for secure live migration of a virtual machine (VM) in a virtualized computing environment can include selecting a VM in a secure virtualized computing environment for live migration to a different virtualized computing environment and blocking data communications with the selected VM and other VMs in the secure virtualized computing environment. The selected VM can be live migrated to the different virtualized computing environment and the VM can be restarted in the different virtualized computing environment. Notably, a secure communicative link can be established between the restarted VM and at least one other of the VMs in the secure virtualized computing environment. Finally, data communications between the restarted VM and the at least one other of the VMs can be enabled over the secure communicative link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wesley M. Devine, Sivaram Gottimukkala, Lap T. Huynh, Dinakaran Joseph, Michael S. Law, Linwood H. Overby
  • Publication number: 20170329624
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a method for secure live migration of a virtual machine (VM) in a virtualized computing environment can include selecting a VM in a secure virtualized computing environment for live migration to a different virtualized computing environment and blocking data communications with the selected VM and other VMs in the secure virtualized computing environment. The selected VM can be live migrated to the different virtualized computing environment and the VM can be restarted in the different virtualized computing environment. Notably, a secure communicative link can be established between the restarted VM and at least one other of the VMs in the secure virtualized computing environment. Finally, data communications between the restarted VM and the at least one other of the VMs can be enabled over the secure communicative link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Wesley M. Devine, Sivaram Gottimukkala, Lap T. Huynh, Dinakaran Joseph, Michael S. Law, Linwood H. Overby
  • Patent number: 9715401
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a method for secure live migration of a virtual machine (VM) in a virtualized computing environment can include selecting a VM in a secure virtualized computing environment for live migration to a different virtualized computing environment and blocking data communications with the selected VM and other VMs in the secure virtualized computing environment. The selected VM can be live migrated to the different virtualized computing environment and the VM can be restarted in the different virtualized computing environment. Notably, a secure communicative link can be established between the restarted VM and at least one other of the VMs in the secure virtualized computing environment. Finally, data communications between the restarted VM and the at least one other of the VMs can be enabled over the secure communicative link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wesley M. Devine, Sivaram Gottimukkala, Lap T. Huynh, Dinakaran Joseph, Michael S. Law, Linwood H. Overby, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8396989
    Abstract: The present invention provides technology neutral process integration (Cloud Resource Planning), and optimization methodology leveraging a business meta-schema format Cloud Data Interchange (CDI) to integrate, enable, and invoke Cloud services. One example is that the present invention provides a management layer at the process level. There can be multiple Cloud implementations/types within a govern enterprise—perhaps utilizing different infrastructure (e.g., hardware of one supplier versus that of another) or different areas of functionality (computing services, storage services, etc). This disclosure provides an abstraction or ‘resource planning’ layer above these core services such that a customer does not have to have knowledge or choose different Cloud types and/or understand or choose each underlying service. As such, it provides a ‘one stop’ portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vinatha Chaturvedi, Kavita Chavda, Christopher J. Dawson, Wesley M. Devine, Thirumal Nellutla
  • Publication number: 20110145439
    Abstract: The present invention provides technology neutral process integration (Cloud Resource Planning), and optimization methodology leveraging a business meta-schema format Cloud Data Interchange (CDI) to integrate, enable, and invoke Cloud services. One example is that the present invention provides a management layer at the process level. There can be multiple Cloud implementations/types within a govern enterprise—perhaps utilizing different infrastructure (e.g., hardware of one supplier versus that of another) or different areas of functionality (computing services, storage services, etc). This disclosure provides an abstraction or ‘resource planning’ layer above these core services such that a customer does not have to have knowledge or choose different Cloud types and/or understand or choose each underlying service. As such, it provides a ‘one stop’ portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vinatha Chaturvedi, Kavita Chavda, Christopher J. Dawson, Wesley M. Devine, Thirumal Nellutla
  • Publication number: 20100071025
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a method for secure live migration of a virtual machine (VM) in a virtualized computing environment can include selecting a VM in a secure virtualized computing environment for live migration to a different virtualized computing environment and blocking data communications with the selected VM and other VMs in the secure virtualized computing environment. The selected VM can be live migrated to the different virtualized computing environment and the VM cna be restarted in the different virtualized computing environment. Notably, a secure communicative link can be established between the restarted VM and at least one other of the VMs in the secure virtualized computing environment. Finally, data communications between the restarted VM and the at least one other of the VMs can be enabled over the secure communicative link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wesley M. Devine, Sivaram Gottimukkala, Lap T. Huynh, Dinakaran Joseph, Michael S. Law, Linwood H. Overby, JR.