Patents by Inventor Erik J. Burckart

Erik J. Burckart 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).

  • Publication number: 20130007860
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for deploying data to a web server for streaming video to a mobile device. The method can include receiving a request for streaming video from a mobile device upon the resolving of the request by a DNS. The method can further include simultaneously sending both a request to a database for the video requested and a playlist for the video to the mobile device. The method can then include receiving the video from the database. The video received is sent as a sequence of blocks, where each block can further be comprised of a sequence of chunks. The method can even further include decompressing each block and storing each chunk on a web server. The method can further include an exchange of a security credential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Robert Madey, JR., Victor S. Moore, Richard M. Poundstone
  • Publication number: 20120297318
    Abstract: Methods and systems of co-browsing may provide for establishing a co-browsing session for a local peer device, generating a navigation window associated with the co-browsing session, and loading a set of bookmarks into the navigation window. The bookmarks may also be dynamically updated based on the browsing sequence as well as shared between participants in the co-browsing session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dustin K. Amrhein, Erik J. Burckart, Andrew J. Ivory, Aaron K. Shook
  • Publication number: 20120297007
    Abstract: A master and a slave computing device within a co-browsing session can be identified. The devices can be associated with a first Unified Resource Identifier (URI) where a portion of the URI is a fully qualified domain name of a Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy. The devices can be associated with a co-browsing application. A request associated with a second URI from the master computing device can be detected. The second URI can share a root domain with the first URI. A portion of a master artifact associated with the master device can be conveyed to the slave device. The master artifact can be associated with state information of the session. A portion of a slave artifact linked to the slave device can be modified with the portion of the master artifact. The devices can be navigated to the second URI in response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Aaron K. Shook
  • Publication number: 20120297006
    Abstract: A master and a slave computing device within a co-browsing session can be identified. The devices can be associated with a first Unified Resource Identifier (URI) where a portion of the URI is a fully qualified domain name of a Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy. The devices can be associated with a co-browsing application. A request associated with a second URI from the master computing device can be detected. The second URI can share a root domain with the first URI. A portion of a master artifact associated with the master device can be conveyed to the slave device. The master artifact can be associated with state information of the session. A portion of a slave artifact linked to the slave device can be modified with the portion of the master artifact. The devices can be navigated to the second URI in response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik J. BURCKART, ANDREW IVORY, TODD E. KAPLINGER, AARON K. SHOOK
  • Publication number: 20120284611
    Abstract: A request for a partial update of web content is received that identifies at least one web content element associated with the web content. An update is requested for the identified at least one web content element from a content server. The partial update of the web content is performed in response to receipt of the update for the identified at least one web content element from the content server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Aaron K. Shook
  • Publication number: 20120259987
    Abstract: A communication session is established between a first device and a browser on a second device. The communication session is a persistent hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) session in which a transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) connection persists throughout the persistent HTTP session. A question is transmitted from the first device to the browser on the second device. In response to the first device receiving an illogical response to the question from the second device, the communication session between the first device and the second device is terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: ERIK J. BURCKART, ANDREW J. IVORY, TODD E. KAPLINGER, AARON K. SHOOK
  • Publication number: 20120244934
    Abstract: Provided are technologies for the distribution of signals corresponding to players in a multi-player game situation to be distributed of appropriate video displays. Frames of a video signal are mapped to corresponding game controllers and the game controllers are mapped to display devices. Frames are then routed to an appropriate video display on a corresponding display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Matthew L. Gauch, Andrew Ivory, Aaron K. Shook
  • Publication number: 20120244935
    Abstract: Provided is a device for the display of the perspective associated with selected characters on a video display. A single player may be associated with multiple characters within the game, i.e. one player may be responsible for controlling multiple players. The disclosed technology modifies the displayed image so that the player views the game from the perspective of a particular game character determined by the eye gaze focus of the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Matthew L. Gauch, Andrew Ivory, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 8275859
    Abstract: A request for a partial update of web content is received that identifies at least one web content element associated with the web content. An update is requested for the identified at least one web content element from a content server. The partial update of the web content is performed in response to receipt of the update for the identified at least one web content element from the content server. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 8275890
    Abstract: A communication session is established between a first device and a second device. A message is transmitted from the first device to the second device. In response to the second device failing to actively respond to the message, the first device terminates the communication session with the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew J. Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Aaron K. Shook
  • Publication number: 20120213155
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for content caching with remote filtering services in a radio access network (RAN). In an embodiment of the invention, a method for content caching with remote filtering services in a RAN can include receiving a response to a request from an end user device wirelessly coupled to a base station of the RAN, marking the response as uncacheable, and routing the response to the base station over a data communications network. In one aspect of the embodiment, the response can be received in an RNC of the RAN. Of note, the process of marking the response as uncacheable can depend upon the evaluation of a policy with respect to the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Gennaro A. Cuomo, Victor S. Moore, Savio Rodrigues
  • Publication number: 20120214514
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for wireless tower caching. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for wireless tower caching in a radio access network (RAN) can include receiving a response to a request from an end user device wirelessly coupled to a base station of the RAN, determining geographic positioning data for the response and identifying a most geographically wireless tower coupled to the RAN relative to the determined geographic positioning data (such as the closest wireless tower to the determined geographic positioning data). Thereafter, the response can be cached at a cache in a base station of the identified wireless tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Shook, Erik J. Burckart, Gennaro A. Cuomo, Andrew Ivory, Victor S. Moore
  • Publication number: 20120215877
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the dynamic structural management of an n-Tier distributed caching infrastructure. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of dynamic structural management of an n-Tier distributed caching infrastructure includes establishing a communicative connection to a plurality of cache servers arranged in respective tier nodes in an n-Tier cache, collecting performance metrics for each of the cache servers in the respective tier nodes of the n-Tier cache, identifying a characteristic of a specific cache resource in a corresponding one of the tier nodes of the n-Tier crossing a threshold, and dynamically structuring a set of cache resources including the specific cache resource to account for the identified characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Snehal S. Antani, Erik J. Burckart, Rohit D. Kelapure
  • Publication number: 20120215732
    Abstract: A rules engine can be initialized as part of an object grid, wherein the rules engine is executable code executing using computer resources. The rules engine updates a business mapper. The rules engine receives a business rule definition to form a business rule. The rules engine determines business terms are present in the business rule. The rules engine converts the business terms to technical terms based on the business mapper, responsive to a determination that business terms are present. The rules engine determines that the business rule comprises a temporal rule. The rules engine receives rule criteria, wherein the rule criteria is at least one selected from the group consisting of frequency, delay and timing dependency, responsive to the determination that the business rule is a temporal rule. The rules engine stores the business rule to the rules engine. The rules engine publishes the business rule to a publish-subscribe topic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Edward M. Lynch, Victor S. Moore, William T. Newport
  • Publication number: 20120210242
    Abstract: Methods and systems of co-browsing may provide for determining a custom set of display parameters for a co-browsing session based on a first set of display parameters corresponding to a first type of browser and a second set of display parameters corresponding to a second type of browser. One or more web applications can be notified of the custom set of display parameters, wherein the web applications may override responses to web requests during the co-browsing session based on the custom set of display parameteters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew J. Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Aaron K. Shook
  • Publication number: 20120203820
    Abstract: Provided are techniques to track a user's attention with respect to elements displayed on a computer screen, correlate the elements to resources and pre-fetch the resources prior to a user request to access the resource. Data storage is allocated for the fetching of content that the user is anticipated to access and a business is notified of a user's interest in an advertisement so that the business may make purchasing, warehousing and shipping decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Lisa Seacrat DeLuca, Andrew Ivory, Aaron K. Shook
  • Publication number: 20120192184
    Abstract: A cache image including only cache entries with valid durations of at least a configured deployment date for a virtual machine image is prepared via an application server for the virtual machine image. The virtual machine image is deployed to at least one other application server as a virtual machine with the cache image including only the cache entries with the valid durations of at least the configured deployment date for the virtual machine image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew J. Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Aaron K. Shook
  • Publication number: 20120167093
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for weather adaptive environmentally hardened appliances. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for weather adaptation of an environmentally hardened computing appliance includes determining a location of an environmentally hardened computing appliance. Thereafter, a weather forecast including a temperature forecast can be retrieved for a block of time at the location. As a result, a cache policy for a cache of the environmentally hardened computing appliance can be adjusted to account for the weather forecast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Shook, Erik J. Burckart, Gennaro A. Cuomo, Andrew Ivory, Victor S. Moore
  • Publication number: 20120166727
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for weather adaptive environmentally hardened appliances. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for weather adaptation of an environmentally hardened computing appliance includes determining a location of an environmentally hardened computing appliance. Thereafter, a weather forecast including a temperature forecast can be retrieved for a block of time at the location. As a result, a cache policy for a cache of the environmentally hardened computing appliance can be adjusted to account for the weather forecast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Shook, Erik J. Burckart, Gennaro Cuomo, Andrew J. Ivory, Victor S. Moore
  • Publication number: 20120166572
    Abstract: A method for cache sharing among branch proxy servers. A branch proxy sever receives a request for accessing a resource at a data center. The branch proxy server creates a cache entry in its cache to store the requested resource if the branch proxy server does not store the requested resource. Upon creating the cache entry, the branch proxy server sends the cache entry to a master proxy server at the data center to transfer ownership of the cache entry if the master proxy server did not store the resource in its cache. When the resource becomes invalid or expired, the master proxy server informs the appropriate branch proxy servers storing the resource to purge the cache entry containing this resource. In this manner, the master proxy server ensures that the cached resource is synchronized across the branch proxy servers storing this resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, John P. Cammarata, Andrew J. Ivory, Aaron K. Shook