Patents by Inventor Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts 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).

  • Scaling Content on Touch-Based Systems
    Publication number: 20150363909
    Abstract: Methods and systems may provide for detecting a manual addition of first content to an interactive display and defining a content boundary around the first content. Additionally, a first automatic rescaling of the first content within the content boundary may be conducted in response to one or more of a manual modification of the first content or a trigger related to a characteristic of the first content. In one example, a manual reposition request is detected with respect to the first content, the first content is moved to a new position on the interactive display based on the reposition request, and a second automatic rescaling of the first content is conducted based on a state of second content that is adjacent to the new position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • MANAGING A POPULATION OF PLAYERS OF ONLINE GAMES
    Publication number: 20150360129
    Abstract: A computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method. The method includes determining a first target population of players in a first online game, identifying a current population of players in the first online game, and providing either (a) an incentive for at least one player in the current population to switch from the first online game to a second online game in response to determining that the current population of players is greater than the target population of players, or (b) an incentive for at least one player outside the current population to play the first online game in response to determining that the current population of players is less than the target population of players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts, Adrian X. Rodriguez
  • Allocating enclosure cache in a computing system
    Patent number: 9213644
    Abstract: Allocating enclosure cache in a computing system that includes an enclosure and a plurality of enclosure attached servers, including: receiving, by the enclosure, memory access information from each of the plurality of enclosure attached servers; determining, by the enclosure in dependence upon the memory access information, an amount of enclosure cache to allocate as shared cache that can be accessed by two or more of the enclosure attached servers; and determining, by the enclosure in dependence upon the memory access information, an amount of enclosure cache to allocate to each enclosure attached server for exclusive use by the enclosure attached server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • SECURING A MOBILE DEVICE BY BINDING TO AN ITINERARY
    Publication number: 20150358765
    Abstract: A computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method. The method includes storing an itinerary in memory of an electronic device, wherein the itinerary includes a plurality of destinations and a time period associated with each destination. The method further includes monitoring the location of the electronic device, comparing the location of the electronic device to the itinerary, and restricting use of the electronic device in response to determining that the location of the electronic device at the current time does not match the destination specified in the itinerary for the time period that includes the current time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • SECURING A MOBILE DEVICE BY BINDING TO AN ITINERARY
    Publication number: 20150358769
    Abstract: A method includes storing an itinerary in memory of an electronic device, wherein the itinerary includes a plurality of destinations and a time period associated with each destination. The method further includes monitoring the location of the electronic device, comparing the location of the electronic device to the itinerary, and restricting use of the electronic device in response to determining that the location of the electronic device at the current time does not match the destination specified in the itinerary for the time period that includes the current time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD SUPPORTING ONGOING WORKER FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20150347938
    Abstract: A system and method that enables the ongoing communication, tracking, and management review of feedback among a population of workers and their management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Adam Robert Frederico, Naveen Seshadri, John C. Schneider
  • RAID 1 MIRROR MESHED INTO A CO-EXISTING RAID 5 PARITY STREAM
    Publication number: 20150339067
    Abstract: A computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method. The method includes storing an operating system in minor stripes on a first data storage device forming a first logical storage unit, and storing data in major stripes across a plurality of data storage devices forming a second logical data storage unit. Each major stripe includes a plurality of minor stripes storing data and a parity stripe. The method further includes calculating the parity stripe from the plurality of minor stripes within the major stripe and a corresponding one of the minor stripes on the first data storage device, wherein the minor stripes on the first data storage device match the size of the minor stripes on the array of data storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • RAID 1 MIRROR MESHED INTO A CO-EXISTING RAID 5 PARITY STREAM
    Publication number: 20150339068
    Abstract: A method includes storing an operating system in minor stripes on a first data storage device forming a first logical storage unit, and storing data in major stripes across a plurality of data storage devices forming a second logical data storage unit. Each major stripe includes a plurality of minor stripes storing data and a parity stripe. The method further includes calculating the parity stripe from the plurality of minor stripes within the major stripe and a corresponding one of the minor stripes on the first data storage device, wherein the minor stripes on the first data storage device match the size of the minor stripes on the array of data storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • Managing direct attached cache and remote shared cache
    Patent number: 9195658
    Abstract: Managing direct attached cache and remote shared cache, including: receiving from an enclosure attached server, by an enclosure that includes enclosure cache, a request for data; determining, by the enclosure, whether the data has been requested by a predetermined number of enclosure attached servers; and responsive to determining that the data has been requested by a predetermined number of enclosure attached servers, marking, by the enclosure, the data as enclosure level cacheable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Randall C. Humes, Adam Roberts
  • Managing direct attached cache and remote shared cache
    Patent number: 9189477
    Abstract: Managing direct attached cache and remote shared cache, including: receiving from an enclosure attached server, by an enclosure that includes enclosure cache, a request for data; determining, by the enclosure, whether the data has been requested by a predetermined number of enclosure attached servers; and responsive to determining that the data has been requested by a predetermined number of enclosure attached servers, marking, by the enclosure, the data as enclosure level cacheable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Randall C. Humes, Adam Roberts
  • ENTITY-CENTRIC KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY
    Publication number: 20150324454
    Abstract: A user interface of an entity-centric knowledge discovery system presents an entity profile including a mix of structured and unstructured data relating to an entity. As a user refines the entity profile based on information gathered from various sources, the changing entity profile can be used as a substantially continuously updating query to search, retrieve, and rank new and pertinent information specifically relevant to the profiled entity. The platform described herein provide an active loop for refining an entity description and searching for additional information in which human input and machine-based algorithms can cooperate to more quickly build a comprehensive description of an entity of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Adam Roberts, Max Kleiman-Weiner, John Randolph Frank, Brian Andrew Olson, David Zachary Maze, Andrew Richard Gallant, Joshua Joseph Marco Belanich, Thomas Michael DuBois
  • Recommending electronic content based upon user availability
    Patent number: 9183523
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product for recommending a digital publication. A computing device identifies a time interval for consuming a digital publication, based on schedule information in an electronic calendar. The computing device determines, based on characteristics of the time interval and a criteria, a digital publication, from a plurality of digital publications, for human consumption within the identified time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • DETERMINING A TIME BEFORE A POST IS VIEWED BY A RECIPIENT
    Publication number: 20150319115
    Abstract: In an approach to determining a time before a recipient views a communication, a computer receives a communication from a sender in a collaboration application. The computer determines one or more attributes of the communication, the attributes including at least a recipient of the communication, and a plurality of viewing data for the recipient of the communication. The computer determines, based, at least in part, on the one or more attributes of the communication and the plurality of viewing data for the recipient, a time before the recipient views the communication in the collaboration application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • Presenting enclosure cache as local cache in an enclosure attached server
    Patent number: 9176854
    Abstract: Presenting enclosure cache as local cache in an enclosure attached server, including: determining, by the enclosure, a cache hit rate for local server cache in each of a plurality of enclosure attached servers; determining, by the enclosure, an amount of available enclosure cache for use by one or more of the enclosure attached servers; and offering, by the enclosure, some portion of the available enclosure cache to an enclosure attached server in dependence upon the cache hit rate and the amount of available enclosure cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • REGIONAL DRIVING TREND MODIFICATION USING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20150308837
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and a computer system for modifying regional driving habits. A computer determines a first value associated with a regional driving habit for a region. The computer determines a second value associated with a target driving habit, wherein the second value is not substantially equivalent to the first value. The computer determines that a number of at least semi-autonomous vehicles in an area is above a threshold value. The computer transmits information instructing the number of at least semi-autonomous vehicles to operate based on the second value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts, Adrian X. Rodriguez
  • REGIONAL OPERATION MODES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20150309512
    Abstract: A computer receives data detailing operation of a plurality of at least partially manually operated automobiles. The computer determines one or more trends in the operation of the plurality of at least partially manually operated automobiles, based at least in part on the data detailing the operation of the plurality of manually operated vehicles. The computer generates one or more operational rules, based, at least in part, on the one or more trends. The computer transmits the one or more operational rules to one or more at least semi-autonomous vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts, Adrian X. Rodriguez
  • Managing a solid state drive (‘SSD’) in a redundant array of inexpensive drives (‘RAID’)
    Patent number: 9164840
    Abstract: Managing a solid state drive (‘SSD’) in a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives (‘RAID’), including: detecting, by a RAID engine, a number of cell failures of the SSD exceeding a predetermined threshold; responsive to detecting the number of cell failures of the SSD exceeding the predetermined threshold: redirecting, by the RAID engine, a write of data not originally stored in the RAID to a drive in the RAID other than the SSD; and redirecting, by the RAID engine, writes originally directed to data stored on the SSD to another drive in the RAID, including unmapping the data stored on the SSD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Randall C. Humes, Adam Roberts
  • UNIVERSAL HEIGHT ABSORBING TOILET SEAL
    Publication number: 20150292190
    Abstract: A toilet seal for sealing between a plumbing fixture discharge and a waste drainpipe outlet is described. The toilet seal comprises a flange member having an inwardly extending flexible lip and one or more raised ridges defining an annular seal extending upwardly from an upper surface of the flange member. The toilet seal further includes a radiused wall extending downwardly from the flange member, which cooperates with the flange member to define a cavity for receiving a compressible member. The toilet seal further comprises a flexible sleeve extending downwardly from the radiused wall. Related methods are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Eduardo Coronado, Pedro Gonzalez, Adam Robert Sampson, Tuan Van Le, Krishnaditya Arkalgud
  • Presenting enclosure cache as local cache in an enclosure attached server
    Patent number: 9158669
    Abstract: Presenting enclosure cache as local cache in an enclosure attached server, including: determining, by the enclosure, a cache hit rate for local server cache in each of a plurality of enclosure attached servers; determining, by the enclosure, an amount of available enclosure cache for use by one or more of the enclosure attached servers; and offering, by the enclosure, some portion of the available enclosure cache to an enclosure attached server in dependence upon the cache hit rate and the amount of available enclosure cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • Cleaning device
    Patent number: D740568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Adam Robert-George Shafer, David William Schuller, Igor Ivanovich Zemskov, Rainer Bernhard Teufel, Richard Lee Lane, Sun-Jan Alan Huang