Patents by Inventor Michael Andrew Bockus
Michael Andrew Bockus 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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Patent number: 8929864Abstract: A network service provider computer remotely overrides and controls user notification settings of a mobile communications device by establishing one or more authentication keys by a server computer for a specific mobile communication device; transmitting the one or more authentication keys to the specific mobile communication device to establish a trusted relationship; responsive to an event or signal requiring overriding of user notification settings, preparing a notification control message including at least one notification control parameter; and transmitting to the specific mobile communications device the notification control message to cause it to implement and override one or more user notification settings according to the at least one notification control parameter.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Derek Ryan Brewer, Michael Andrew Bockus, Gordon Bockus, Jr., Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Patent number: 8918081Abstract: A network service provider computer remotely overrides and controls user notification settings of a mobile communications device by establishing one or more authentication keys by a server computer for a specific mobile communication device; transmitting the one or more authentication keys to the specific mobile communication device to establish a trusted relationship; responsive to an event or signal requiring overriding of user notification settings, preparing a notification control message including at least one notification control parameter; and transmitting to the specific mobile communications device the notification control message to cause it to implement and override one or more user notification settings according to the at least one notification control parameter.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2013Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Derek Ryan Brewer, Michael Andrew Bockus, Gordon Bockus, Jr., Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Patent number: 8868037Abstract: A network service provider computer remotely overrides and controls user notification settings of a mobile communications device by establishing one or more authentication keys by a server computer for a specific mobile communication device; transmitting the one or more authentication keys to the specific mobile communication device to establish a trusted relationship; responsive to an event or signal requiring overriding of user notification settings, preparing a notification control message including at least one notification control parameter; and transmitting to the specific mobile communications device the notification control message to cause it to implement and override one or more user notification settings according to the at least one notification control parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Derek Ryan Brewer, Michael Andrew Bockus, Gordon Bockus, Jr., Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Patent number: 8862098Abstract: A network service provider computer remotely overrides and controls user notification settings of a mobile communications device by establishing one or more authentication keys by a server computer for a specific mobile communication device; transmitting the one or more authentication keys to the specific mobile communication device to establish a trusted relationship; responsive to an event or signal requiring overriding of user notification settings, preparing a notification control message including at least one notification control parameter; and transmitting to the specific mobile communications device the notification control message to cause it to implement and override one or more user notification settings according to the at least one notification control parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Derek Ryan Brewer, Michael Andrew Bockus, Gordon Bockus, Jr., Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Patent number: 8804157Abstract: A method, programmed medium and system are disclosed which provide for an in-line scanner used to dynamically scan a document or image, real-time as it is being printed within a printer unit and before the printed document exits the printer. The scanned image is compared to a stored electronically-generated image of the file being printed. When the comparison is determinative that there is a printing problem, the printing operation may be stopped quickly before the partially printed document or image has exited the printer. An error message may then be displayed, and the user is enabled to take appropriate action. A resume function enables a user to resume a print job at exactly the place where it had left off before detecting a print problem. In another embodiment, when the system detects a problem with a print job, the entire print job of the remainder of the print job is sent from the faulting printer to another printer where either the remainder of the print job or the entire print job is completed.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gordon Bockus, Jr., Michael Andrew Bockus, Derek Ryan Brewer, Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20140080452Abstract: A network service provider computer remotely overrides and controls user notification settings of a mobile communications device by establishing one or more authentication keys by a server computer for a specific mobile communication device; transmitting the one or more authentication keys to the specific mobile communication device to establish a trusted relationship; responsive to an event or signal requiring overriding of user notification settings, preparing a notification control message including at least one notification control parameter; and transmitting to the specific mobile communications device the notification control message to cause it to implement and override one or more user notification settings according to the at least one notification control parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Derek Ryan Brewer, Michael Andrew Bockus, Gordon Bockus, JR., Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20140080453Abstract: A network service provider computer remotely overrides and controls user notification settings of a mobile communications device by establishing one or more authentication keys by a server computer for a specific mobile communication device; transmitting the one or more authentication keys to the specific mobile communication device to establish a trusted relationship; responsive to an event or signal requiring overriding of user notification settings, preparing a notification control message including at least one notification control parameter; and transmitting to the specific mobile communications device the notification control message to cause it to implement and override one or more user notification settings according to the at least one notification control parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Derek Ryan Brewer, Michael Andrew Bockus, Gordon Bockus, JR., Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Patent number: 8587693Abstract: A method, programmed medium and system are disclosed which provide for enabling a user to set the number of images/video that needs to be recorded prior to storing them in memory. The system is configured to manage the resolution and quality of the images/video, either automatically or manually, so that the images or video recordings are stored with the highest possible quality aspects within the free memory space available.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Andrew Bockus, Derek Ryan Brewer, Robert Dale Wilhelm, Jeffrey Owen Manthei
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Publication number: 20130072157Abstract: A network service provider computer remotely overrides and controls user notification settings of a mobile communications device by establishing one or more authentication keys by a server computer for a specific mobile communication device; transmitting the one or more authentication keys to the specific mobile communication device to establish a trusted relationship; responsive to an event or signal requiring overriding of user notification settings, preparing a notification control message including at least one notification control parameter; and transmitting to the specific mobile communications device the notification control message to cause it to implement and override one or more user notification settings according to the at least one notification control parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Derek Ryan Brewer, Michael Andrew Bockus, Gordon Bockus, JR., Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20130072158Abstract: A network service provider computer remotely overrides and controls user notification settings of a mobile communications device by establishing one or more authentication keys by a server computer for a specific mobile communication device; transmitting the one or more authentication keys to the specific mobile communication device to establish a trusted relationship; responsive to an event or signal requiring overriding of user notification settings, preparing a notification control message including at least one notification control parameter; and transmitting to the specific mobile communications device the notification control message to cause it to implement and override one or more user notification settings according to the at least one notification control parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Derek Ryan Brewer, Michael Andrew Bockus, Gordon Bockus, JR., Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20120257917Abstract: A method, programmed medium and system are disclosed which provide for an in-line scanner used to dynamically scan a document or image, real-time as it is being printed within a printer unit and before the printed document exits the printer. The scanned image is compared to a stored electronically-generated image of the file being printed. When the comparison is determinative that there is a printing problem, the printing operation may be stopped quickly before the partially printed document or image has exited the printer. An error message may then be displayed, and the user is enabled to take appropriate action. A resume function enables a user to resume a print job at exactly the place where it had left off before detecting a print problem. In another embodiment, when the system detects a problem with a print job, the entire print job of the remainder of the print job is sent from the faulting printer to another printer where either the remainder of the print job or the entire print job is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: International Business Machine CorporationInventors: Gordon Bockus, JR., Michael Andrew Bockus, Derek Ryan Brewer, Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Patent number: 8271054Abstract: A method, programmed medium and system are disclosed which provide for user-controlled management of power requirements for mobile devices. The system enables the user to determine and adjust power settings according to time-related goals set by the end user. The end user, in one example, may specify a goal in hours, minutes or a predetermined date/time and the power management function displays, for example, various combinations of power-down options on specific system devices which can be implemented to achieve power availability for the specified amount of time. The user is enabled to select which of the displayed combination power-down option schemes to implement in order to best suit the user's application requirements during the time frame in which the power-saving scheme will be implemented in order to maximize power-saving while still providing optimum functionality for the user's particular application.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Andrew Bockus, Derek Ryan Brewer, Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20120120268Abstract: A method, programmed medium and system are disclosed which provide for enabling a user to set the number of images/video that needs to be recorded prior to storing them in memory. The system is configured to manage the resolution and quality of the images/video, either automatically or manually, so that the images or video recordings are stored with the highest possible quality aspects within the free memory space available.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Andrew Bockus, Darek Ryan Brewer, Robert Dale Wilhelm, Jeffrey Owen Manthei
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Publication number: 20120122526Abstract: A method, programmed medium and system are disclosed which provide for user-controlled management of power requirements for mobile devices. The system enables the user to determine and adjust power settings according to time-related goals set by the end user. The end user, in one example, may specify a goal in hours, minutes or a predetermined date/time and the power management function displays, for example, various combinations of power-down options on specific system devices which can be implemented to achieve power availability for the specified amount of time. The user is enabled to select which of the displayed combination power-down option schemes to implement in order to best suit the user's application requirements during the time frame in which the power-saving scheme will be implemented in order to maximize power-saving while still providing optimum functionality for the user's particular application.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Andrew Bockus, Derek Ryan Brewer, Robert Dale Wilhelm
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Patent number: 8132109Abstract: An approach is provided that receives web page data at a network adapter included in an information handling system. A process identifies a first set style sheets that apply to the web page data and a second set of style sheets that apply to graphical elements that are within a predefined proximity area of a cursor that is displayed on the information handling system's display screen. The process displays graphical elements that are outside the predefined proximity area using the first set of style sheets and simultaneously displays a second set of elements that are within the predefined proximity area using the second set of style sheets.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Andrew Bockus, John Patrick Keane, Kevin Robert Sawicki
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Patent number: 7996784Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing tab indexes. A Web page is displayed, wherein the Web page includes a plurality of tab indexes for a plurality of components in the Web page. User input is received for setting a position for a tab index within the plurality of tab indexes for a component within the plurality of components in the Web page relative to positions of tab indexes for other components within the plurality of tab indexes in the Web page to form a desired position for the tab index. The desired position is stored for the tab index for the component to form stored tab index information. Subsequent visits to the Web page result in the tab index for the component being in the desired position using the stored tab index information.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Michael Andrew Bockus
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Publication number: 20100293510Abstract: An approach is provided that receives web page data at a network adapter included in an information handling system. A process identifies a first set style sheets that apply to the web page data and a second set of style sheets that apply to graphical elements that are within a predefined proximity area of a cursor that is displayed on the information handling system's display screen. The process displays graphical elements that are outside the predefined proximity area using the first set of style sheets and simultaneously displays a second set of elements that are within the predefined proximity area using the second set of style sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Andrew Bockus, John Patrick Keane, Kevin Robert Sawicki
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Publication number: 20090249442Abstract: A method, medium and implementing processing system are provided for enabling access to specific privileged commands that are required to successfully execute tasks within an application only to individuals assigned a predetermined role to perform such tasks. In one example, the system administrator defines roles that contain the authorizations needed in order to provide the granularity of security that the users' company has defined. Once the system administrator defines the roles and assigns them to the users, then each user will have the authorizations needed in order to authenticate with the console and perform the system management tasks that they have been assigned. Thus, a web console consisting of a collection of web applications is enabled with the functionality to restrict access to privileged commands necessary to perform selected system management tasks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Gregory Clare Birgen, Michael Andrew Bockus, Frank Paul Feuerbacher, Michael William Panico
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Publication number: 20080141162Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing tab indexes. A Web page is displayed, wherein the Web page includes a plurality of tab indexes for a plurality of components in the Web page. User input is received for setting a position for a tab index within the plurality of tab indexes for a component within the plurality of components in the Web page relative to positions of tab indexes for other components within the plurality of tab indexes in the Web page to form a desired position for the tab index. The desired position is stored for the tab index for the component to form stored tab index information. Subsequent visits to the Web page result in the tab index for the component being in the desired position using the stored tab index information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventor: Michael Andrew Bockus