Patents by Inventor Abraao Lourenco

Abraao Lourenco 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).

  • Patent number: 8307087
    Abstract: A system and method for the user of a computing device, a Peer, to make a portion of its local storage available to others. A Group is composed of two or more Peers with a Group Manager whose allocated storage forms a Group Bank. A Farm is composed of two or more Groups with a Farm Manager whose allocated storage forms a Farm Bank. The Grid has a Grid Manager and is the overall combination of Peers, Groups, and Farms. A file is stored by splitting it into chunks, storing each chunk on a Peer that is a member of the appropriate Bank, and forwarding the file parameters to an Information Service with a File Index. A file is retrieved by requesting the file parameters from the Information Service, retrieving the chunks from the appropriate Peers, and assembling them into a complete file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Hydrabyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Jozsef Patvarczki, Endre Tamas, Abraao Lourenco
  • Patent number: 8155948
    Abstract: A system comprises a user interface configured to receive natural language input from a user. An input module couples to the user interface and is configured to process the received natural language input for selected words and phrases. A user skill determination module couples to the input module and is configured to determine a skill level of the user based on the selected words and phrases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julio E. Ruano, Seth M. Holloway, Christopher Laffoon, Abraao Lourenco, Carl A. Timm, IV
  • Publication number: 20100010802
    Abstract: A system comprises a user interface configured to receive natural language input from a user. An input module couples to the user interface and is configured to process the received natural language input for selected words and phrases. A user skill determination module couples to the input module and is configured to determine a skill level of the user based on the selected words and phrases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julio E. Ruano, Seth M. Holloway, Christopher Laffoon, Abraao Lourenco, Carl A. Timm, IV