Kevin E Barker

US Patent:

6715147, Mar 30, 2004

Filed:

Mar 31, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/828687

Inventors:

Kevin Spencer Barker - Raleigh NC

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 944

US Classification:

719315, 719328

Abstract:

Multiple applications that conform to a standard are accessed by a single computer. An abstract class is created with defined Data Objects and desired functions. For each of the services that will conform to the standard interface, subclasses of the abstract class are then created.

US Patent:

6781609, Aug 24, 2004

Filed:

May 9, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/567487

Inventors:

Kevin S. Barker - Raleigh NC
Charles E. Burkett - Chapel Hill NC
David B. Lection - Raleigh NC
Roland A. Merrick - Worcs., GB

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 300

US Classification:

345760, 345744, 345762, 345764, 715513

Abstract:

A method, system, and computer program product for flexibly including descriptive information items, and the various media resources used for those items, in a user interface (UI). One markup language document is used for the UI data content, and a separate markup language document is used for specifying the descriptive items and media resources to be used along with that content. This technique enables dynamically altering the descriptive items and media resources to be used for a UI document, without requiring change to the UI document itself This technique also enables developing the descriptive items and media resources separately from developing the UI document, without a requirement to share common files between these development efforts. The specifications of descriptive information items and media resources can be efficiently reused among multiple UI documents.

US Patent:

7065744, Jun 20, 2006

Filed:

Jan 14, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/047792

Inventors:

Kevin S. Barker - Raleigh NC, US
John E. Diller - Apex NC, US
James L. Gay - Apex NC, US
Margaret M. Hedstrom - Raleigh NC, US
Carol J. Persche - Raleigh NC, US
Mohamad R. Salahshoor - Raleigh NC, US
John W. Sweitzer - Austin TX, US
James Thorpe - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717109

Abstract:

A system and method for converting management models to specific console interfaces is provided. A plug-in builder process is used to read a management definition object. The plug-in builder process derives display information and method information from the management definition object. Console interface information is used to take the management definition object and transform it into a format suitable for the selected consoles. The management definition object information includes information used to display tree nodes in a management console. The plug-in builder process retrieves methods from the management definition object that corresponds to the displayed nodes. In this manner, when a user selects a tree node from a management console, the method included in the management definition object that was written to support the displayed node is executed. National language files can be used by the plug-in builder process in order to support various national languages used by users.

US Patent:

7177793, Feb 13, 2007

Filed:

Jan 14, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/047793

Inventors:

Kevin S. Barker - Raleigh NC, US
John E. Diller - Apex NC, US
Margaret M. Hedstrom - Raleigh NC, US
Carol J. Persche - Raleigh NC, US
Mohamad R. Salahshoor - Raleigh NC, US
James Thorpe - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/20

US Classification:

704 8, 704 9, 704 5

Abstract:

NLS translations can be provided by extracting translatable strings from the management definition object, such as a CIM MOF file, and writing the strings into one or more translation files. A unique identifier is assigned to each translatable string. The identifier is included in the management definition object as well as the various translation files. By creating unique identifiers, a particular translated string can be found in one of the translation files. In this manner, different users can specify different languages. Display text is retrieved by retrieving the identifier located in the management definition object. The translation file corresponding to the user's preferred language is then searched for the translated string. Translated strings can be gathered for display panels when the product is packaged. Translated strings can also be gathered at runtime when called for by a particular display panel or other display object.

US Patent:

7191404, Mar 13, 2007

Filed:

Jan 14, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/046940

Inventors:

Kevin S. Barker - Raleigh NC, US
John E. Diller - Apex NC, US
James L. Gay - Apex NC, US
Margaret M. Hedstrom - Raleigh NC, US
Carol J. Persche - Raleigh NC, US
Mohamad R. Salahshoor - Raleigh NC, US
John W. Sweitzer - Austin TX, US
James Thorpe - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/01

US Classification:

715760, 715765, 717105, 717145

Abstract:

A generic management definition object, described using a CIM MOF file or an Extensible Markup Language document, can be used to format display panels that are independent of a management console. A generic integration layer is created between the management data and the display and behavior of such data. A transformation engine is used to convert data definitions included in management data to a formatted structure that is stored in a repository. A translation engine renders the formatted structure into graphical user interface constructs that are independent of any particular management console architecture. The transformation and translation engines coordinate a set of processes that facilitate the display and manipulation of the management data object's data model. GUI display panels that support the management model are generated in a console neutral manner so that the same panels are displayed from a variety of management consoles.

US Patent:

7240326, Jul 3, 2007

Filed:

Jan 14, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/047784

Inventors:

Kevin S. Barker - Raleigh NC, US
John E. Diller - Apex NC, US
Margaret M. Hedstrom - Raleigh NC, US
Carol J. Persche - Raleigh NC, US
Mohamad R. Salahshoor - Raleigh NC, US
James Thorpe - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44
G06F 3/00
G06F 17/50

US Classification:

717105, 715764, 703 1

Abstract:

CIM elements are retrieved from the management definition object and a determination is made as to whether the element is a non-instance element or an instance element. If the element is a non-instance element and a qualifier is found in the management object, then the corresponding name is used. If the qualifier is not found, then the CIM element name is used. If the element is an instance element and a qualifier is found then the name corresponding to the qualifier is used. If there is no qualifier then a determination is made as to the number of non-propagated key properties. If there is one non-propagated key property then the value of the property is used. If there are more than one non-propagated key properties, then a display name is constructed from each non-propagated key property and its corresponding value.

US Patent:

7499947, Mar 3, 2009

Filed:

Jul 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/187044

Inventors:

Kevin Spencer Barker - Raleigh NC, US
Christopher Shane Claussen - Austin TX, US
Zeenat Kulkarni - Foster City CA, US
Yang Zhong - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707103R, 707101, 7071041, 707 3

Abstract:

A mechanism is provided for converting after image data into a delta level change. An after image business graph is first transformed into a generic after image business graph. Another transformation is performed transforming the generic after image business graph into a second after image business graph, using delta information from another enterprise information system is used to create a delta business graph. A final transformation is performed to convert the delta business graph into a generic delta business graph.

US Patent:

8201151, Jun 12, 2012

Filed:

Dec 20, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/960703

Inventors:

Kevin Spencer Barker - Raleigh NC, US
Stefan Georg Derdak - San Jose CA, US
Ramani Mathrubutham - Milpitas CA, US
Xiaochun Mei - Palo Alto CA, US
Aaron Higuchi Miller - Mountain View CA, US
Thomas Pollinger - San Mateo CA, US
Juliana Hing Sze Tsang - San Lorenzo CA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717129, 717124, 717128, 717131, 712244

Abstract:

A computer program product comprises a computer useable medium. The computer useable medium has a computer readable program such that when the computer readable medium is executed on a computer, the computer is caused to configure an interceptor at a service invocation point corresponding to a component service of a software application. Further, the computer is caused to record, at the interceptor, data in a trace file. The data is associated with a service invocation at the service invocation point. Finally, the computer is caused to provide the trace file to a service level debugger that navigates through the trace file.