Patents by Inventor Stephen E. Jaffe
Stephen E. Jaffe 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: 20120239447Abstract: A system and method for using product profiling to maximize load capacity of a vehicle. The method includes defining product profiles and retrieving product information associated with the product profiles. The method further includes performing cubing operations for products associated with the product information. The system includes components to perform the method steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Richard B. BETTES, Stephen E. JAFFE, Bret R. SANDEFUR, Matthew B. TREVATHAN
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Publication number: 20120226674Abstract: An architecture (system) and method is provided for transcoding codec information to be sent in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling stream for rendering rich digital media content. The method is implemented on a computer infrastructure and includes: determining a codec associated with content to be sent to one or more requesting devices; determining that at least one of the one or more requesting devices do not have the codec associated with the content to be sent to the one or more requesting devices; providing codec information to the at least one of the one or more requesting devices; and sending the content to the one or more requesting devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kishore CHANNABASAVAIAH, Stephen E. JAFFE, Brian T. PAULSEN, Sri RAMANATHAN, Matthew A. TERRY, Matthew B. TREVATHAN, Raghu VARADAN
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Patent number: 8195676Abstract: A system and method for providing items to users and, more particularly, a system and method for rating items and placing such items into a queued list. The method includes providing an item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and placing the item into a queued list with respect to other items based on a rating. The system includes a computer infrastructure being operable to provide a rated item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and place the rated item in a queued list with respect to other items.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert W. Bond, Stephen E. Jaffe, Keith P. Loring, Douglas J. McCulloch, Patrick J. Richards, Jr., Matthew B. Trevathan
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Patent number: 8180559Abstract: A location based service and method configured to provide a mechanism for delivering traffic information to a subscribing user. The method is implemented on a computing infrastructure and includes setting up geo-boundaries at one or more predefined intervals. The method further includes receiving a signal from an active mobile device as it passes at least two of the geo-boundaries at the one or more predefined intervals, and determining a traffic incident from the received signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Stephen E. Jaffe, Sri Ramanathan, Matthew A. Terry, Matthew B. Trevathan
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Patent number: 8041085Abstract: A system and method of authenticating fingerprints. A method of authenticating a fingerprint includes comparing a geometric shape of a scanned fingerprint to a corresponding geometric shape of a stored fingerprint. The geometric shape and the corresponding geometric shape are defined by vertices. The vertices are defined by minutiae points, while the vertices are spaced apart from the minutiae points.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2008Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark D. Dennard, Stephen E. Jaffe, Keith P. Loring, Michael P. Outlaw, Matthew B. Trevathan
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Publication number: 20100306074Abstract: An architecture (system) and method is provided for transcoding codec information to be sent in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling stream for rendering rich digital media content. The method is implemented on a computer infrastructure and includes: determining a codec associated with content to be sent to one or more requesting devices; determining that at least one of the one or more requesting devices do not have the codec associated with the content to be sent to the one or more requesting devices; providing codec information to the at least one of the one or more requesting devices; and sending the content to the one or more requesting devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kishore Channabasavaiah, Stephen E. Jaffe, Brian T. Paulsen, Sri Ramanathan, Matthew A. Terry, Matthew B. Trevathan, Raghu Varadan
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Publication number: 20100211300Abstract: A location based service and method configured to provide a mechanism for delivering traffic information to a subscribing user. The method is implemented on a computing infrastructure and includes setting up geo-boundaries at one or more predefined intervals. The method further includes receiving a signal from an active mobile device as it passes at least two of the geo-boundaries at the one or more predefined intervals, and determining a traffic incident from the received signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2009Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Stephen E. Jaffe, Sri Ramanathan, Matthew A. Terry, Matthew B. Trevathan
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Publication number: 20100112990Abstract: A location based service configured to route local advertising for streamed media and media blocking based on a location of the recipient. The method include detecting a location of a mobile user and routing streaming media of a local affiliate to a mobile device of the mobile user based on the detected location of the mobile user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: John R. Dingler, Stephen E. Jaffe, Christopher E. Holladay, Sri Ramanathan, Matthew A. Terry, Matthew B. Trevathan
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Patent number: 7640188Abstract: The present invention comprises a software based method and apparatus for organizing, presenting and manipulating packages and bundles in electronic retailing that greatly reduces the number of SKUs an electronic retailer needs to assign and track in order to sell packages and bundles. This is accomplished by defining the relationships of sellable objects to each other at the product level, rather than the item level. In accordance with the invention, a parent SKU number is assigned for each bundle or package that an e-tailer defines. A plurality of interrelated tables or databases are maintained in which the individual products that comprise bundles and packages are defined at the product level, rather than the item level. The definitions are recursive in that a product may simultaneously be for sale individually as well as part of one or more packages and/or bundles. When any product is manipulated (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2002Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Stephen E. Jaffe, Dennis Haynes, Perry R. May
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Publication number: 20090202115Abstract: A system and method of authenticating fingerprints. A method of authenticating a fingerprint includes comparing a geometric shape of a scanned fingerprint to a corresponding geometric shape of a stored fingerprint. The geometric shape and the corresponding geometric shape are defined by vertices. The vertices are defined by minutiae points, while the vertices are spaced apart from the minutiae points.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark D. DENNARD, Stephen E. Jaffe, Keith P. Loring, Michael P. Outlaw, Matthew B. Trevathan
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Publication number: 20090204617Abstract: A system is provided which solves content acquisition issues by providing an automated method to acquire content in mass and maintain an association between available meta-data and the actual content, e.g., video file. The system includes a first component configured to log network traffic. The system also includes a second component configured to correlate downloaded content of the logged network traffic with an XML stream of URLs and respective content descriptions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2008Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jesse L. BENSON, Stephen E. Jaffe, John R. Smith, Matthew B. Trevathan
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Patent number: 7533336Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating the creation of e-commerce Web pages that include Featured Product areas. The invention includes a spreadsheet or similar user-friendly data entry mechanism which can be used to enter content pertaining to featured products. The content is imported from the spreadsheet into a Featured Product information database. The invention further provides one or more display templates, each defining a look and feel for a Featured Product area of a Web page. Each template has a corresponding HTML file defining the template, within which the actual content is represented by variables. Display engine software retrieves Featured product information from the Featured Product database as well as retrieves a selected template HTML file and replaces the variables with the selected feature product information from the database to create a Featured Product area of a Web page.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2001Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Stephen E. Jaffe, Ralf Bull, Matthew B. Trevathan, Ravesh Lala, Dennis F. Haynes
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Publication number: 20090063693Abstract: A system and method for streaming media and, more particularly, to a system and method for active transcoding of content in a distributed system. The method includes receiving a file having predetermined parameters and sizing the file up to an optimal packet size according to a logarithmic scheme. The optimal packet size is a largest packet size. In further aspects, the method also includes providing a computer infrastructure operable to perform the steps herein. The system includes a media service, rules engine, log based job creator and a stream constructor. A computer infrastructure having computer readable medium to perform the processes described herein is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Robert W. Bond, Stephen E. Jaffe, Michael P. Outlaw, Matthew A. Terry, Matthew B. Trevathan
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Publication number: 20080222253Abstract: A system and method for providing items to users and, more particularly, a system and method for rating items and placing such items into a queued list. The method includes providing an item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and placing the item into a queued list with respect to other items based on a rating. The system includes a computer infrastructure being operable to provide a rated item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and place the rated item in a queued list with respect to other items.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Robert W. BOND, Stephen E. JAFFE, Keith P. LORING, Douglas J. MCCULLOCH, Patrick J. RICHARDS, Matthew B. TREVATHAN
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Publication number: 20080154659Abstract: A system and method for using product profiling to maximize load capacity of a vehicle. The method comprises defining product profiles and retrieving product information associated with the product profiles. The method further includes performing cubing operations for products associated with the product information. The system includes components to perform the method steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Richard B. BETTES, Stephen E. JAFFE, Bret R. SANDERFUR, Matthew B. TREVATHAN
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Publication number: 20030050855Abstract: The present invention comprises a software based method and apparatus for organizing, presenting and manipulating packages and bundles in electronic retailing that greatly reduces the number of SKUs an electronic retailer needs to assign and track in order to sell packages and bundles. This is accomplished by defining the relationships of sellable objects to each other at the product level, rather than the item level. In accordance with the invention, a parent SKU number is assigned for each bundle or package that an e-tailer defines. A plurality of interrelated tables or databases are maintained in which the individual products that comprise bundles and packages are defined at the product level, rather than the item level. The definitions are recursive in that a product may simultaneously be for sale individually as well as part of one or more packages and/or bundles. When any product is manipulated (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2002Publication date: March 13, 2003Inventors: Stephen E. Jaffe, Dennis Haynes, Perry R. May
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Publication number: 20020165799Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating the creation of e-commerce Web pages that include Featured Product areas. The invention includes a spreadsheet or similar user-friendly data entry mechanism which can be used to enter content pertaining to featured products. The content is imported from the spreadsheet into a Featured Product information database. The invention further provides one or more display templates, each defining a look and feel for a Featured Product area of a Web page. Each template has a corresponding HTML file defining the template, within which the actual content is represented by variables. Display engine software retrieves Featured product information from the Featured Product database as well as retrieves a selected template HTML file and replaces the variables with the selected feature product information from the database to create a Featured Product area of a Web page.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2001Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventors: Stephen E. Jaffe, Ralf Bull, Matthew B. Trevathan, Ravesh Lala, Dennis F. Haynes