Paul A Reed

US Patent:

RE41440, Jul 13, 2010

Filed:

May 8, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/437581

Inventors:

Paul Roger Briscoe - Southampton, GB
Cameron Donald Ferstat - St. Leonards, AU
Matthew Robert Ganis - Carmel NY, US
Stephen Carl Hammer - Marietta GA, US
Gary Bob Kip Hansen - Saugerties NY, US
Sean Alan Harp - Atlanta GA, US
Michael Shannon Nichols - Georgetown TX, US
Herbert Daniel Pearthree - Cary NC, US
Paul Reed - Brookline MA, US
Brian James Snitzer - Lancaster PA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709217, 709203, 709219, 711138

Abstract:

A method and system for gathering enriched web server activity data in a global communications network in which requested information files are cached at a plurality of network devices. With the prevalence of web caching on the Internet, the origin web servers do not serve the majority of requests for web site content. A single pixel clear Graphics Image Format (GIF) request is added to the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) source file for a web page. Appended to the GIF request is a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) string of data that contains enhanced web activity data information, including the number of images (“hits”) that have to be retrieved by a client browser to build the web page, and the referring identifier that resulted in access to the web page. The single pixel clear GIF request is not cacheable and results in the request being transmitted to the origin web server when the client browser interprets the HTML file. The enriched data is stored in log files at the origin web server to accumulate an accurate number of hits on the web page.

US Patent:

8424003, Apr 16, 2013

Filed:

May 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/444129

Inventors:

Louis R. Degenaro - White Plains NY, US
James R. Challenger - Garrison NY, US
James R. Giles - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Paul Reed - Brookline MA, US
Rohit Wagle - Elmsford NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/46

US Classification:

718101

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for unified job processing of interdependent heterogeneous tasks within a domain containing a plurality of nodes. Jobs containing components to be processed in the domain are submitted and are identified by type. A job control flow associated with the job type is identified and used to process the components of the job on various nodes within the domain. Multiple job control flows are handled simultaneously, and provisions are made for sharing common job components among jobs. The job control flow utilizes a finite state machine where a given instance of the finite state machine applies to a specific job type. The finite state machine can be expressed using extensible mark-up language schema.

US Patent:

20170011293, Jan 12, 2017

Filed:

Sep 9, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/022100

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Louis R. Degenaro - White Plains NY, US
James R. Giles - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Paul Reed - Brookline MA, US
Rohit Wagle - Elmsford NY, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06N 5/00

Abstract:

A distributable and serializable finite state machine and methods for using the distributable and serializable finite state machine are provided wherein finite state machine instance can be location-shifted, time-shifted or location-shift and time-shifted, for example by serializing and deserializing each instance. Each instance can be located-shifted between agents, and a persistent memory storage location is provided to facilitate both location-shifting and time-shifting. Finite state machine instances and the actions that make up each instance can be run in a distributed fashion among a plurality of agents.