David Yang

US Patent:

20030130980, Jul 10, 2003

Filed:

Jan 9, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/042794

Inventors:

Jon Bell - Raleigh NC, US
William Chambers - Apex NC, US
Michael Fox - New Hill NC, US
David Yang - Apex NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707/001000

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer program products for migrating configuration data from an existing program to a replacement program, in response, for example, to a command by an external agent. In preferred embodiments, an existing program is modified according to the invention to add functionality to obtain pertinent configuration data from such sources available to the existing program as its internal tables, configuration files, and run-time commands, and then to write a configuration file containing configuration data formatted for use by the replacement program. The program's internal tables may often contain configuration data which is not always available to the replacement program e.g. command line parameters, data provided through receipt of messages from other programs, etc. The invention advantageously makes voluminous formatted configuration data available to the replacement program in order to expeditiously provide a basis for its initial operation after installation.

US Patent:

20090216593, Aug 27, 2009

Filed:

May 5, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/435587

Inventors:

Ron Gonen - New York NY, US
Frank Yang - Framingham MA, US
David Yang - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 30/00
G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

705 7, 705 14

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a point-source asset system for managing an incentive-based environmentally-conscious behavior program and methods of implementing the same. In one embodiment, a system comprises: an administrative entity, communicably accessible via a computer network, comprising a database; a consumer entity having an entity account stored on the database; an environmentally-conscious sub-program, comprising a point-source asset, associated with the consumer entity; a means for monitoring point-source asset activity within the environmentally-conscious sub-program; and a means for granting a credit value, correlating to the point-source asset activity, to the entity account.