STEVEN M BERMAN
Engineering in Pittsburgh, PA

2014007, Mar 13, 2014

Sep 12, 2012

13/612785

Steven M. Berman - Pittsburgh PA, US
Dominic Mueller-Wicke - Mainz, DE
Wayne A. Sawdon - San Jose CA, US
James P. Smith - San Jose CA, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06F 7/00, G06F 17/30

707639, 707E1701, 707E17005

Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using a metadata image of a file system and archive instance to backup files in the file system. A point-in-time backup is performed of files in the file system as of a point-in-time. A metadata image includes information on files and directories in the file system as of the point-in-time. Files in the point-in-time backup are backed up to a backup storage. A backup database has records on the files backed-up from the file system. Each record in the backup database has a unique identifier for each backed-up file and a location of the backed-up file in the backup storage. An archive instance is generated including a copy of the database records for the files in the point-in-time backup. The metadata image and the archive instance are associated for the point-in-time backup.

6938072, Aug 30, 2005

Sep 21, 2001

09/960451

Steven M. Berman - Pittsburgh PA, US
Thirumale Niranjan - Pitsburgh PA, US
Srikanth Ramamurthy - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F013/00

709214, 709212, 709223, 709232

A method, apparatus and computer implemented instructions for minimizing inconsistency between a set of data sources in a data processing system. A first signal is sent indicating that new content is present for the set of data sources. The new content is transmitted to the set of data sources in which the new content is unavailable for distribution by the set of data sources until a second signal is received by the set of data sources. The second signal is sent to the set of data sources if an acknowledgment is received from all of the sets of data sources.

2014007, Mar 13, 2014

Sep 12, 2012

13/612792

Steven M. Berman - Pittsburgh PA, US
Dominic Mueller-Wicke - Mainz, DE
Wayne A. Sawdon - San Jose CA, US
James P. Smith - San Jose CA, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06F 17/30

707649, 707E17005

Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using a metadata image of a file system and archive instance to restore files in the file system. A metadata image of the file system for a point-in-time backup as of a point-in-time includes information on files and directories in the file system as of the point-in-time and an archive instance including a copy of database records in the backup database for the files in the point-in-time backup. A restore request is received. A file representation is created of each file to restore in the directory structure of the file system from the metadata image, wherein at least one of the created file representations indicates that the file is stored off-line and has an external identifier used to access information on the file in the database records in the archive instance for the point-in-time backup.

8295513, Oct 23, 2012

Dec 24, 2009

12/647168

Steven Berman - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H03F 99/00, H04B 3/00, H01R 13/648, H01R 12/00

381120, 381 77, 381 941, 381 945, 439386, 439 63

Audio cables used in deploying audio equipment are typically selected to minimize signal transmission losses and may be chosen based on a distance between, and terminations of, an amplifier system and a loudspeaker system. Since this is usually unknown prior to deployment, multiple audio cables with different sizes and terminations and a variety of electrical extension cords to connect to a power supply line are transported. A loudspeaker adapter for the loudspeaker system and an amplifier adapter for the amplifier system can be used to interconnect the two systems via electrical extension cords. This precludes the need for transporting a large number of audio cables, and allows for interconnecting the loudspeaker and the amplifier systems without prior knowledge of the distance between the systems. Safety hazards and component damage can also be minimized by not connecting a hot terminal in the AC connectors of the loudspeaker and amplifier adapters.

8122449, Feb 21, 2012

Sep 7, 2007

11/852039

Steven M. Berman - Pittsburgh PA, US
Thirumale Niranjan - Bangalore, IN
Michael Wayne Young - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 9/46, G06F 15/16

718102, 709235, 718104

Provided are techniques for workload balancing. A message is received on a channel. A thread in a thread pool is selected to process the message. In response to determining that the message has been processed and a response has been sent on the channel by the thread, it is determined whether a total number of threads in the thread pool is greater than a low water mark plus one and whether the channel has more than a maximum number of threads blocked on a receive, wherein the low water mark represents a minimum number of threads in the thread pool. In response to determining that a number of threads in the thread pool is greater than the low water mark plus one and that the channel has more than the maximum number of threads blocked on a receive, the thread is terminated. In response to determining at least one of the number of threads in the thread pool is less than or equal to the low water mark plus one and the channel has less than or equal to the maximum number of threads blocked on a receive, the thread is retained.

8639665, Jan 28, 2014

Apr 4, 2012

13/439535

Steven M. Berman - Pittsburgh PA, US
Neeta Garimella - San Jose CA, US
Wayne A. Sawdon - San Jose CA, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/30

707651

A mechanism performs a metadata image backup of a hierarchical storage management (HSM) file system. Concurrent with performing the metadata image backup of the HSM file system, the mechanism identifies a set of resident files that are not yet stored off-line in the HSM file system. The mechanism identifies immutable files within the set of resident files to form an optimized set of resident files and passes the optimized set of resident files to a traditional backup system. The traditional backup system backs up file data for the set of resident files. Responsive to detecting an inability to restore a migrated managed state of a file, the mechanism unsets an immutable bit of the file attribute, restores file data for the file using the traditional backup system, and sets the immutable bit attribute of the file.

7966611, Jun 21, 2011

Aug 24, 2006

11/467084

Steven M. Berman - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 9/44

717162

Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a rules file is maintained, wherein the rules file includes production rules that are defined by including macros. At least one makefile is maintained, wherein the at least one makefile is a file that is executable by a make utility to generate at least one target corresponding to a software component, and wherein the at least one makefile includes the rules file. An execution is initiated of the make utility on the at least one makefile with an instruction to generate the at least one target. At least one production rule including at least one macro included in the rules file is evaluated, in response to initiating the execution of the make utility on the at least one makefile. The at least one target is generated.

2014005, Feb 27, 2014

Jul 24, 2013

13/987437

Michael F. Greene - Boston MA, US
John R. Lucker - Simsbury CT, US
Steven E. Ellis - Linthicum Heights MD, US
James C. Guszcza - Santa Monica CA, US
Steven L. Berman - Havertown PA, US
Amin Torabkhani - New York NY, US

G06Q 40/08

705 4

An unsupervised statistical analytics approach to detecting fraud utilizes cluster analysis to identify specific clusters of claims or transactions for additional investigation, or utilizes association rules as tripwires to identify outliers. The clusters or sets of rules define a “normal” profile for the claims or transactions used to filter out normal claims, leaving “not normal” claims for potential investigation. To generate clusters or association rules, data relating to a sample set of claims or transactions may be obtained, and a set of variables used to discover patterns in the data that indicate a normal profile. New claims may be filtered, and not normal claims analyzed further. Alternatively, patterns for both a normal profile and an anomalous profile may be discovered, and a new claim filtered by the normal filter. If the claim is “not normal” it may be further filtered to detect potential fraud.