Patents by Inventor Carolyn A. Whitehead

Carolyn A. Whitehead 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: 9599986
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an automated control system having a memory and a processor system communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor system is configured to perform a method including determining that a body area network of an occupant of a vehicle has reported, during operation of the vehicle, a medical emergency event, and controlling operation of the vehicle based at least in part on the determination that the body area network of the occupant has reported an emergency event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam Harley Eugene Eberbach, John M. Wagner, Carolyn A. Whitehead
  • Publication number: 20130211862
    Abstract: A server may receive a first check-in corresponding to at least one person, wherein a check-in is a indication of presence. The server may receive a second check-in to form an aggregation of people. The server may characterize the aggregation based on the cumulative characteristics selected from at least one of the group consisting of age, marital status, and parental status associated with at least one of the first check-in and second check-in to form an aggregated population characteristic. The server may select at least one advertisement based on the aggregated population characteristic. The server may dispatch the at least one advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John G. Musial, Abhinay R. Nagpal, Sandeep R. Patil, Carolyn A. Whitehead
  • Patent number: 8447732
    Abstract: Deduplication in a network storage environment includes, for files stored in a network, determining a location constraint status specified by a compliance agreement for each of the files. Location constraint statuses include a location of persistent residency and no residency restriction. Deduplication also includes selecting a file from the files in the network and identifying corresponding redundant files, the selected file and the corresponding redundant files representing a set. Deduplication further includes determining the location constraint status for each of the files in the set. For the files in the set having a location constraint status specifying a location of persistent residency, the deduplication includes retaining a master copy at the respective location of persistent residency, and removing the corresponding redundant files from the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Abhinay R. Nagpal, Sandeep R. Patil, Gandhi Sivakumar, Carolyn A. Whitehead
  • Publication number: 20130036100
    Abstract: Deduplication in a network storage environment includes, for files stored in a network, determining a location constraint status specified by a compliance agreement for each of the files. Location constraint statuses include a location of persistent residency and no residency restriction. Deduplication also includes selecting a file from the files in the network and identifying corresponding redundant files, the selected file and the corresponding redundant files representing a set. Deduplication further includes determining the location constraint status for each of the files in the set. For the files in the set having a location constraint status specifying a location of persistent residency, the deduplication includes retaining a master copy at the respective location of persistent residency, and removing the corresponding redundant files from the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abhinay R. Nagpal, Sandeep R. Patil, Gandhi Sivakumar, Carolyn A. Whitehead
  • Publication number: 20120221478
    Abstract: Implementing targeted information dissemination based on gate-specific utilization includes collecting gate-specific utilization characteristics for an airport gate, the airport gate associated with a display device. Traveler data is collected for the airport gate and is aggregated. The implementation of targeted information dissemination includes identifying a pattern from aggregated traveler data, and disseminating information to the display device. The pattern is designated with an association with the information for dissemination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John G. Musial, Sandeep R. Patil, Abhinay R. Nagpal, Carolyn A. Whitehead