Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Gero G. McClellan
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Patent number: 6574625Abstract: The present invention generally provides a method, article of manufacture and apparatus for selecting and displaying real-time bookmarks. Bookmarks are configured and displayed according to predetermined parameters when relevancy conditions established between a currently displayed network address and the bookmarks are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2000Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Cary Lee Bates, Paul Reuben Day, John Matthew Santosuosso
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Patent number: 6567809Abstract: Methods and systems for maintaining coherency of data such as between data contained in executable code and a source location of the data (e.g., a table of a database). In a particular embodiment, an enterprise Java Bean (EJB) is hydrated with data retrieved from a database data structure having a trigger defined thereon. The trigger is fired in response to modifying the data structure. In response to firing the trigger, it is determined whether an invalidation criterion for the EJB has been satisfied. If so, the EJB is invalidated.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2001Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: John Matthew Santosuosso
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Patent number: 6513115Abstract: The present invention is a method, program product, computer system and apparatus for configuring an existing server process without the need to end and restart the server process. Specifically, a new server process is started with updated configuration information. If an existing server process is currently running, then the new server process assumes the role of a client and initiates a configuration request. The configuration request contains the necessary information for the existing server process to update its “old” configuration to conform to the “new configuration” in accordance with the configuration request.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1999Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Clifton Malcolm Nock, Schuman M. Shao
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Patent number: 6510499Abstract: A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for ordering and retrieving pages of data in a computer operating system is provided. The invention provides for ordering pages of data in a computer operating system during execution of a program file according the order in which the pages are accessed. In one embodiment, a time-ordered access sequence of a plurality of uncompressed pages of data is traced. The plurality of uncompressed pages of data is then compressed into one or more blocks of compressed pages and correlated with the one or more blocks of compressed pages in a relocation directory. The one or more blocks of compressed pages can then be stored according to the time-ordered access sequence.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2000Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Kenneth Dale Aaker
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Patent number: 6385531Abstract: A computer system for determining traffic patterns and congestion and using the determined traffic patterns and congestion to determine an appropriate route using a global positioning system and related route map calculator. A vehicle is provided with an onboard computer system adapted to determine travel time of a vehicle in a road segment and calculate a route based on this information. In addition, this information can be distributed to or otherwise shared with other vehicles and similar information can be received from other vehicles to provide a distributed network for generating and sharing experienced traffic patterns. The information can also be used to predict traffic patterns as well.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2001Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Cary Lee Bates, Paul Reuben Day, Jeffrey Michael Ryan, John Matthew Santosuosso
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Patent number: 6363325Abstract: A vehicular emergency awareness system and method is provided. A vehicle is provided with an onboard computer system adapted to receive and process signals generated at an external source. Under predetermined conditions, the emergency awareness system alerts the driver of the vehicle of a proximal hazard or emergency, such as hazardous road conditions, nearby emergency vehicles and the like. In one embodiment, a program product is provided which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer or other devices to process the received signal, determine whether a warning should be provided to the driver and, if so, provide a signal to one or more output devices disposed on the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2000Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Cary Lee Bates, Jeffrey Michael Ryan, John Matthew Santosuosso
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Patent number: 6356812Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying information in a vehicle is provided. Initially, navigation information is received from at least one of a remote database via a wireless network and a local sensor. A driver attention threshold is then determined from the received navigation information. Information from a network information source is displayed in the vehicle if the driver attention threshold is exceeded by a display allowance value indicative of least one of a type of information to be displayed and a type of media to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2000Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Brian John Cragun
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Patent number: 6349246Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling data communications in response to environmental cues. The transmission and/or reception of data by a computer disposed onboard a vehicle may be controlled to avoid loss of data, unintentional transmission of data, etc., where predetermined environmental conditions are detected. In one embodiment, information is buffered when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The predetermined condition may include, for example, deceleration/acceleration, loss of traction, impact to the vehicle, impaired visibility conditions, loss of air pressure in a tire, engine stall and the like.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2000Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gordon James Smith, George Willard Van Leeuwen
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Patent number: 6337638Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus and article of manufacture for detecting the presence of one or more target vehicles and determining a distance and speed of the targeted vehicles relative to a targeting vehicle. When predetermined threshold conditions are satisfied, warning signals are output from a computer system to alert a driver of the one or more targeted vehicles. In addition, steps may be taken to determine whether the targeting vehicle and the one or more targeted vehicles will converge to create a congested condition. If so, the speed of the targeting vehicle maybe adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2000Date of Patent: January 8, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Cary Lee Bates, Michael Martin Tomashek
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Patent number: 6282486Abstract: A computer system for determining traffic patterns and congestion and using the determined traffic patterns and congestion to determine an appropriate route using a global positioning system and related route map calculator. A vehicle is provided with an onboard computer system adapted to determine travel time of a vehicle in a road segment and calculate a route based on this information. In addition, this information can be distributed to or otherwise shared with other vehicles and similar information can be received from other vehicles to provide a distributed network for generating and sharing experienced traffic patterns. The information can also be used to predict traffic patterns as well.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Cary Lee Bates, Paul Reuben Day, Jeffrey Michael Ryan, John Matthew Santosuosso