Michael H Richmond

US Patent:

8108733, Jan 31, 2012

Filed:

May 12, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/778177

Inventors:

Michael A. Richmond - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/00
G06F 11/20

US Classification:

714 43, 714 411, 714 55, 707737, 709201, 709223

Abstract:

Techniques for monitoring distributed software health and membership of nodes and software components operating in a compute cluster are disclosed. In one embodiment, each node in the compute cluster operates a watchdog monitoring component in addition to software operating components. The watchdogs are provided with a list of all nodes in a compute cluster that identifies every node's neighboring nodes. Each watchdog checks the health of one of its neighboring node, ensuring that this neighboring node is healthy and is operating successfully. Additionally, each watchdog verifies the cluster membership of its other neighboring nodes to ensure that the cluster is operating an adequate number of operating nodes, and that an adequate number of watchdogs are present in the cluster. If an unhealthy or non-member node is identified, the watchdog may initiate corrective action and attempt to restore the node to a correct operational state.

US Patent:

8286146, Oct 9, 2012

Filed:

May 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/128960

Inventors:

Michael Richmond - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44
G06F 9/45
G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

717137, 717106, 717136, 707802, 707809

Abstract:

A method for automatic generation of schema mapping application code. The method includes loading a code generation tool with source and target schemas. The method further includes defining the mapping specification between the source and the target. The method proceeds by triggering the code generation tool. Afterwards, the method proceeds by compiling the generated code. Furthermore, the method includes executing the generated code to transform input data files.

US Patent:

8538929, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Jul 7, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/178487

Inventors:

Corneliu Mihail Constantinescu - San Jose CA, US
Michael Anthony Richmond - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707665, 707798, 707968

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention relate to data archiving on storage medium such as magnetic tapes based on graph partitioning. One aspect of the invention concerns a method that comprises representing a file system as a graph where each node of the graph represents a file and each edge represents file chunks common to the files corresponding to the nodes connected by the edge. The graph is repeatedly partitioned into disjoint sub-graphs. If the files and duplicate file chunks associated with a sub-graph fit into a data storage medium, then the files and duplicate file chunks are stored in the medium. Otherwise, the method may partition the sub-graph into smaller disjoint sub-graphs taking into consideration of degrees of connectivity of the nodes.

US Patent:

20020133613, Sep 19, 2002

Filed:

Mar 16, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/811128

Inventors:

Albert Teng - Cupertino CA, US
Niraj Sharma - Cupertino CA, US
Michael Richmond - Beaverton OR, US
Pingfen Lin - Fremont CA, US
Animesh Mishra - Milpitas CA, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16
G06F015/173

US Classification:

709/235000, 709/249000, 709/224000

Abstract:

A customer premises gateway including a traffic analyzer with usage tracking to detect fraud such as in the case of masquerading by a router attached to the gateway, and a head-end server including fraud detection and a billing system for providing a maximum bandwidth specifier to the gateway. In the case of Internet Protocol, the traffic and fraud analysis may utilize the address:port combination and also the traffic type specifier to detect fraud and masquerading and to control bandwidth.

US Patent:

20080155500, Jun 26, 2008

Filed:

Dec 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/615097

Inventors:

Michael Richmond - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717109, 717106

Abstract:

A method for automatic generation of schema mapping application code. The method includes loading a code generation tool with source and target schemas. The method further includes defining the mapping specification between the source and the target. The method proceeds by triggering the code generation tool. Afterwards, the method proceeds by compiling the generated code. Furthermore, the method includes executing the generated code to transform input data files.

US Patent:

44556047, Jun 19, 1984

Filed:

May 22, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/266422

Inventors:

John K. Ahlstrom - Mountain View CA
Brett Bachman - Boston MA
Richard A. Belgard - Saratoga CA
David H. Bernstein - Ashland MA
Richard G. Bratt - Wayland MA
Ronald H. Gruner - Cary NC
Thomas M. Jones - Chapel Hill NC
Lawrence H. Katz - Oregon City OR
Craig J. Mundie - Cary NC
Michael S. Richmond - Pittsboro NC
Stephen I. Schleimer - Chapel Hill NC
Steven J. Wallach - Saratoga CA
Walter A. Wallach - Raleigh NC
Douglas M. Well - Chapel Hill NC

Assignee:

Data General Corporation - Westboro MA

International Classification:

G06F 700
G06F 910

US Classification:

364200

Abstract:

The processor of the present invention executes procedures, which comprise S-language instructions and names. S-languages are of higher order than typical machine languages and can be tailored to user high-order languages. Each procedure includes a dialect code which the processor interprets, enabling it to execute any of a plurality of dialects of S-languages. The processor includes means for resolving names into operand logical addresses. The processor possosses multiple levels of microcode control means, each with its own set of stacks.

US Patent:

44981325, Feb 5, 1985

Filed:

May 22, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/266413

Inventors:

John K. Ahlstrom - Mountain View CA
Brett L. Bachman - Boston MA
Richard A. Belgard - Saratoga CA
David H. Bernstein - Ashland MA
Richard G. Bratt - Wayland MA
Gerald F. Clancy - Saratoga CA
Edward S. Gavrin - Lincoln MA
Ronald H. Gruner - Cary NC
Thomas M. Jones - Chapel Hill NC
Lawrence H. Katz - Oregon City OR
Craig J. Mundie - Cary NC
Michael S. Richmond - Pittsboro NC
Stephen I. Schleimer - Chapel Hill NC
Steven J. Wallach - Saratoga CA
Walter A. Wallach - Raleigh NC
Douglas M. Wells - Chapel Hill NC

Assignee:

Data General Corporation - Westboro MA

International Classification:

G06F 922

US Classification:

364200

Abstract:

A digital data processing system has a memory organized into objects containing at least operands and instructions. Each object is identified by a unique and permanent identifier code which identifies the data processing system and the object. The system further uses multilevel microcode techniques for controlling sequences of microinstructions and for controlling the interval operations of the processor. The system uses a protection technique to prevent unauthorized access to objects by users who are identified by a subject number which identifies the user, a process of the system for executing a user's procedure, and the type of operation of the system to be performed by the user's procedure. An access control list for each object includes an access control list entry for each subject having access rights to the object and means for confirming that a particular active subject has access rights to a particular object before permitting access to the object. The system also includes stacks for containing information relating to the current state of execution of the system.

US Patent:

44996047, Feb 12, 1985

Filed:

May 22, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/266423

Inventors:

Gerald F. Clancy - Saratoga CA
Ronald H. Gruner - Cary NC
Stephen I. Schleimer - Chapel Hill NC
Craig J. Mundie - Cary NC
Steven J. Wallach - Saratoga CA
Walter A. Wallach - Raleigh NC
John K. Ahlstrom - Mountain View CA
Michael S. Richmond - Pittsboro NC
David H. Bernstein - Ashland MA
Richard G. Bratt - Wayland MA

Assignee:

Data General Corporation - Westboro MA

International Classification:

G06F 930

US Classification:

364200

Abstract:

A digital computer system having a memory for storing and providing data including instructions and a processor for processing data in response to the instructions and providing memory operation specifiers to the memory which specify an address of a data item and the memory operation to be performed on it. The instructions in the digital computer system include operation codes belonging to more than one set of operation codes and names representing items to be processed in the operation specified by the operation code. The data in memory further includes name table entries. Each name table entry corresponds to a name and contains information specifying the address of the item represented by the name. The processor includes apparatus for decoding each operation code in response to the operation code and to a dialect value contained in the decoding apparatus which specifies which operation code set the operation code being decoded belongs to. The processor further includes apparatus for processing names by resolving them to produce the addresses specified by their corresponding name table entries and control apparatus responsive to the instruction decoding apparatus and the name processing apparatus for controlling the processor and providing memory operation specifiers containing the addresses produced by the name processing means to the memory.