John E Swanke, Age 6884 Allen St, Terryville, CT 06786

8126692, Feb 28, 2012

Jan 15, 2008

12/014564

William Carlisle Arnold - Mahopac NY, US
Daniel Christopher Berg - Holly Springs NC, US
Brad Lee Blancett - Raleigh NC, US
Tamar Eilam - New York NY, US
Michael Damein Elder - Durham NC, US
Chad M. Holliday - Holly Springs NC, US
Michael Husayn Kalantar - Chapel Hill NC, US
Alexander V. Konstantinou - New York NY, US
Narinder Makin - Morrisville NC, US
Edward Charles Snible - Bronx NY, US
John Eric Swanke - Terryville CT, US
Andrew Neil Trossman - North York, CA
Paul Darius Vytas - Toronto, CA
Alice Tae Yun Yeung - Markham, CA

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/50

703 13, 703 21, 709220

Computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for configuring a computing system. A determination is made whether there are any errors in the model, and responsive to determining that there is at least one error in the model, a determination is made whether there is at least one resolution for correcting the at least one error. Responsive to determining that there is at least one resolution for correcting the at least one error, at least one resolution among the at least one resolution for correcting the at least one error is selected to form at least one selected resolution to correct the at least one error. The at least one selected resolution is applied to the model to form a transformed model, and the transformed model is output to a user.

8126693, Feb 28, 2012

Jan 15, 2008

12/014624

William Carlisle Arnold - Mahopac NY, US
Daniel Christopher Berg - Holly Springs NC, US
Brad Lee Blancett - Raleigh NC, US
Tamar Eilam - New York NY, US
Michael Damein Elder - Durham NC, US
Chad M. Holliday - Holly Springs NC, US
Michael Husayn Kalantar - Chapel Hill NC, US
Alexander V. Konstantinou - New York NY, US
Narinder Makin - Morrisville NC, US
Edward Charles Snible - Bronx NY, US
John Eric Swanke - Terryville CT, US
Andrew Neil Trossman - North York, CA
Paul Darius Vytas - Toronto, CA
Alice Tse Yun Yeung - Thornhill, CA

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/50

703 13, 703 21, 709220

Computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for configuring a computing system. A system for configuring a computing system includes a mechanism for creating a model of a computing system, a validator for determining whether there are any errors in the model, and a resolver, responsive to determining that there is at least one error in the model, for determining whether there is at least one resolution for correcting the at least one error. A selector, responsive to determining that there is at least one resolution for correcting the at least one error, selects at least one resolution among the at least one resolution for correcting the at least one error to form at least one selected resolution to correct the at least one error, and applies the at least one selected resolution to the model to form a transformed model. An output outputs the transformed model to a user.

8291378, Oct 16, 2012

Jul 29, 2008

12/181737

William C. Arnold - Mahopac NY, US
Daniel C. Berg - Holly Springs NC, US
Brad L. Blancett - Raleigh NC, US
Tamar Eilam - New York NY, US
Michael D. Elder - Durham NC, US
Chad Holliday - Holly Springs NC, US
Michael H. Kalantar - Chapel Hill NC, US
Alexander V. Konstantinou - New York NY, US
Timothy A. Pouyer - Greenville SC, US
Narinder Makin - Morrisville NC, US
Harm Sluiman - Scarborough, CA
Edward C. Snible - Bronx NY, US
John E. Swanke - Terryville CT, US
Alexander A. Totok - New York NY, US
Andrew N. Trossman - North York, CA

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 9/44

717120, 717104, 717105, 717106

A deployment modeling platform enables a user to model application characteristics of target software and to associate application modeling parameters to the modeled application characteristics. A user may also model environment characteristics of a target deployment environment and to associate environment modeling parameters to the modeled deployment environment characteristics. Still further, a user may create a deployment model that associates and maps selected parameters of the modeled application characteristics of the target software to associated parameters of the modeled environment characteristics of the deployment environment, and to verify that each parameter that relates to a requirement is mapped to and is fulfilled by an associated parameter that relates to a corresponding capability to determine whether validation problems exist in order to deploy the target software in the associated deployment environment.

8402381, Mar 19, 2013

Sep 23, 2008

12/236069

Daniel C. Berg - Holly Springs NC, US
Brad L. Blancett - Raleigh NC, US
Michael D. Elder - Durham NC, US
Chad M. Holliday - Holly Springs NC, US
Narinder Makin - Morrisville NC, US
John E. Swanke - Terryville CT, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 2006/01

715764, 382162, 715799

A widget adjustment event can be detected for a widget that is part of a model that is presented on a canvas of a user interface. On-canvas objects proximate to the widget can be adjusted. The on-canvas objects can include other widgets. The adjustments can be performed relative to a layout position of the widget after the widget adjustment event has occurred. Additional on-canvas objects further from the widget can the adjusted on-canvas objects can then be adjusted as necessary due to new positions of the adjusted on-canvas objects.

2009027, Nov 12, 2009

May 6, 2008

12/115689

DANIEL C. BERG - HOLLY SPRINGS NC, US
BRAD L. BLANCETT - RALEIGH NC, US
MICHAEL D. ELDER - DURHAM NC, US
CHAD M. HOLLIDAY - HOLLY SPRINGS NC, US
NARINDER MAKIN - MORRISVILLE NC, US
JOHN E. SWANKE - TERRYVILLE CT, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

G06T 17/00
G09G 5/00

345428, 345619

A model simplification tool can receive a command to simplify the presentation of a visually complex semantic model from a graphical modeling application. The visually complex semantic model can be comprised of a multitude of object representations and their associations, such that the usability of the model is impaired. An association status can be determined for each object representation, which can designate the object representation as autonomous, containment, or subordinate. The presentation of the visually complex semantic model can be consolidated based on the association status of object representations. Subordinate objects can be nested within containment objects to produce a simplified semantic model. The simplified semantic model can be rendered within the graphical modeling application.

2009031, Dec 24, 2009

Jun 18, 2008

12/141655

WILLIAM C. ARNOLD - MAHOPAC NY, US
DANIEL C. BERG - HOLLY SPRINGS NC, US
BRAD L. BLANCETT - RALEIGH NC, US
TAMAR EILAM - NEW YORK NY, US
MICHAEL D. ELDER - DURHAM NC, US
CHAD M. HOLLIDAY - HOLLY SPRINGS NC, US
MICHAEL H. KALANTAR - CHAPEL HILL NC, US
ALEXANDER V. KONSTANTINOU - NEW YORK NY, US
NARINDER MAKIN - MORRISVILLE NC, US
TIMOTHY A. POUYER - GREENVILLE SC, US
EDWARD C. SNIBLE - BRONX NY, US
JOHN E. SWANKE - TERRYVILLE CT, US
ALEXANDER A. TOTOK - NEW YORK NY, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06G 7/48
G06N 5/02

703 6

The present invention can include a solution for handling abstract entities through the realization of conceptual objects within a modeling application. Such a system can include a semantic model and a modeling application. The semantic model can be configured to present relationships between entities. The entities can include both conceptual objects and concrete objects. A conceptual object can represent an abstract definition that can contain unfulfilled functional parameters. The conceptual object can be associated with another conceptual object or concrete object using a realization relationship. The modeling application can be configured to handle conceptual objects and realization relationships, while preserving the relational integrity of the semantic model.

2009031, Dec 24, 2009

Jun 18, 2008

12/141495

DANIEL C. BERG - HOLLY SPRINGS NC, US
BRAD L. BLANCETT - RALEIGH NC, US
MICHAEL D. ELDER - DURHAM NC, US
CHAD M. HOLLIDAY - HOLLY SPRINGS NC, US
NARINDER MAKIN - MORRISVILLE NC, US
TIMOTHY A. POUYER - GREENVILLE SC, US
EDWARD C. SNIBLE - BRONX NY, US
JOHN E. SWANKE - TERRYVILLE CT, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

G06N 5/02

706 60

The present invention can include a solution for capturing user-defined custom elements for use in a graphical modeling application. Such a system can include a graphical modeling application and a custom element definition tool. The graphical modeling application can be configured to create semantic models that contain a static graphical elements and semantic data elements. The custom element definition tool can be configured to create a user-defined custom element for the graphical modeling application. The user-defined custom element can consist of one or more static graphical element and/or one or more semantic data element.

2010013, Jun 3, 2010

Dec 1, 2008

12/325664

DANIEL C. BERG - HOLLY SPRINGS NC, US
BRAD L. BLANCETT - RALEIGH NC, US
MICHAEL D. ELDER - DURHAM NC, US
CHAD M. HOLLIDAY - HOLLY SPRINGS NC, US
ALEXANDER V. KONSTANTINOU - NEW YORK NY, US
NARINDER MAKIN - MORRISVILLE NC, US
TIMOTHY A. POUYER - GREENVILLE SC, US
JOHN E. SWANKE - TERRYVILLE CT, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

G06F 3/048

715853

A system for managing advisories for complex model nodes that can include a complex model, a graphical modeling application, and an advisory manager. The complex model can be configured to graphically represent a user-defined system as multiple nodes and relationships. The graphical modeling application can be configured to execute operations upon the complex model. The graphical modeling application can store data defining the graphical characteristics of the complex model as a notation model and data defining the semantic characteristics of the complex model as a semantic model. The notation model and the semantic model can be stored as separate data entities. The advisory manager can be configured to aggregate notifications and potential resolutions for the nodes of the complex model. The notifications and potential resolutions can be visually presented within the graphical modeling application.