Patents by Inventor Adam S. Biener

Adam S. Biener has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10929192
    Abstract: A self-adjusting resource-provisioning system that infers the existence of extrinsic events by monitoring external information sources. When an external source satisfies a threshold condition, the system, as a function of historical records, correlates the inferred event with a likelihood that a Web site or other computerized entity's resource-utilization will reach a certain level at a future time. The system adjusts the available amount of resources to handle the predicted utilization level. If the system fails to accurately predict the actual utilization level, the system adjusts the condition to more accurately predict utilization in the future. If no threshold condition predicts an unexpected change in resource utilization, the system adjusts parameters of an existing condition or creates a new condition to better correlate utilization with future extrinsic events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adam S. Biener, Andrea C. Martinez
  • Publication number: 20190196877
    Abstract: A self-adjusting resource-provisioning system that infers the existence of extrinsic events by monitoring external information sources. When an external source satisfies a threshold condition, the system, as a function of historical records, correlates the inferred event with a likelihood that a Web site or other computerized entity's resource-utilization will reach a certain level at a future time. The system adjusts the available amount of resources to handle the predicted utilization level. If the system fails to accurately predict the actual utilization level, the system adjusts the condition to more accurately predict utilization in the future. If no threshold condition predicts an unexpected change in resource utilization, the system adjusts parameters of an existing condition or creates a new condition to better correlate utilization with future extrinsic events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Adam S. Biener, Andrea C. Martinez
  • Patent number: 10318350
    Abstract: A self-adjusting resource-provisioning system that infers the existence of extrinsic events by monitoring external information sources. When an external source satisfies a threshold condition, the system, as a function of historical records, correlates the inferred event with a likelihood that a Web site or other computerized entity's resource-utilization will reach a certain level at a future time. The system adjusts the available amount of resources to handle the predicted utilization level. If the system fails to accurately predict the actual utilization level, the system adjusts the condition to more accurately predict utilization in the future. If no threshold condition predicts an unexpected change in resource utilization, the system adjusts parameters of an existing condition or creates a new condition to better correlate utilization with future extrinsic events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adam S. Biener, Andrea C. Martinez
  • Publication number: 20180267832
    Abstract: A self-adjusting resource-provisioning system that infers the existence of extrinsic events by monitoring external information sources. When an external source satisfies a threshold condition, the system, as a function of historical records, correlates the inferred event with a likelihood that a Web site or other computerized entity's resource-utilization will reach a certain level at a future time. The system adjusts the available amount of resources to handle the predicted utilization level. If the system fails to accurately predict the actual utilization level, the system adjusts the condition to more accurately predict utilization in the future. If no threshold condition predicts an unexpected change in resource utilization, the system adjusts parameters of an existing condition or creates a new condition to better correlate utilization with future extrinsic events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Adam S. Biener, Andrea C. Martinez
  • Patent number: 9679159
    Abstract: An approach is provided for managing data being transmitted from a mobile device. The mobile device receives a request from a user to initiate a transmission of data. The mobile device determines whether the data includes person or business-related sensitive information based on a format of the data, and if so, the mobile device determines a country in which the mobile device is currently located, determines a privacy policy of the country in which the mobile device is currently located, and determines whether the privacy policy applies to a type of the data corresponding to the format of the data; and if so, the mobile device notifies the user of the privacy policy of the country, identifies to the user the type of the data for which the privacy policy applies, and queries the user whether to transmit the data as requested by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnarajan Arunachalam, Adam S. Biener, Sunil Joshi
  • Publication number: 20160117525
    Abstract: An approach is provided for managing data being transmitted from a mobile device. The mobile device receives a request from a user to initiate a transmission of data. The mobile device determines whether the data includes person or business-related sensitive information based on a format of the data, and if so, the mobile device determines a country in which the mobile device is currently located, determines a privacy policy of the country in which the mobile device is currently located, and determines whether the privacy policy applies to a type of the data corresponding to the format of the data; and if so, the mobile device notifies the user of the privacy policy of the country, identifies to the user the type of the data for which the privacy policy applies, and queries the user whether to transmit the data as requested by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Krishnarajan Arunachalam, Adam S. Biener, Sunil Joshi
  • Patent number: 9271146
    Abstract: An approach is provided for managing data being transmitted from a mobile device. The mobile device receives a request from a user to initiate a transmission of data. The mobile device determines whether the data includes sensitive information based on a format of the data, and if so, the mobile device determines a country in which the mobile device is currently located, determines a privacy policy of the country in which the mobile device is currently located, and determines whether the privacy policy applies to a type of the data corresponding to the format of the data; and if so, the mobile device notifies the user of the privacy policy of the country, identifies to the user the type of the data for which the privacy policy applies, and queries the user whether to transmit the data as requested by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnarajan Arunachalam, Adam S. Biener, Sunil Joshi
  • Publication number: 20150271666
    Abstract: An approach is provided for managing data being transmitted from a mobile device. The mobile device receives a request from a user to initiate a transmission of data. The mobile device determines whether the data includes sensitive information based on a format of the data, and if so, the mobile device determines a country in which the mobile device is currently located, determines a privacy policy of the country in which the mobile device is currently located, and determines whether the privacy policy applies to a type of the data corresponding to the format of the data; and if so, the mobile device notifies the user of the privacy policy of the country, identifies to the user the type of the data for which the privacy policy applies, and queries the user whether to transmit the data as requested by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Krishnarajan Arunachalam, Adam S. Biener, Sunil Joshi
  • Patent number: 9129024
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for conducting a weighted keyword search and a method for displaying search results. A computer determines respective weights of respective keywords, based on proximity of a user interaction position to the respective keywords on a graphical presentation. The computer conducts a weighted keyword search of documents based on the keywords and the respective weights of the keywords. In a method of displaying search results, based on the respective weights, a computer displays the search results associated with the respective keywords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Krishnarajan Arunachalam, Adam S. Biener, Stanley P. Cason, Sunil Joshi
  • Publication number: 20140122464
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for conducting a weighted keyword search and a method for displaying search results. A computer determines respective weights of respective keywords, based on proximity of a user interaction position to the respective keywords on a graphical presentation. The computer conducts a weighted keyword search of documents based on the keywords and the respective weights of the keywords. In a method of displaying search results, based on the respective weights, a computer displays the search results associated with the respective keywords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Krishnarajan Arunachalam, Adam S. Biener, Stanley P. Cason, Sunil Joshi