Thomas Joel Caswell

US Patent:

20040199485, Oct 7, 2004

Filed:

Apr 1, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/405674

Inventors:

Thomas Caswell - Apex NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707/001000

Abstract:

Techniques are disclosed for creating an efficient index for a directory database (such as a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or “LDAP”, directory). The index includes an entry for each unique attribute type at each level of a Directory Information Tree (“DIT”) that represents the distinguished names of entries present in the directory. The attribute values are omitted when creating the index. The index requires less storage and memory than the DIT, and can be traversed more quickly. Entries in the index can be tagged with information in an application-specific manner. The tagged data may enable an application to quickly determine information about directory entries having a particular distinguished name structure.

US Patent:

20090198531, Aug 6, 2009

Filed:

Jan 31, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/023418

Inventors:

Marcus Lee Belvin - Raleigh NC, US
Thomas Joel Caswell - Apex NC, US
Angela Richards Jones - Durham NC, US
Henri Fouotsop Meli - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 7

Abstract:

A method and system for discovering dependencies in project plans of a distributed system. Project plans are located by a project plan path. A project plan contains dependency information of a task to be performed, a resource necessary to perform the task, and a prerequisite task to perform the task. The method generates a master project plan containing all dependency information in all project plans in the distributed system, which dictates an order of tasks or task-resource maps in all project plans pursuant to the dependency information in project plans. The method utilizes project plan files in diverse formats in generating the master project plan for the distributed system.

Address:

228 Newbury Park Way, Apex, NC 27539

VIN:

5J8TB18557A019839

Make:

ACURA

Model:

RDX

Year:

2007