Charles Peter Rankin

6338084, Jan 8, 2002

Dec 17, 1998

09/213923

Charles Vaughn Rankin - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 1300

709214, 709213, 709312, 709329

The present invention provides a method for process-specific exchange of data between machines in a computer network. Each machine runs a plurality of processes. The method includes providing a plurality of clipboards for at least one machine in the computer network, where each clipboard of the plurality of clipboards corresponds to one of the processes running on the at least one machine; and storing data concerning a process of the plurality of processes onto its corresponding clipboard. Because the method of the present invention is process-based, machines may obtain data concerning certain processes on certain machines without the problem of the latest data on a process being overwritten by another process. Since the clipboards of the present invention may reside on a third party, if one or more of the machines in the network fail or are otherwise unavailable, the data on their clipboards are not lost.

6687834, Feb 3, 2004

Apr 14, 2000

09/550386

Rene Morales, Jr. - Austin TX
Charles Vaughn Rankin - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 1100

713201, 714 38, 705 24, 705 50

A data processing system, method, and program including an automated software test environment are disclosed for generating a job to be executed within the automated software test environment to test a software application. A work flow manager is established for automatically managing the automated software test environment. The automated software test environment includes multiple computer systems coupled to a server computer system utilizing a network. The work flow manager is executed utilizing the server computer system. Execution of the automated test environment is controlled utilizing the work flow manager in response to a receipt of external events generated by the plurality of computer systems. A job description is created including an identification of one of the external events. A job described by the job description is executed utilizing the work flow manger in response to a receipt of the external event.

6959433, Oct 25, 2005

Apr 14, 2000

09/550387

Rene Morales, Jr. - Austin TX, US
Charles Vaughn Rankin - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F009/44

717127, 717101, 717131, 717135

A data processing system, method, and program including an automated software test environment are disclosed for automatically testing a software application. A work flow manager is established for automatically managing the automated software test environment. The automated software test environment includes multiple computer systems coupled to a server computer system utilizing a network. The work flow manager is executed utilizing the server computer system. Multiple ordered test phases are established. At least each of two of the order test phases are executed utilizing different ones of the computer systems. An event is transmitted to the work flow manager utilizing one of the computer systems to start execution of selected ones of the ordered test phases. The work flow manager controls execution of the selected ordered test phases in response to the receipt of events.

7143343, Nov 28, 2006

Apr 11, 2002

10/122033

David Michael Bender - Austin TX, US
Sharon Jean Lucas - Austin TX, US
Charles Vaughn Rankin - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15/00

715513, 715517, 715530

The system, method and program of the invention enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.

7310775, Dec 18, 2007

Dec 17, 2002

10/322100

Michael Richard Cooper - Austin TX, US
Jason Robert Kersten - Taylor TX, US
Charles Vaughn Rankin - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/30
G06F 17/40
G06F 17/10

715736, 715749, 715853, 702202

A system and method that centrally manages desktop packages is provided allowing the administrator to recover component files previously sent to servers located throughout the organization. Applications are assigned to users and workstations. Self-contained desktop packages are transmitted to servers. The servers, in turn, provide the desktop packages to clients. The packages and the components included in the packages include unique identifiers used to identify the packages and components. A manifest is maintained detailing the individual components included in each of the self-contained desktop files. When a disaster event occurs at the administrator's computer system, the administrator retrieves the self-contained desktop files from the servers to which the packages were previously transmitted. The administrator repopulates the component libraries by unpacking the components from the self-contained desktop files. The administrator uses the manifest to determine whether additional self-contained package files need to be retrieved from other servers.

7539936, May 26, 2009

Aug 8, 2006

11/463229

David Michael Bender - Austin TX, US
Sharon Jean Lucas - Austin TX, US
Charles Vaughn Rankin - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/00

715235, 715200, 715234, 715236, 715237, 715238, 715239, 715249, 715229, 715255

The method enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.

7779350, Aug 17, 2010

Apr 22, 2009

12/428431

David Michael Bender - Austin TX, US
Sharon Jean Lucas - Austin TX, US
Charles Vaughn Rankin - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/00

715235, 715200, 715234, 715236, 715237, 715238, 715239, 715249, 715229, 715255

The system, method and program of the invention enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.

8054962, Nov 8, 2011

Sep 30, 2008

12/241760

Howard N. Anglin - Austin TX, US
Frank A. Nuzzi - Austin TX, US
Charles V. Rankin - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H04M 3/42
H04B 1/38

37921102, 455574

The patent application describes techniques for managing calls. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises detecting a call to a target phone; determining a source of the call; determining one or more patterns of talk time for calls between the source and the target phone, wherein the patterns indicate one or more call durations for the calls between the source and the target phone; determining an amount of talk time a battery in the target phone can sustain; determining that at least one of the call durations for the calls between the source and target phone is greater than the amount of talk time the battery in the target phone can sustain; and sending the call to a voice mail associated with the target phone.