Patents Represented by Attorney Cynthia Seal
  • Patent number: 8009541
    Abstract: A device, method, and computer program product are provided for migrating pieces of data from a first recording location to a second recording location based on access frequency. The device comprises an obtaining unit for obtaining, for each of the pieces of data, first information indicating the number of times any data has been read from the first recording location after the piece of data is written to the first recording location and second information indicating the number of times the piece of data has been read from the first recording location. Moreover, the device comprises a tracking unit for tracking access frequency with respect to each of the pieces of data using the first information and the second information. Furthermore, the device comprises a determining unit for determining recording positions of each of the pieces of data in the second recording location based on the tracked access frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ozeki, Shinobu Fujihara, Hiroshi Itagaki, Takeshi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 7996281
    Abstract: A location-based service includes detecting the relative motion of an on-site resource, detecting the absolute position of the on-site resource, and tracking the position of the on-site resource. The position is tracked by deriving a deduced position based on the detected relative motion and adjusting the deduced position as a function of and in response to the detected absolute position. According to one embodiment, the on-site resource can be a shopping cart and the tracking includes recording a travel pattern of the shopping cart as it moves through a site floor plan such that the travel pattern is reproducible. Preferably, the recorded travel pattern includes travel patterns within an aisle in the site floor plan such that the recorded patterns include travel along the length of the aisle and travel having components which are perpendicular to the length of the aisle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julio Alvarez, Phuc Ky Do, Justin Monroe Pierce, Susan Elizabeth Wince
  • Patent number: D651995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brad Matthew Johnson, Jeffrey John Smith, John David Landers, Jr., William Lewis Talley