Patents Examined by C. Wang
  • Patent number: 9934006
    Abstract: Generating a scalable code division and workflow chart. Based on definition-and-use cases of variables in a code snippet to be represented by a graph, crossing references to the variables in the code are determined, where a crossing reference associated with a statement involves a definition of the variable before the statement and a use of the variable at or after the statement. The code snippet is divided, based on the crossing references.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: He Liu, DaFei Shi, Jia Sen Wu, Bao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9934001
    Abstract: A stream processing handling arrangement provides a number of data handling blocks, selectable for forming a work flow. The blocks comprise data processing blocks. The arrangement receives selections of data handling blocks, block parameter settings and workflow property objectives, and compares the objectives with corresponding stream processing framework capabilities. The arrangement determines a stream processing framework for the work flow, provides a number software module groups, each corresponding to a different framework and comprising software modules corresponding to the data handling blocks, and chooses a group corresponding to the determined stream processing framework. The arrangement selects, in this group, software modules corresponding to the selected blocks and constructs an application using the selected software modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Manoj Prasanna Kumar, Karthikeyan Premkumar, Senthamiz Selvi Arumugam, Subramanian Shivashankar, Saradindu Kar
  • Patent number: 9934370
    Abstract: Methods for controlling a medical device using a software application on a mobile device are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request from the software application on the mobile device to open a communications channel for at least one of audio communication or text-based communication, and sending from the server an instruction to the medical device based on the request. The method also includes providing to the software application on the mobile device for display a result of the instruction. Systems, graphical user interfaces, and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: David Eduardo Suarez, Waldemar Roberto Suarez
  • Patent number: 9935955
    Abstract: Systems and methods implemented by a unified agent application executed on a mobile device, for unified service discovery and secure availability include authenticating a user into a plurality of cloud services including a proxy service and a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service, wherein the proxy service is utilized for Internet traffic and the VPN service is for Intranet traffic; creating and operating a link local network at the mobile device with a virtual network interface and multiple listening sockets; and intercepting traffic at the virtual network interface from one or more client applications on the mobile device and splitting the traffic between the proxy service, the VPN service, and the Internet based on a type of the traffic, a destination, and the one or more client applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Zscaler, Inc.
    Inventors: Purvi Desai, Vikas Mahajan, Abhinav Bansal, Ajit Singh, Sandeep Kumar, Vivek Raman
  • Patent number: 9928340
    Abstract: The present invention is a system for collaborative programming of data entry workflows between end users, Electronic Health Record (EHR) system developers, and third party developers. The system comprises application servers, database servers, an EHR, and peripheral devices, all stored in a distributed computing environment. The database servers comprise databases and networked devices, which host workflows programmed by end users, EHR developers, and third party developers. The system also has a secure network connection for data exchange between application and database servers, and networked devices. The EHR gathers patient health information, processes it and stores it in one of the databases. The system itself, stored in one of the application servers, uses a plurality of templates (form, system and external system) stored in one of the databases to interact with the peripheral devices connected to networked devices that expand the capabilities of the networked devices or the EHR itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: NUESOFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Massoud Alibakhsh, Shahram Famorzadeh
  • Patent number: 9928056
    Abstract: Operating system update management for a shared pool of configurable computing resources having a plurality of logical partitions (LPARs). An operating system update request may be received. A set of original shared portions and a set of original individualized portions may be classified with respect to a set of original files on a set of original nodes. A set of original overlay links may be created for the set of original files. A set of operating system network traffic may be routed using the set of original overlay links. A set of successor files may be established on a set of surrogate nodes. A set of successor overlay links may be created for the set of successor files. The set of operating system network traffic may be routed using the set of successor overlay links in place of the set of original overlay links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jes K. Chittigala, Ravikiran Moningi, Ravi A. Shankar
  • Patent number: 9921944
    Abstract: Method and system for assisting in the verification and validation of an algorithm chain. The system (1) comprises an instrumentation module (2) of an algorithm chain, providing automatic data capture including at least some of the following data: interface data and internal algorithm data of the algorithm chain, a module (3) for automatic verification of functional rules, a learning module (5) for the modelling by learning of the constraints and algorithm criteria of the algorithm chain, and taking account of the validations performed by a human operator, and a module (7) for automatic detection of bugs and functional problems of the algorithm chain using statistical learning means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: MBDA France
    Inventors: Alexandre Kotenkoff, David Vigouroux, Antoine Vivares, Olivier Hebert, Christophpe Perel
  • Patent number: 9916576
    Abstract: Described are methods and systems for remotely personalizing a payment device. In an embodiment, a trusted service provider (TSP) personalization server receives a payment device personalization request from a remote personalization device (RPD), determines that a hardware security token (HST) permits issuance of the payment device, and transmits a personalization data request to an issuer. The TSP personalization server then receives the requested personalization data from a Mobile Over-the-Air Provisioning Service (MOTAPS) server, generates session keys, converts data from the MOTAPS server into payment device application process data unit (APDU) data, and then transmits the personalization data and APDU data to the RPD to load onto a payment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Colin Tanner, Paul Michael Evans, Theresa L. Smith
  • Patent number: 9910652
    Abstract: A method, executed by a computer, for deploying an application includes receiving a deployment description that indicates the one or more deployment configurations and an artifact corresponding to a deployment, accessing a repository that contains the deployment configurations and the artifact that correspond to the deployment, enabling a user to select a subset of deployment configurations, and deploying the subset of deployment configurations and artifact to a processing environment. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao Bin Chen, Zhang Hong Chen, Yan Feng, Guo Q. Li, Xiao Lin Zhang
  • Patent number: 9910760
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention proposes a solution for correctly intercepting, capturing, and replaying tasks (such as functions and methods) in an interception layer operating between an application programming interface (API) and the driver of a processor by using synchronization objects such as fences. According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the application will use what appears to the application to be a single synchronization object to signal (from a processor) and to wait (on a processor), but will actually be two separate synchronization objects in the interception layer. According to one or more embodiments, the solution proposed herein may be implemented as part of an module or tool that works as an interception layer between an application and an API exposed by a device driver of a resource, and allows for an efficient and effective approach to frame-debugging and live capture and replay of function bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kiel, Dan Price, Mike Strauss
  • Patent number: 9904530
    Abstract: A method, executed by a computer, for deploying an application includes receiving a deployment description that indicates the one or more deployment configurations and an artifact corresponding to a deployment, accessing a repository that contains the deployment configurations and the artifact that correspond to the deployment, enabling a user to select a subset of deployment configurations, and deploying the subset of deployment configurations and artifact to a processing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao Bin Chen, Zhang Hong Chen, Yan Feng, Guo Q. Li, Xiao Lin Zhang
  • Patent number: 9904550
    Abstract: A method for combining instructions, performed by a compiler, containing at least the following steps. First instructions are obtained, where each performs one of a calculation operation, a comparison operation, a logic operation, a selection operation, a branching operation, a LD/ST (Load/Store) operation, a SMP (sampling) operation and a complicated mathematics operation. The first instructions are combined as one combined instruction according to data dependencies between the first instructions. The combined instruction is sent to a SP (Stream Processor).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: VIA ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huaisheng Zhang, Zhou Hong, Heng Qi
  • Patent number: 9894040
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to securing data in the cloud, securely encrypting data that is to be stored in the cloud and to securely decrypting data accessed from the cloud. In one scenario, an instantiated trust service receives information indicating that a trust server is to be instantiated. The trust service instantiates the trust server, which is configured to store key references and encrypted keys. The trust service receives the public key portion of a digital certificate for each publisher and subscriber that is to have access to various specified portions of encrypted data. A data access policy is then defined that specifies which encrypted data portions can be accessed by which subscribers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Irina Gorbach, Venkatesh Krishnan, Andrey Shur, Dmitry Denisov, Lars Kuhtz, Sumalatha Adabala, Roy Peter D'Souza, Michael Entin, Michael Ray Clark, Gitika Aggarwal Saubhasik
  • Patent number: 9886327
    Abstract: A processor determines that processing of a thread is suspended due to limited availability of a processing resource. The processor supports execution of the plurality of threads in parallel. The processor obtains a lock on a second processing resource that is substitutable as a resource during processing of the first thread. The second processing resource is included as part of a component that is external to the processor. The component supports a number of threads that is less than the plurality of threads. The processing of the thread is suspended until the lock is available. The processor processes the first thread using the second processing resource. The processor includes a shared register to support mapping a portion of the plurality of threads to the component. The portion of the plurality of threads is equal to, at most, the number of threads supported by component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Khary J. Alexander, Markus Helms, Christian Jacobi, Bernd Nerz, Volker Urban
  • Patent number: 9882904
    Abstract: Protocol status information is used to perform traffic filtering by dropping messages that are not consistent with the protocol status information. In one embodiment, a method involves comparing message information and protocol status information. The message information is associated with a first message. The protocol status information is obtained in response to one or more second messages, which are conveyed according to a protocol used to assign network addresses to clients. The method also involves determining whether to discard the first message, based on an outcome of the comparison of the message information and the protocol status information. For example, it can be determined that the first message should be discarded, if the message information does not match the protocol status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dehua Huang, Adam J. Sweeney, Pradeep S. Sudame, Silviu Dobrota, Premkumar Jonnala
  • Patent number: 9870257
    Abstract: A method of automation optimization in a command line interface is provided. The method includes receiving a configuration input that includes one or more commands and parsing the configuration input. The method also includes generating a command list that includes one or more tasks, based on the configuration input and populating a queue with the one or more tasks. The method includes executing each of the one or more tasks from the queue, on a command line interface and outputting a result, based on the executing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: VCE Company, LLC
    Inventors: Changbin Gong, Srinivas Mantrala
  • Patent number: 9871654
    Abstract: A system includes a key path generator that generates a key path based on a plurality of encryption keys. A block coding unit generates a plurality of codewords based on a plurality of data blocks. A block scrambling unit scrambles the plurality of codewords to generate a plurality of encrypted blocks by entropy processing, chaos processing and permutation processing each of the plurality of codewords, based on the plurality of encryption keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Inventor: Lawrence P. Huang
  • Patent number: 9866528
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes exchanging a session descriptor associated with a network connection and an application on a host, correlating the session descriptor with a network policy, and applying the network policy to the network connection. In alternative embodiments, the session descriptor may be exchanged through an out-of-band communication channel or an in-band communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Howard Cooper, David Frederick Diehl, Vinay A. Mahadik, Ramnath Venugopalan
  • Patent number: 9864623
    Abstract: When the physical network is transitioned into a virtual network, functionality provided by physical ports are no longer available in the virtual machine (“VM”) environments. Physical to virtual network transport function abstraction may be implemented to provide software applications running in the VM with state information or similar information necessary for the software applications to continue running, without the physical ports that would provide such information in a physical system. In some embodiments, a virtual machine manager might send first information to a virtual infrastructure manager, which might send second information to a virtualized application manager or orchestrator. The virtualized application manager or orchestrator might in turn send third information to a virtualized application running in a virtual machine or container. The first, second, and/or third information might include state information (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventor: Michael K. Bugenhagen
  • Patent number: 9866626
    Abstract: A method is provided for building patterns with high level pattern topology requirements for deployment across multiple systems. The patterns are built based on pattern capabilities and configurations of the multiple systems. Such patterns can meet the desired pattern capabilities including high availability and/or continuous capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rahul Ghosh, Hugh E. Hockett, Aaron J. Quirk, Lin Sun