Patents by Inventor Andreas Marten

Andreas Marten 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).

  • Publication number: 20170270207
    Abstract: A first search request is received. Keywords of the first search request is identified. A request in a protocol for the first search request is transmitted to a web service. A response in the protocol for the first search request is received from the web service. Whether the first search quest is similar to a previously submitted search request, is determined. Responsive to determining that the first search request is similar to the previously submitted search request, the protocol response is modified to include contact information of a user that previously submitted the similar search request. The modified protocol response is transmitted to the client computer system from which the first search request originated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Gary S. Bettesworth, Andreas Martens, Sam Rogers, Paul S.M. Thorpe
  • Patent number: 8995123
    Abstract: A cooling and noise-reduction apparatus for a computing device disposable within a structure having a central air conditioning system is provided. The computing device includes a heat generating component, an enclosure having first and second inlets, a fan configured to drive coolant from the first inlet to the heat generating component, a vent operably interposed between the second inlet and the heat generating component and a controller coupled to the fan and the vent to respectively control operations thereof. The cooling and noise-reduction apparatus includes a ducting element configured to flexibly and fluidly couple the second inlet with the central air conditioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Marten, Martin R. Naish, Brian Stewart, Sam Rogers, Paul Thorpe
  • Patent number: 8988874
    Abstract: A cooling and noise-reduction apparatus for a computing device disposable within a structure having a central air conditioning system is provided. The computing device includes a heat generating component, an enclosure having first and second inlets, a fan configured to drive coolant from the first inlet to the heat generating component, a vent operably interposed between the second inlet and the heat generating component and a controller coupled to the fan and the vent to respectively control operations thereof. The cooling and noise-reduction apparatus includes a ducting element configured to flexibly and fluidly couple the second inlet with the central air conditioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Marten, Martin R. Naish, Brian Stewart, Sam Rogers, Paul Thorpe
  • Publication number: 20140078666
    Abstract: A cooling and noise-reduction apparatus for a computing device disposable within a structure having a central air conditioning system is provided. The computing device includes a heat generating component, an enclosure having first and second inlets, a fan configured to drive coolant from the first inlet to the heat generating component, a vent operably interposed between the second inlet and the heat generating component and a controller coupled to the fan and the vent to respectively control operations thereof. The cooling and noise-reduction apparatus includes a ducting element configured to flexibly and fluidly couple the second inlet with the central air conditioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Marten, Martin R. Naish, Brian Stewart, Sam Rogers, Paul Thorpe
  • Publication number: 20140060797
    Abstract: A cooling and noise-reduction apparatus for a computing device disposable within a structure having a central air conditioning system is provided. The computing device includes a heat generating component, an enclosure having first and second inlets, a fan configured to drive coolant from the first inlet to the heat generating component, a vent operably interposed between the second inlet and the heat generating component and a controller coupled to the fan and the vent to respectively control operations thereof. The cooling and noise-reduction apparatus includes a ducting element configured to flexibly and fluidly couple the second inlet with the central air conditioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Andreas Marten, Martin R. Naish, Brian Stewart, Sam Rogers, Paul Thorpe
  • Publication number: 20130188311
    Abstract: A cooling and noise-reduction apparatus for a computing device disposable within a structure having a central air conditioning system is provided. The computing device includes a heat generating component, an enclosure having first and second inlets, a fan configured to drive coolant from the first inlet to the heat generating component, a vent operably interposed between the second inlet and the heat generating component and a controller coupled to the fan and the vent to respectively control operations thereof. The cooling and noise-reduction apparatus includes a ducting element configured to flexibly and fluidly couple the second inlet with the central air conditioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andreas Martens, Martin R. Naish, Sam Rogers, Brian Stewart, Paul Thorpe
  • Publication number: 20040044964
    Abstract: A frame growth direction of an anchored frame is adapted to various combinations of page text flow directions and page line growth directions of an underlying page and of an anchored frame, thus reducing interference of a growing anchored frame with an existing layout of the underlying page, other anchored frame, or document. In one embodiment, a method for defining the anchored frame in the page having text elements includes determining a page text flow direction of the page, determining a page line growth direction of the page, locating an anchor point of the anchored frame near an intersection of the page text flow direction and the page line growth direction of the page, and defining a frame growth direction of the anchored frame to be oriented away from the anchor point to reduce interference with the text elements in the page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Martens, Frank Meies, Falko Tesch
  • Patent number: 6368250
    Abstract: A method for influencing the driving dynamics of a motor vehicle wherein the vehicle speed and the transverse acceleration are feed as input signals to a regulating and control unit in which an actuation signal is produced when a limiting value of a variable which determines the driving condition is exceeded. When a limiting value of the vehicle speed and/or the transverse acceleration is exceeded, throttle-valve actuating signals for limiting the throttle-valve position are provided and when a determined change in the transverse acceleration over time exceeds a limiting value, a clutch actuating signal is produced for opening the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Micro Compact Car smart GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Marten, Hans-Peter Jaeger, Hans-Joachim Volkmann