Patents by Inventor Phillip R. Varker

Phillip R. Varker 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).

  • INTERFACE TO SELECT APPLICATION BASED ON STATE TRANSITION MODELS OF WORK
    Publication number: 20140180744
    Abstract: An application selection system for completing a work process includes an environment activity module that detects at least one event to determine an environmental activity occurring in an environment exposed to a user of the application selection system. A user activity module detects at least one user activity to determine at least one active state of the user. The application selection system further includes an application determining unit in electrical communication with the environment activity module and the user activity module. The application determining unit is configured to determine a passive state of the user, at least one work task included in the work process and a suitable application among a plurality of applications to execute the at least one work task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Kozloski, Charles C. Peck, Clifford A. Pickover, Felicity Spowart, Phillip R. Varker
  • INTERFACE TO SELECT APPLICATION BASED ON STATE TRANSITION MODELS OF WORK
    Publication number: 20140180752
    Abstract: An application selection system for completing a work process includes an environment activity module that detects at least one event to determine an environmental activity occurring in an environment exposed to a user of the application selection system. A user activity module detects at least one user activity to determine at least one active state of the user. The application selection system further includes an application determining unit in electrical communication with the environment activity module and the user activity module. The application determining unit is configured to determine a passive state of the user, at least one work task included in the work process and a suitable application among a plurality of applications to execute the at least one work task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James R. Kozloski, Charles C. Peck, Clifford A. Pickover, Felicity Spowart, Phillip R. Varker