James G Hanson

US Patent:

6549957, Apr 15, 2003

Filed:

Dec 22, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/218696

Inventors:

James E Hanson - Yorktown Heights NY
Jeffrey O Kephart - Cortlandt Manor NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 300

US Classification:

710 5, 709206

Abstract:

A digital data processing system is provided with an information extracting portion or step for extracting information from each message processed by an entity of the system, where the extracted information permits that message or a similar message to be recognized. The system further includes a storage portion or step of storing the extracted information in a database of extracted information. The database has the extracted information for each message stored in an entry associated with the message. The invention further provides a comparison portion or step for comparing each message received or originated by the entity against the database entries stored in the storage segment and, if an entry is found to be sufficiently similar to the received message, for preventing the received message from triggering the generation and forwarding of a new message, thereby avoiding the creation of a network chain reaction or a maelstrom.

US Patent:

6886026, Apr 26, 2005

Filed:

Nov 21, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/717856

Inventors:

James E. Hanson - Yorktown Heights NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709202, 709203, 709223, 709201, 709224, 707 2, 707 3, 707 4, 707 5, 707 10

Abstract:

A method and system for searching for software agents or directory service agents in a distributed environment. The system employs a plurality of host computers that include software agents and/or directory service agents and that are connected to a network. The method as invoked at one of the host computers searches for other agents with a recursive search that enables one agent to locate other agents that match a given criteria. The recursive search may use cross-listed directory services, negotiated cross-listings and economic considerations.

US Patent:

6990590, Jan 24, 2006

Filed:

Jan 10, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/045836

Inventors:

James E. Hanson - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Sophia Krasikov - Katonah NY, US
John F. Morar - Mahopac NY, US
Steve R. White - New York NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1/26

US Classification:

713194, 713193, 713200, 713201

Abstract:

A method, computer program product, and data processing system for circumventing profiling and targeting of World Wide Web users is disclosed. A number of fictitious web “personae” are established. A user wishing to perform a particular web transaction assumes a persona that best fits the user's current needs. The user's actions are then attributed to the persona, rather than the user. When the user wishes to perform another transaction, a different persona may be assumed, depending upon the circumstances, so that any disadvantage attributable to performing the same web transaction multiple times may be eliminated. This has the dual advantage of both protecting the user's privacy and taking advantage of special offers and incentives that may be targeted to first-time customers.

US Patent:

7203662, Apr 10, 2007

Filed:

Jul 25, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/915986

Inventors:

Rajarshi Das - New Rochelle NY, US
James E. Hanson - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Jeffrey O. Kephart - Cortlandt Manor NY, US
Steve R. White - New York NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 37, 705 35, 705 26, 705 36, 705 80, 705412

Abstract:

An apparatus, system and method for automatically making operation selling decisions are provided. The apparatus, system and method make use of selling policy rules established by human operators associated with a firm to guide the making of decisions to sell products and/or services. The actual decisions to sell are made automatically by the system without requiring human intervention. The decisions to sell are made by negotiating terms of sale with a customer using history information, exogenous preference information, information obtained from third parties, and the like. An initial offer of sale is provided to a customer who may then elect to modify the terms of sale of the product or service. If the customer elects to modify the terms of sale of the product or service, a negotiation engine of the present invention may automatically provide counteroffers to offers made by the customer until acceptable terms of sale are agreed upon. The negotiation with the customer occurs within the framework established by the selling policy rules established by the human operators.

US Patent:

7483986, Jan 27, 2009

Filed:

Dec 3, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/726724

Inventors:

James E. Hanson - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Ian Nicholas Whalley - Pawling NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709226

Abstract:

In one aspect this invention provides a data processing system () that includes a plurality of self-organizing software agents () capable of autonomously establishing relationships between themselves, where the totality of the relationships can be represented by a topological structure having nodes that each contain one of the plurality of software agents and links between the nodes that are the established relationships. The data processing system further includes a topology tuning function that obtains information that is descriptive of the topology and, based at least in part on the obtained information and on at least one criterion, that makes a recommendation to at least one of the plurality of software agents that is intended to modify the topology. In one embodiment the topology tuning function is performed by a topology tuner software agent (), while in another embodiment the topology tuning function forms a part of a system hosting function, such as a part of the operating system of the system ().

US Patent:

8214474, Jul 3, 2012

Filed:

Apr 18, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/406019

Inventors:

David Michael Chess - Mohegan Lake NY, US
Rajashi Das - New Rochelle NY, US
James Edwin Hanson - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Alla Segal - Mount Kisco NY, US
Gerald James Tesauro - Croton-on-Hudson NY, US
Ian Nicholas Whalley - Pawling NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06G 7/48
G06F 9/45
G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709223, 709226, 703 6, 703 22

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for autonomic control and optimization of computing systems. A plurality of component models for one or more components in an autonomic computing system are maintained in a system level database. These component models are obtained from a source external to the management server including the components associated with the models. Component models are added or removed from the database or updated as need. A system level management server in communication with the database utilizes the component models maintained in the system level database and generic component models as needed to compute an optimum state of the autonomic computing system. The autonomic computing system is managed in accordance with the computed optimum state.

US Patent:

8301742, Oct 30, 2012

Filed:

Apr 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/098810

Inventors:

James E. Hanson - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Jeffrey Owen Kephart - Cortlandt Manor NY, US
Malgorzata Steinder - Leonia NJ, US
Ian Nicholas Whalley - Pawling NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709223, 709226

Abstract:

Systems and methods are provided for dynamically controlling application placement and server resource allocation in a distributed system wherein a performance manager and power manager collaborate during run-time execution of data processing tasks to coordinate management and control of workload placement and server usage and dynamically determine a tradeoff between performance level and power usage that meets power and performance objectives.

US Patent:

8327350, Dec 4, 2012

Filed:

Jan 2, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/618946

Inventors:

David Michael Chess - Mohegan Lake NY, US
Alberto Giammaria - Austin TX, US
James Edwin Hanson - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Robert Lee Orr - Raleigh NC, US
Hidayatullah Habeebullah Shaikh - Mohegan Lake NY, US
Jian Yin - Bronx NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/445

US Classification:

717177, 717174, 717175, 717176

Abstract:

A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable program code are provided for creating a set of virtual machine image for software. A virtual software resource template is retrieved. Metadata associated with the virtual software resource template is copied and the copy of the metadata is modified to generate personalized metadata for each virtual machine image in the set of virtual machine images. Then, the set of virtual machine images is deployed using the personalized metadata.