Christopher R Peters

US Patent:

20060047816, Mar 2, 2006

Filed:

Jun 17, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/870531

Inventors:

Craig Lawton - Raleigh NC, US
Jonathan Lewis - Morrisville NC, US
Jesse Overby - Raleigh NC, US
Christopher Peters - Pflugerville TX, US
Lorin Ullmann - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709227000

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for distributing meeting minutes from an instant messaging session. Meeting minutes are generated using data from the instant messaging session, in response to receiving a user input to distribute text from the instant messaging session. The meeting minutes are then distributed by email to a list of recipients.

US Patent:

20060070036, Mar 30, 2006

Filed:

Sep 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/955185

Inventors:

David Cox - Raleigh NC, US
Craig Lawton - Raleigh NC, US
Jonathan Lewis - Morrisville NC, US
Christopher Peters - Round Rock TX, US
Lorin Ullmann - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717124000, 717130000

Abstract:

A method, computer program product and system for displaying images during the execution of an application. A developer of an application inserts application hooks at particular locations in the code of the application to be executed. An application hook could be a call to a function in a utility code where the call includes the passing of a “key name”. The called function may retrieve an image located at an image file name in a configuration file associated with the key name if such an image file exists. Presentations that demonstrate the execution of the application may be easily modified by adding, deleting or replacing images at these file names. These modifications may be made without modifying the code of the application being executed. In this manner, different images used in different presentations may be displayed to different targeted audiences without modifying the code of the executed application.

US Patent:

20060070061, Mar 30, 2006

Filed:

Sep 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/955200

Inventors:

David Cox - Raleigh NC, US
Craig Lawton - Raleigh NC, US
Jonathan Lewis - Morrisville NC, US
Christopher Peters - Round Rock TX, US
Lorin Ullmann - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/445

US Classification:

717174000

Abstract:

A method, computer program product and system for allowing multiple decisions to be made by multiple decision makers during software installation. A developer of an installer program may select the decisions to be made during the installation process. The developer may further designate the decision makers to handle each of these decisions in a configuration file. The configuration file may be compiled into executable code where the executable code may be embedded in the installer program. By the developer designating multiple decision makers to handle multiple decisions, multiple decision makers may now be able to be involved during the software installation process.

US Patent:

20060070062, Mar 30, 2006

Filed:

Sep 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/955254

Inventors:

David Cox - Raleigh NC, US
Craig Lawton - Raleigh NC, US
Jonathan Lewis - Morrisville NC, US
Christopher Peters - Round Rock TX, US
Lorin Ullmann - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/445

US Classification:

717174000

Abstract:

A method, computer program product and system for detecting previously installed applications on a system. An installer program may invoke an application programming interface to call a software component, referred to as a “manager”, to detect previously installed applications on the system. The manager may be configured to query detection mechanisms, referred to as “collectors”, to perform their own detection techniques to detect applications installed on the system. Since each collector may perform its own unique detection technique, the collectors may be used together to detect more applications installed on the system than if the installer program attempted to detect the applications installed on the system by itself.

US Patent:

20060106801, May 18, 2006

Filed:

Nov 12, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/988473

Inventors:

David Cox - Raleigh NC, US
Craig Lawton - Raleigh NC, US
Jonathan Lewis - Morrisville NC, US
Christopher Peters - Round Rock TX, US
Lorin Ullmann - Austin TX, US
Douglas Wood - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707009000, 707001000

Abstract:

A method, computer program product and system for protecting the location of an installed middleware application. An installer program may generate a private/public key pair at build time of a middleware application. Upon the installer program installing the middleware application, the installation location of the middleware application may be encrypted using the generated private key and then discarding the private key. The encrypted installation location of the middleware application may be decrypted by a subsequent installer program upon receiving a public key from the developer of the middleware application. Since the public key was not shipped with the middleware application, an illegitimate program, such as a Trojan horse, may not be able to decrypt the installation location of the middleware application. Since the public key may only be obtained from the developer of the middleware application, only legitimate programs may be able to decrypt the location of the installed middleware application.

US Patent:

20060106821, May 18, 2006

Filed:

Nov 12, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/988470

Inventors:

David Cox - Raleigh NC, US
Craig Lawton - Raleigh NC, US
Jonathan Lewis - Morrisville NC, US
Christopher Peters - Round Rock TX, US
Lorin Ullmann - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707100000

Abstract:

A method, computer program product and system for determining ownership of containers. An installer program may edit stored information, such as ownership, about software component(s) it installed in a container. Upon a subsequent installer program planning to install a software component in that container, software, referred to as a “collector,” may identify the owners of the software components stored in that container. The collector may then search the rules in a rules database to determine the ownership of the container based on the ownership of the software components in the container. By mapping the software components stored in a container with their respective owners, the ownership of a container may be determined.

US Patent:

20180267871, Sep 20, 2018

Filed:

Apr 11, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/950729

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Craig Lawton - Raleigh NC, US
Christopher Andrew Peters - Round Rock TX, US
Lorin Evan Ullmann - Austin TX, US
John Patrick Whitfield - Cary NC, US

International Classification:

G06F 11/20
H04L 12/24

Abstract:

Near clones for a set of targeted computing systems are provided by determining a highest common denominator set of components among the computing systems, producing a pseudo-clone configuration definition, and realizing one or more pseudo-clone computing systems as partially configured backups for the targeted computing systems. Upon a planned failover, actual failure, or quarantine action on a targeted computing system, a difference configuration is determined to complete the provisioning of the pseudo-clone system to serve as a replacement system for the failed or quarantined system. Failure predictions can be used to implement the pseudo-clone just prior to an expected first failure of any of the targeted systems. The system can also interface to an on-demand provisioning management system to effect automated workflows to realize pseudo-clones and replacement systems automatically, as needed.

US Patent:

20180259923, Sep 13, 2018

Filed:

Mar 7, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/452589

Inventors:

- Morris Plains NJ, US
Avinash Rajan - Bangalore, IN
Kalyanasundaram Govindaraj - Bangalore, IN
Amol Kinage - Bangalore, IN
Ravi Kumar Ramamurthy - Bangalore, IN
James Schreder - Lansdale PA, US
Christopher Peters - Chester VA, US

International Classification:

G05B 19/042
G06F 13/16
G06F 13/40

Abstract:

A system includes a high speed bus and a plurality of multi-function modules coupled to the high speed bus. The plurality of multi-function modules includes at least one controller configured to execute control logic for the system. The plurality of multi-function modules also includes at least one arbitrator configured to manage the at least one controller. The plurality of multi-function modules further includes at least one input/output (IO) manager configured to interface between the at least one controller and at least one field device.