Patents by Inventor Kulvir S. Bhogal

Kulvir S. Bhogal 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: 10389830
    Abstract: In an approach to delegating distribution of push notification messages, a computer processor identifies, based, at least in part, on at least one characteristic, a plurality of computing devices to receive push notification information, and sends the push notification information to each of the plurality of computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dustin K. Amrhein, Kulvir S. Bhogal, Nitin Gaur, Christopher D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10366460
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes identifying a first traveler profile and additional traveler profiles. Each traveler profile is associated with a mobile device. The method further includes, for the first traveler profile, determining a first travel pattern, based on geographically tracking the first traveler mobile device, and determining an additional travel patterns, based on geographically tracking the additional travelers' mobile devices. The method further includes determining a compatible route between the first traveler profile and a compatible traveler profile, based on optimizing the first travel pattern with the additional travel patterns, wherein the first traveler profile includes an optimal driver for the at least one compatible route. The computer-implemented method further includes presenting to the first traveler profile, via its mobile device, a suggestion that the first traveler profile become a driver profile for at least one travel application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Gregory J. Boss, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Agueda Martinez Hernandez Magro
  • Patent number: 10359821
    Abstract: A system and method of discovery, validation and delivery of power to an electronic device through a universal power center is provided. The method comprises providing a power tip for an electronic device with a unique identification and broadcasting the unique identification to a power center. The method further includes verifying the unique identification and connection location of the electronic device, determining power requirements for the connected electronic device based on the unique identification and connection location, and delivering power to the electronic device based on the determined power requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Gregory J. Boss, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Alexandre Polozoff
  • Patent number: 10348845
    Abstract: An approach is defined to establish consumption analytics of network nodes of a social network. Content is tagged and the content consumption analytics are derived from the content consumption. The content analytics and related heuristic is applied to new content shared in the social network. The content is compared to policies for content push operations and cellular network constraints to determine whether the content is proactively pushed to a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kulvir S Bhogal, Nitin Gaur
  • Patent number: 10320896
    Abstract: A computer receives a request from a client application for data within an enterprise grid. The computer sends the data along with a program to monitor the application's use of the data. The computer subsequently receives from the program a subset of the data being utilized by the client application. Responsive to a subsequent request for the data, the computer sends to the client application only the data corresponding to the identified subset of data being utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dustin K. Amrhein, Douglas C. Berg, Kulvir S. Bhogal, Nitin Gaur, Christopher D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10318812
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for image correlation and distribution. The method includes receiving an image depicting at least one person, metadata for the image, contact data, facial recognition data, and location data. The method further includes analyzing the image and other data, and determining the identity of people in the image based on the facial recognition data and the location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Yin Xia, Yu Lin Zhai
  • Patent number: 10310964
    Abstract: A method and computer system for compiling, by a computing device, a list of hosting software classes included in the hosting software fix pack when a fix is available. An execution path of each application hosted on a hosting software may be recorded. The execution path may be stored in a data store for each application. It may be determined which operations of each application interact with the hosting software. The operations of each application used at runtime that interact with the hosting software may be stored, including storing invoked hosting software operations and classes used by the operations of each application. The invoked hosting software operations and classes may be compared with corresponding operations and classes provided in the list included in the hosting software fix pack. A list of each intersection of the comparison for each application impacted by the hosting software fix pack may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Samir A. Nasser
  • Patent number: 10284921
    Abstract: An original advertisement is transformed at a first content viewing device into a transferrable incentivized deferred advertisement that itself includes as added encoded data elements a configured incentive, a configured incentive time period within which to obtain the configured incentive, and a reporting instruction that causes an alternative content viewing device to report advertisement viewing back to the first content viewing device. The transferrable incentivized deferred advertisement, that includes the added encoded data elements, is transferred to the alternative content viewing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Gregory J. Boss, Sheryl L. Comes, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Anne R. Sand
  • Patent number: 10265624
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling the use of electronic systems based upon monitored physical activity. The method can be implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The program instructions are operable to: provision rules associated with a user and at least one of health metrics and physical activity of the user; monitor the at least one health metrics and physical activity of the user over a predetermined time; and manage access to any of a plurality of electronic systems based on the monitored at least one health metrics and physical activity being in compliance or non-compliance with the provisioned rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Gregory J. Boss, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Andrew R. Jones, Brian M. O'Connell
  • Patent number: 10261819
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide an approach that evaluates a locally running image (e.g., such as that for a virtual machine (VM)) and determines if that image could run more efficiently and/or more effectively in an alternate computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). Specifically, embodiments of the present invention evaluate the local (existing/target) image's actual and perceived performance, as well as the anticipated/potential performance if the image were to be migrated to an alternate environment. The anticipated/potential performance can be measured based on another image that is similar to the existing/target image but where that image is running in a different computing environment. Regardless, the system would display a recommendation to the end user if it were determined that the image could perform better in the alternate environment (or vice versa).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SERVICENOW, INC.
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Gregory J. Boss, Nitin Gaur, Andrew R. Jones
  • Publication number: 20190110086
    Abstract: An indication is received, from a content viewing device used by a remote viewer, that specifies a video content sub-area of interest within streamed video content viewed by the remote viewer. Original video content outside of the video content sub-area of interest is designated as a region not of interest (RNOI) within the streamed video content. A transmission rate of image changes of the original video content within the RNOI is reduced within the streamed video content. Image disparity between the video content sub-area of interest and the RNOI is reduced by continuing to transmit the image changes of the original video content within the RNOI at the reduced transmission rate. Bandwidth consumed to transmit the streamed video content is reduced in relation to the reduced transmission rate of the image changes of the original video content within the RNOI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Jonathan F. Brunn, Jeffrey R. Hoy, Asima Silva
  • Publication number: 20190087458
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the seamless integration of an application with an in memory data grid. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for intercepting database queries from a computer program for delegation to an in memory data grid is provided. The method includes retrieving database queries from a database driver for a database management system from a requesting computer program and comparing at least a portion of each of the database queries to a listing of database queries. Thereafter, the database queries are selectively routed to a data grid, such as an in memory data grid, in lieu of the database management based upon the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Snehal S. Antani, Kulvir S. Bhogal, Nitin Gaur, Christopher D. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190089805
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for collecting data associated with a mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device is executing a session associated with a mobile application over a wireless connection; assigning a corresponding weight value to each datum of the constraint data; generating a score for the communication session based upon the data wherein each datum is modified based upon the corresponding weight; and, in response to a determination that the score falls within a first range, store a context corresponding to the session in a persistent data storage and extend the session; in response to a determination that the score falls within a second range, distinct from the first range, store the context in the persistent data storage and maintain the session as a transient session; and, in response to a determination that the score does not fall within wither the first or second ranges, terminate the session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dustin K. Amrhein, Kulvir S. Bhogal, Nitin Gaur
  • Publication number: 20190087740
    Abstract: A method for conversation branching may include storing a plurality of messages communicated in an online conversation and generating a fingerprint for each message. The fingerprint for each message may be stored in a lookup table. The method may also include detecting a new message from one of the users and processing the new message to generate an artifact that correlates to the new message. The lookup table may be queried using the artifact to determine a similarity between the new message and each of the stored messages. One or more proposed reply messages to the new message may be generated for branching the online conversation to a new conversation point that corresponds to a selected one of the one or more proposed reply messages. The one or more proposed reply messages are based on one of the stored messages that has a closest similarity to the new message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Kulvir S. Bhogal, Jeffrey R. Hoy, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10234298
    Abstract: Emergency response re-routing is provided. Event information is received, wherein the event information identifies a first location. Emergency resources available at the first location are determined. At least one entity in an area surrounding the first location is identified. A notification is issued to at least one entity in an area surrounding the first location, wherein the notification identifies one or more resources required at the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Kulvir S. Bhogal, Gregory J. Boss, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Brian M. O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20190073604
    Abstract: A method for conversation branching may include storing a plurality of messages communicated in an online conversation and generating a fingerprint for each message. The fingerprint for each message may be stored in a lookup table. The method may also include detecting a new message from one of the users and processing the new message to generate an artifact that correlates to the new message. The lookup table may be queried using the artifact to determine a similarity between the new message and each of the stored messages. One or more proposed reply messages to the new message may be generated for branching the online conversation to a new conversation point that corresponds to a selected one of the one or more proposed reply messages. The one or more proposed reply messages are based on one of the stored messages that has a closest similarity to the new message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Kulvir S. Bhogal, Jeffrey R. Hoy, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10225622
    Abstract: An original advertisement is transformed at a first content viewing device into a transferrable incentivized deferred advertisement that itself includes as added encoded data elements a configured incentive, a configured incentive time period within which to obtain the configured incentive, and a reporting instruction that causes an alternative content viewing device to report advertisement viewing back to the first content viewing device. The transferrable incentivized deferred advertisement, that includes the added encoded data elements, is transferred to the alternative content viewing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Gregory J. Boss, Sheryl L. Comes, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Anne R. Sand
  • Patent number: 10225141
    Abstract: A preferred communication application hierarchy that specifies user priorities for application selection for communication sessions and functional communication capabilities of each prioritized application is configured for at least one user of a group of users. A real-time communication request, initiated by a user with a configured preferred communication application hierarchy, is detected that specifies a particular type of communication functionality and that includes an indication of another one of the group of users as a requested communication recipient. Responsive to detecting the real-time communication request that specifies the particular type of communication functionality, a highest-priority application usable to perform the specified particular type of communication functionality with a communication device of the requested communication recipient is selected from the configured preferred communication application hierarchy of the requesting user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Jonathan F. Brunn, Jeffrey R. Hoy, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10209908
    Abstract: A method, system, and program product for optimizing distribution and availability of data partitions is disclosed. Placement logic is run for data partition distribution which optimizes a configuration of a memory data grid. A determination of a change in performance of the memory data grid after adding new members to the memory data grid is provided. Replication of data partitions in the memory data grid is minimized. Optimum data partition distribution in the memory data grid is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nitin Gaur, Kulvir S. Bhogal, Christopher D. Johnson, Todd E. Kaplinger, Douglas C. Berg
  • Patent number: 10178414
    Abstract: An indication is received, from each of multiple content viewing devices used by multiple remote viewers, that each specifies a respective individual video content sub-area of interest within streamed video content viewed by each of the multiple remote viewers. An aggregated video content area of interest is defined that includes a combination of each individually-specified video content sub-area of interest within the streamed video content. Video content outside of the aggregated video content area of interest is designated as a region not of interest (RNOI) within the streamed video content. A transmission rate of image changes of video content within the RNOI is reduced within the streamed video content. Bandwidth consumed to transmit the streamed video content is reduced in relation to the reduced transmission rate of the image changes of the video content within the RNOI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Jonathan F. Brunn, Jeffrey R. Hoy, Asima Silva