Patents by Inventor Alexander Block

Alexander Block 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: 10740544
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer implemented method in a data processing system including a processor and memory storing instructions, which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement the method for providing an annotation policy for annotating a corpus including a plurality of electronic documents. The method includes: annotating an occurrence of a first term with a class in an electronic document; recommending a new annotation policy based on at least one annotation for the occurrence of first term; and storing the new annotation policy in a storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah Lynch, Kristi Farinelli, Rahul P. Akolkar, Alexander Block, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan Van Der Stockt
  • Publication number: 20200022536
    Abstract: A portable bathing seat is described. The portable bathing seat includes a platform having a top surface and a bottom surface, a first long side, a second long side, a first short side and a second short side. The platform is secured above a bathing surface by at least two legs that each have one or more feet that engage the bathing surface or an adjacent surface. The platform also includes a transfer area proximal the first short side and the transfer area is advantageously at a wheelchair transfer height. The portable bathing seat also includes a transfer pommel secured to the platform proximal the first short side and a handle secured to the platform proximal the second short side. The portable bathing seat also includes a ballast reservoir positioned below the platform and configured to hold a ballast for providing stability to the portable bathing seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Pascal Malassigné, Mark W. Cors, Kevin Alexander, Alexander Block
  • Publication number: 20200019599
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer implemented method in a data processing system including a processor and memory storing instructions, which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement the method for providing an annotation policy for annotating a corpus including a plurality of electronic documents. The method includes: annotating an occurrence of a first term with a class in an electronic document; recommending a new annotation policy based on at least one annotation for the occurrence of first term; and storing the new annotation policy in a storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah Lynch, Kristi Farinelli, Rahul P. Akolkar, Alexander Block, Joseph L. Sharpe, III, Stefan Van Der Stockt
  • Patent number: 7434203
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus including computer program products implement techniques for developing and deploying applications using configurable patterns. Configuration data is received for a pattern, and the configuration data is stored in a design store. The pattern defines an arrangement of user interface elements and specifies predefined actions that can be performed using the user interface elements. The configuration data specifies associations between one or more of the user interface elements or one or more objects in a back-end system. The configuration data is transferred from the design store to a design time repository, and the application is deployed corresponding to the configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Frank Stienhans, Joerg Lienhardt, Eduard Bartsch, Meinolf Alexander Block, Johannes Lauterbach, Jens C. Ittel, Christian Fuchs, Hans-Juergen Hennrich
  • Publication number: 20030127344
    Abstract: The invention discloses a container formed from a blank that can retain a product, an information booklet, and an information storage media. In an exemplary embodiment the container is formed from a single blank than contains a plurality of body panels and flaps. The flaps are folded along fold lines and secured to various panel locations or to opposing flaps to form at least three regions. A first region is suitable for retaining a product. A second region is suitable for retaining a product information booklet. A third region is suitable for retaining an information storage media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Westvaco Corporation. Packaging Group
    Inventor: Jason Alexander Block
  • Patent number: 5883924
    Abstract: A method and a test instrument are provided for measuring program clock reference (PCR) jitter in a data stream, such as an MPEG-2 transport stream. The test instrument includes a line interface circuit for receiving the data stream, a digital computer for processing the data stream and a local clock for generating timestamps. The digital computer extracts from the data stream a PCR sample value which represents a count of a system time clock used to generate the data stream. The timestamp is obtained from the local clock and is associated with the PCR sample value. The digital computer determines a reconstructed system time clock from a set of values including the PCR sample value and the timestamp, and previously-received PCR sample values and associated timestamps within a window representative of a predetermined time interval. The window is shifted as new PCR sample values are received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Company
    Inventors: Michael Yiu-Kwan Siu, Trevor S. R. Dyck, Simon Alexander Block, Chong T Ong