Patents by Inventor Adam McLean

Adam McLean 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).

  • Summarization of ambiguous strings
    Patent number: 11960546
    Abstract: A processor may analyze one or more unread messages. The one or more unread messages may be from one or more respective conversations. The processor may generate, from the analyzing, an ambiguous strings model. The processor may summarize, via utilization of the ambiguous strings model, the one or more unread messages. The processor may genericize the ambiguous strings model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adam John Gibbons, Seumas McLean Goddard, Shivani Joshi, James Kirk, Daphne Coates
  • Managing resource lease duration using a lease modifier as a function of resource utilization metric and initial decay rate value for on-demand computing
    Patent number: 8347300
    Abstract: A method and system of managing resource lease duration for on-demand computing is provided. The system can include one or more resources having a metric capturing tool; and a provisioning manager in communication with the one or more resources. The provisioning manager can receive a request for at least one resource from the requester. The provisioning manager can provision the at least one resource from the one or more resources. The metric capturing tool can communicate one or more metrics associated with performance of the at least one resource to the provisioning manager. The provisioning manager can determine a lease modifier based at least in part on the one or more metrics. The provisioning manager can adjust a lease duration for the at least one resource based at least in part on the lease modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adam McLean, Jason Smith, Adam Borg, Steven Langridge
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MANAGING RESOURCE LEASE DURATION FOR ON-DEMAND COMPUTING
    Publication number: 20090193425
    Abstract: A method and system of managing resource lease duration for on-demand computing is provided. The system can include one or more resources having a metric capturing tool; and a provisioning manager in communication with the one or more resources. The provisioning manager can receive a request for at least one resource from the requester. The provisioning manager can provision the at least one resource from the one or more resources. The metric capturing tool can communicate one or more metrics associated with performance of the at least one resource to the provisioning manager. The provisioning manager can determine a lease modifier based at least in part on the one or more metrics. The provisioning manager can adjust a lease duration for the at least one resource based at least in part on the lease modifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam McLean, Jason Bradley Smith, Adam Charles Borg, Steven Michael Langridge