Patents by Inventor Joseph Whitney
Joseph Whitney 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).
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Publication number: 20240167097Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and diagnostic tools comprising classifiers and indicator cells that respond differentially to a sample derived from a subject having a disease or cancer, such as lung cancer, as compared to a control or normal sample. Also disclosed herein are methods of detecting a multicomponent gene expression readout from a genetically identical population of cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Jennifer Joy SMITH, Fergal Joseph DUFFY, Jason Douglas BERNDT, George Adam WHITNEY, Robert Jay LIPSHUTZ, John David AITCHISON, Mark David D'ASCENZO
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Publication number: 20240117135Abstract: A system including an injector, a press, and a robotic conveyance is used to form a physically foamed article of footwear component from a single-phase solution of a polymeric composition and a supercritical fluid. The parameters and features of the system are configured for the formation of the footwear component in an automated manner with enhanced throughput by the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Paul Irving Archer, Hossein Allen Baghdadi, Jay Constantinou, Gregory Paul Dufour, Sami Mohamad Fakhouri, Floyd Whitney Miles, Joseph Thomas Muth, Bradley C. Tutmark
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Publication number: 20240084088Abstract: Tooling and components of an injection-molding system may be used to mold a foam article. The tooling and components may include features that control parameters of the injection-molding and foaming process, such as temperature, pressure, shot size, shot placement, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Hossein Allen Baghdadi, Sami Mohamad Fakhouri, Floyd Whitney Miles, Joseph Thomas Muth, Bradley C. Tutmark
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Publication number: 20240084087Abstract: Tooling and components of an injection-molding system may be used to mold a foam article. The tooling and components may include features that control parameters of the injection-molding and foaming process, such as temperature, pressure, shot size, shot placement, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Hossein Allen Baghdadi, Sami Mohamad Fakhouri, Floyd Whitney Miles, Joseph Thomas Muth, Bradley C. Tutmark
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Patent number: 10007430Abstract: Various embodiments for repository management in a data deduplication system, by a processor device, are provided. An expansion appliance is configured at a time of manufacture using a standby device, where the standby device has a same configuration of an existing deduplication device at a destination of the expansion appliance.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Joseph Whitney Dain
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Patent number: 9680874Abstract: Techniques are described for examining data that may be communicated to a recipient in an item such as a gift certificate. In some cases, the data may include personal information, financial data, or otherwise sensitive data. To prevent inadvertent leakage of sensitive data to unauthorized processes or individuals, the sensitive data may be placed in a portion of memory that is accessible by authorized software modules. The modules may execute in a container that has access to the portion of memory. In some cases, a module may expose functions that are callable from outside the container. The functions may examine the data to determine whether portions of the data comply with requirements. The return values of the functions may indicate the results of the examination of the data without communicating the examined data.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, IncInventors: Joseph Whitney Burnett, Todd Vaughn Jonker
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Publication number: 20170106239Abstract: A method and system for tracking physical metrics in an electronic networking system is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the physical metric tracking system comprises a data registering unit that receives activity data by a user, a data processing unit that validates the activity data using a plurality of data validating algorithms and converts the validated data into a convertible value, and a storage that stores the activity data and the convertible value. The convertible value is traded with goods and services, or any other benefits in the social commerce system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Rick Douglas Sutton, Joseph Whitney Fabris
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Publication number: 20170097772Abstract: Various embodiments for repository management in a data deduplication system, by a processor device, are provided. An expansion appliance is configured at a time of manufacture using a standby device, where the standby device has a same configuration of an existing deduplication device at a destination of the expansion appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Joseph Whitney DAIN
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Patent number: 8856206Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for maintaining message versions at nodes in a network. The nodes in the network maintain version information of nodes in the network. The version information for the nodes indicates a message version number of messages supported at the node. The nodes supporting one message version number can receive messages having that message version number. The nodes use the version information to determine whether there is at least one common message version number among the nodes The nodes supporting the at least one common message version number negotiate to join a quorum of the nodes having the at least one common message version number.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2007Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gary Anna, Ralph Thomas Beeston, Thomas William Bish, Joseph Whitney Dain
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Patent number: 8713562Abstract: Exemplary system and computer program product embodiments for deploying code in a computing sysplex environment are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, a system-wide trending mechanism is applied. At least one of an idle time and a low Central Processing Unit (CPU) utilization time of one system in the sysplex environment is matched with an estimated deployment time obtained from at least one of a latest measured period of time and a calculated time trend. A system-wide coordinating mechanism is applied. A staggered code deployment operation is recommended for at least one node of the system at an optimum system time generated from the matching. Data obtained from the code deployment operation is recorded, including a new latest measured period of time. The data is used to generate an updated time trend.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Joseph Whitney Dain
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Patent number: 8656054Abstract: An apparatus, method, and computer program product for message send version management in a distributed computing environment including a plurality of nodes is provided. A message is sent from a first node of the plurality of nodes to at least one additional node of the plurality of nodes. At least one translation vector is constructed to translate between multiple message versions is constructed. The at least one translation vector is send from the first node to the at least one additional node. In one embodiment, the at least one translation vector is attached to the message to generate a packet.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gary Anna, Joseph Whitney Dain
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Patent number: 8565067Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for link maintenance. A plurality of state machines operate a plurality of first links between data management nodes with each first link in an online state. A transition module transitions the plurality of first links from the online state to a degraded state and from the online state to an offline pending state in response to an offline request. The transition module further transitions the plurality of first links from the degraded state to an online pending state when a degraded link time interval expires and from the offline pending state to an offline state if all pending tasks on the plurality of first links are completed. The transition module further transitions the plurality of first links from the online pending state to the online state if each first link is validated.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ralph Thomas Beeston, Thomas William Bish, Joseph Whitney Dain
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Publication number: 20130179877Abstract: Exemplary system and computer program product embodiments for deploying code in a computing sysplex environment are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, a system-wide trending mechanism is applied. At least one of an idle time and a low Central Processing Unit (CPU) utilization time of one system in the sysplex environment is matched with an estimated deployment time obtained from at least one of a latest measured period of time and a calculated time trend. A system-wide coordinating mechanism is applied. A staggered code deployment operation is recommended for at least one node of the system at an optimum system time generated from the matching. Data obtained from the code deployment operation is recorded, including a new latest measured period of time. The data is used to generate an updated time trend.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Joseph Whitney DAIN
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Publication number: 20130101383Abstract: A portable, non-motorized automatic lift and transport apparatus allows users to lift and transport a small, powered vehicle with minimal physical exertion and without the need for secondary power source. The apparatus is comprised of a base and platform connected to a gear housing. The gear housing telescopically engages and moves vertically within a vehicle mount via a gear system. The drive wheels of the small, powered vehicle to be transported power the gear system attached to the gear housing to rotate the gear system and subsequently lift the to-be-transported vehicle using its own power source. A storage position is provided that can be used without disengaging a transmission. An alternate embodiment incorporates a worm gear and chain drive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Patrick Lynch, JR., Joseph Whitney, Richard Wilson
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Patent number: 8392909Abstract: A computer processor subsystem, e.g. called a “target”, in response to receiving an update to vital product data of the system from a source computer processor subsystem, examines the update to detect the vital product data of the target computer processor subsystem stored by the source computer processor subsystem; and, in response to the detected vital product data being incorrect, the target computer processor subsystem forwards its correct vital product data to the source computer processor subsystem having the incorrect vital product data. A computer processor subsystem is the authoritative reference for its vital product data.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2006Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gary Anna, Ralph Thomas Beeston, Joseph Whitney Dain, Henry Zheng Liu, Jeffrey Wayne Pilch
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Publication number: 20120271645Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to the automatic ordering of replacement parts in product servicing. One aspect of the invention concerns a service system including multiple components, a service initiator for identifying a component in the system that has failed or does not operate according to a service threshold, and determining whether the identified component needs a replacement part based on the service threshold. The service system automatically orders a replacement part if the replacement part is needed and notifies a user of the part order. The service threshold may be dynamically adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph Whitney Dain, Jeffrey Lee Fields, Kelly Louise Hicks, Frederick Scott Hunter Krauss
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Patent number: 8239570Abstract: Link information for a plurality of links to at least one target node indicates for each link a send throughput for sending data, a receive throughput for received data, a slate of the link indicating whether the link is online, offline or degraded. The send throughput of the links having the online state is processed to select one of the links to the receiving node m response to determining that more than one of the links has the online state. The data of the send operation is sent using the selected link to the receiving node. The receive throughput is processed to select one of the links having the online state to the sending node in response to determining that more than one of the links has the online state. The data of the receive operation is received using the selected link to the sending node.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ralph Thomas Beeston, Thomas William Bish, Joseph Whitney Dain, Jonathan Wayne Peake
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Patent number: 7962645Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for automatically and transparently mapping tape drives within tape libraries to IP addresses. In one embodiment, the tape library includes, a DHCP server, a LAN to serial switch, and a library manager configured with the necessary modules to map the tape library devices to the proper IP addresses. The entire process may be transparent to users. The result is that the tape library is configured with the proper IP addressing without costly, time-consuming, and error-prone manual intervention. The tape library can be configured more quickly with accurate IP addressing and is able to operate efficiently and properly.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Joseph Whitney Dain, James Arthur Fisher, Raymond Anthony James, David Luciani
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Patent number: 7873745Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for message receipt version management in a distributed computing environment including a plurality of nodes is provided. At least one translation vector is received in at least one additional node of the plurality of nodes from a first node. The translation vector provides information for the at least one additional node to translate between multiple message versions. A message is translated between versions according to the at least one translation vector. The translated message is forwarded to an application program. In one embodiment, the at least one translation vector is stored for future use.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gary Anna, Joseph Whitney Dain
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Publication number: 20100180147Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for link maintenance. A plurality of state machines operate a plurality of first links between data management nodes with each first link in an online state. A transition module transitions the plurality of first links from the online state to a degraded state and from the online state to an offline pending state in response to an offline request. The transition module further transitions the plurality of first links from the degraded state to an online pending state when a degraded link time interval expires and from the offline pending state to an offline state if all pending tasks on the plurality of first links are completed. The transition module further transitions the plurality of first links from the online pending state to the online state if each first link is validated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2009Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ralph Thomas Beeston, Thomas William Bish, Joseph Whitney Dain