Joseph A Bohn

US Patent:

7444633, Oct 28, 2008

Filed:

Mar 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/795007

Inventors:

Joseph A. Bohn - Durham NC, US
Kathryn H. Britton - Chapel Hill NC, US
Samar Choudhary - Morrisville NC, US
Jason R. McGee - Apex NC, US
Christopher C. Mitchell - Raleigh NC, US
Elizabeth A. Schreiber - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/455
G06F 9/46
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

718100, 718 1, 718104, 719312, 719313, 719319, 719330

Abstract:

Content from multiple remote/legacy consoles is aggregated within a central console to provide a single point-of-access for managing remote resources. Preferred embodiments deploy the central console as a network-accessible application, and this console application communicates with remotely-located console applications (and/or other locally-executing functions) that carry out tasks selected from the central console by an administrator and then return content generated by those tasks for rendering in the central console. The run-time environment used at the central console is not required to match the run-time environment of the remote/legacy consoles.

US Patent:

7493563, Feb 17, 2009

Filed:

Mar 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/795008

Inventors:

Joseph A. Bohn - Durham NC, US
Kathryn H. Britton - Chapel Hill NC, US
Samar Choudhary - Morrisville NC, US
Donald F. Ferguson - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Carol A. Jones - Raleigh NC, US
Richard A. King - Cary NC, US
Jason R. McGee - Apex NC, US
Christopher C. Mitchell - Raleigh NC, US
Vijay Pandiarajan - Morrisville NC, US
Douglas R. Petty - Rochester MN, US
Elizabeth A. Schreiber - Cary NC, US
Timothy G. Shortley - Raleigh NC, US
Shikha Srivastava - Cary NC, US
John W. Sweitzer - Austin TX, US
Robert T. Uthe - Morrisville NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

715736, 715738, 709218, 709222, 709224

Abstract:

Content aggregation is used to build administration consoles. Preferred embodiments enable providing a solution-based approach to information technology (“IT”) administration, whereby content can be flexibly arranged to provide a content view that is adapted for the IT solution deployed in a particular IT environment. In preferred embodiments, portal technology is used for the aggregation framework, and portlets are used for creating content. Alternatively, other approaches such as struts and tiles may be used. Preferred embodiments deploy an administration console as a Web-accessible application, and this console consolidates the administration interfaces for an arbitrary set of management operations, including administration of an arbitrary collection of hardware and/or software resources. Roles/permissions may be used when rendering content for the console, thereby customizing a view to individual end users (or user groups).

US Patent:

7930696, Apr 19, 2011

Filed:

Jul 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/168784

Inventors:

Joseph A. Bohn - Durham NC, US
Kathryn H. Britton - Chapel Hill NC, US
Samar Choudhary - Morrisville NC, US
Jason R. McGee - Apex NC, US
Christopher C. Mitchell - Raleigh NC, US
Elizabeth A. Schreiber - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/455
G06F 9/46
G06F 3/00
G06F 15/177

US Classification:

718100, 718 1, 718104, 719312, 719313, 719319, 719330, 715734, 715736, 715738, 715740

Abstract:

Content from multiple remote/legacy consoles is aggregated within a central console to provide a single point-of-access for managing remote resources. Preferred embodiments deploy the central console as a network-accessible application, and this console application communicates with remotely-located console applications (and/or other locally-executing functions) that carry out tasks selected from the central console by an administrator and then return content generated by those tasks for rendering in the central console. The run-time environment used at the central console is not required to match the run-time environment of the remote/legacy consoles.

US Patent:

8140976, Mar 20, 2012

Filed:

Oct 27, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/258455

Inventors:

Joseph A. Bohn - Durham NC, US
Kathryn H. Britton - Chapel Hill NC, US
Samar Choudhary - Morrisville NC, US
Donald F. Ferguson - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Carol A. Jones - Raleigh NC, US
Richard A. King - Cary NC, US
Jason R. McGee - Apex NC, US
Christopher C. Mitchell - Raleigh NC, US
Vijay Pandiarajan - Morrisville NC, US
Douglas R. Petty - Rochester MN, US
Elizabeth A Schreiber - Cary NC, US
Timothy G. Shortley - Raleigh NC, US
Shikha Srivastava - Cary NC, US
John W. Sweitzer - Austin TX, US
Robert T. Uthe - Morrisville NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/177

US Classification:

715736, 715738, 709218, 709222, 709224

Abstract:

Content aggregation is used to build administration consoles. Preferred embodiments enable providing a solution-based approach to information technology (“IT”) administration, whereby content can be flexibly arranged to provide a content view that is adapted for the IT solution deployed in a particular IT environment. In preferred embodiments, portal technology is used for the aggregation framework, and portlets are used for creating content. Alternatively, other approaches such as struts and tiles may be used. Preferred embodiments deploy an administration console as a Web-accessible application, and this console consolidates the administration interfaces for an arbitrary set of management operations, including administration of an arbitrary collection of hardware and/or software resources. Roles/permissions may be used when rendering content for the console, thereby customizing a view to individual end users (or user groups).

US Patent:

8316309, Nov 20, 2012

Filed:

May 31, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/756449

Inventors:

Velda Bartek - Apex NC, US
Joseph A. Bohn - Durham NC, US
Kathryn H. Britton - Chapel Hill NC, US
Samar Choudhary - Morrisville NC, US
Shikha Srivastava - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715747, 715744, 715745, 715762, 715763, 715765, 717136

Abstract:

A computer-implementable method enables a user to customize navigation of User Interface (UI) resources that are displayed on a computer User Interface (UI). A computer receives, from a user, an input of user-created metadata. This user-created metadata is associated with one or more UI resources that are depicted on a UI. In response to a user inputting specific metadata, the computer retrieves one or more UI resources that are associated with the specific metadata that has been input by the user. These retrieved one or more UI resources are displayed on the UI.

US Patent:

8327290, Dec 4, 2012

Filed:

Apr 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/819053

Inventors:

Gary T. Barta - Austin TX, US
Velda A. Bartek - Apex NC, US
Joseph A. Bohn - Durham NC, US
Kathryn H. Britton - Chapel Hill NC, US
Brock K. Brogan - Wake Forest NC, US
Samar Choudhary - Morrisville NC, US
Stefan Koch - Stuttgart, DE
Vijay Pandiarajan - Morrisville NC, US
Douglas R. Petty - Rochester MN, US
Joseph L. Saunders - Austin TX, US
Carl S. Swanson - Austin TX, US
Robert T. Uthe - Morrisville NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715790

Abstract:

A task-like user interface is provided for Web-based applications. Preferred embodiments enable users to initiate multiple instances of tasks within a single Web application, where independent state information is retained for each instance. Each user-initiated task also has a prescribed life cycle with a definite start and end. Resources allocated to perform various activities can therefore be released when the activity ends. Optionally, contextual information can be passed to a task upon invocation. Support for persisting a currently-viewable work unit as a user-selectable favorite may optionally be provided.

US Patent:

20080195544, Aug 14, 2008

Filed:

Feb 9, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/673207

Inventors:

Velda Bartek - Apex NC, US
Joseph A. Bohn - Durham NC, US
Kathryn H. Britton - Chapel Hill NC, US
Samar Choudhary - Morrisville NC, US
Shikha Srivastava - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705 51

Abstract:

A system and a method for generating an authorization role associated with a set of access rights and assigning the authorization role to a class of one or more computer users for accessing secured resources are provided.