Inventor · Gilroy, CA, US

Alan Smith

29Patents
7h-index
19Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 26, 1996 → Sep 4, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5848395A Appointment booking and scheduling system Physics 115 Expired
US7290181B2 Apparatus and method for context-sensitive error event notification Physics 15 Expired
US7424646B2 Imposing a logical structure on an unstructured trace record for trace analysis Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7624127B2 Apparatus, system, and method for automating VTOC driven data set maintenance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8140565B2 Autonomic information management system (IMS) mainframe database pointer error diagnostic data extraction Physics 7 Active
US7076782B2 Method, computer program product, and system for creating form independent applications operative on IMS resources Physics 7 Expired
US6934949B2 Method, computer program product, and system for dual mode batch program execution Electricity 7 Expired
US7873859B2 Restarting failed IMS auto-restart batch applications Physics 7 Active
US6904426B2 Method, computer program product, and system for the generation of transaction screen displays from a hierarchical database management log utilizing a batch terminal simulator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US7464105B2 Method for performing semi-automatic dataset maintenance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9151316B2 Fastener with unidirectional latch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US6606640B2 Method, computer program product, and system for modifying populated databases utilizing a reload utility Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7085782B2 Log grooming in a multi-log environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6944618B2 Method, computer program product, and system for unloading a hierarchical database utilizing segment specific selection criteria Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7493347B2 Method for condensing reported checkpoint log data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7340741B2 Auto-restart processing in an IMS batch application Physics 2 Expired
US7685107B2 Apparatus, system, and method for scanning a partitioned data set Physics 2 Expired
US7958188B2 Transaction-initiated batch processing Physics 1 Active
US8495136B2 Transaction-initiated batch processing Physics 1 Active
US7930308B2 Apparatus and system for performing semi-automatic dataset maintenance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9752611B2 Fastener with unidirectional latch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7913245B2 Apparatus, system and method for modular distribution and maintenance of non-“object code only” dynamic components Physics 1 Active
US7536376B2 Task oriented log retrieval utilizing a self-learning search tool Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired
US7418450B2 Method for analyzing computer events recorded in a plurality of chronicle datasets Physics 0 Active
US7289991B2 Apparatus, system, and method for sorting character representations of data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.