Patents by Inventor Andrew Ivory

Andrew Ivory 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: 10242118
    Abstract: Electronic multi-user forms are provided. The use of these forms may include displaying the forms to more than one user, receiving population data from one or more user, and selectively displaying the population data to each user. The population data may be displayed to the various users based on the security authorization of the user seeing the form. Upon completion of the form by the users, the form may be further completed and submitted for processing or approval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik John Burckart, Curtiss James Howard, Andrew Ivory, Aaron Kyle Shook
  • Patent number: 9882954
    Abstract: A request for a partial update of web content is received that identifies at least one web content element associated with the web content. An update is requested for the identified at least one web content element from a content server. The partial update of the web content is performed in response to receipt of the update for the identified at least one web content element from the content server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 9811360
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic selection of a runtime classloader for a generated class file. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic selection of a runtime classloader for a generated class file is provided. The method includes extracting meta-data from a program object directed for execution in an application server and determining from the meta-data a container identity for a container in which the program object had been compiled. The method also includes selecting a container according to the meta-data. Finally, the method includes classloading the program object in the selected container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Stephen J. Kenna, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 9799001
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a social network. The methods involve: creating a relationship between a first entity and a second entity; setting authorization which indicates that a user of said first entity is authorized to view inventory data of said second entity; receiving a request to view first inventory data of said first entity and second inventory data of said second entity by said user; and determining whether said user is authorized to view said second inventory data. If said user is authorized: querying a first remote inventory management system of said first entity for said first inventory data and a second remote inventory management system of said second entity for said second inventory data; receiving said first and second inventory data; generating an aggregate view comprising said first and second inventory data; and providing content of said aggregate view to a client computing device of said first entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, John F. Schumacher, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 9514237
    Abstract: Electronic multi-user forms are provided. The use of these forms may include displaying the forms to more than one user, receiving population data from one or more user, and selectively displaying the population data to each user. The population data may be displayed to the various users based on the security authorization of the user seeing the form. Upon completion of the form by the users, the form may be further completed and submitted for processing or approval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik John Burckart, Curtiss James Howard, Andrew Ivory, Aaron Kyle Shook
  • Patent number: 9465601
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and/or computer program product configure an extended virtual machine. A virtual image is executed to initialize a virtual machine. An activation engine is activated to search for special extensions in the virtual image. The virtual machine scans at least one virtual disk for script to implement the special extensions as virtual machine extensions, such that the virtual machine reads and executes the extensions prior to being available for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Arthur J. Meloy, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 9317615
    Abstract: A master and a slave computing device within a co-browsing session can be identified. The devices can be associated with a first Unified Resource Identifier (URI) where a portion of the URI is a fully qualified domain name of a Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy. The devices can be associated with a co-browsing application. A request associated with a second URI from the master computing device can be detected. The second URI can share a root domain with the first URI. A portion of a master artifact associated with the master device can be conveyed to the slave device. The master artifact can be associated with state information of the session. A portion of a slave artifact linked to the slave device can be modified with the portion of the master artifact. The devices can be navigated to the second URI in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 9251274
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for grouping search results into a profile page. A search engine accepts a user search string and generates a first set of results. In response to the first set of results, a query generator generates queries corresponding to a number of entities sharing a common name. The search engine executes the queries, returning responsive data sets. An entity resolver merges the data sets to ensure that each unique entity is represented by a single data set. A threshold may be defined such that results meeting a certain level of similarity are merged. A profile generator creates a profile page for each unique entity using biographical data contained in the respective datasets and generates a results page containing links to each unique profile. The results page is then sent to the user for display on a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Aaron K. Shook, David M. Stecher
  • Patent number: 9251270
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for grouping search results into a profile page. A search engine accepts a user search string and generates a first set of results. In response to the first set of results, a query generator generates queries corresponding to a number of entities sharing a common name. The search engine executes the queries, returning responsive data sets. An entity resolver merges the data sets to ensure that each unique entity is represented by a single data set. A threshold may be defined such that results meeting a certain level of similarity are merged. A profile generator creates a profile page for each unique entity using biographical data contained in the respective data sets and generates a results page containing links to each unique profile. The results page is then sent to the user for display on a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Aaron K. Shook, David M. Stecher
  • Publication number: 20160019072
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic selection of a runtime classloader for a generated class file. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic selection of a runtime classloader for a generated class file is provided. The method includes extracting meta-data from a program object directed for execution in an application server and determining from the meta-data a container identity for a container in which the program object had been compiled. The method also includes selecting a container according to the meta-data. Finally, the method includes classloading the program object in the selected container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Stephen J. Kenna, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 9183007
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic selection of a runtime classloader for a generated class file. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic selection of a runtime classloader for a generated class file is provided. The method includes extracting meta-data from a program object directed for execution in an application server and determining from the meta-data a container identity for a container in which the program object had been compiled. The method also includes selecting a container according to the meta-data. Finally, the method includes classloading the program object in the selected container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Stephen J. Kenna, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 9141710
    Abstract: A request to navigate to a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) can be received within a cobrowsing session. The cobrowsing session can be associated with a unique session identifier of a cobrowsing application. The cobrowsing application can be part of a collaboration software. An annotation previously associated with the URI from a historic cobrowsing session can be retrieved. Content associated with the URI can be obtained and presented within an interface associated with the cobrowsing session. The annotation can be presented within the content associated with the URI of the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dustin K. Amrhein, Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Aaron K. Shook
  • Publication number: 20150161560
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a social network. The methods involve: creating a relationship between a first entity and a second entity; setting authorization which indicates that a user of said first entity is authorized to view inventory data of said second entity; receiving a request to view first inventory data of said first entity and second inventory data of said second entity by said user; and determining whether said user is authorized to view said second inventory data. If said user is authorized: querying a first remote inventory management system of said first entity for said first inventory data and a second remote inventory management system of said second entity for said second inventory data; receiving said first and second inventory data; generating an aggregate view comprising said first and second inventory data; and providing content of said aggregate view to a client computing device of said first entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, John F. Schumacher, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 9026631
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a social network. The methods involve: creating a relationship between a first entity and a second entity; setting authorization which indicates that a user of said first entity is authorized to view inventory data of said second entity; receiving a request to view first inventory data of said first entity and second inventory data of said second entity by said user; and determining whether said user is authorized to view said second inventory data. If said user is authorized: querying a first remote inventory management system of said first entity for said first inventory data and a second remote inventory management system of said second entity for said second inventory data; receiving said first and second inventory data; generating an aggregate view comprising said first and second inventory data; and providing content of said aggregate view to a client computing device of said first entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, John F. Schumacher, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 8914796
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method configures an extended virtual machine. A virtual image is executed to initialize a virtual machine. An activation engine is activated to search for special extensions in the virtual image. The virtual machine scans at least one virtual disk for script to implement the special extensions as virtual machine extensions, such that the virtual machine reads and executes the extensions prior to being available for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Arthur J. Meloy, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 8863090
    Abstract: An approach is provided in a fake check-in event is received at a software application corresponding to a user of the software application. Fake check-ins are initiated on behalf of the user in response to the fake check-in event. The software application posts a set of fake check-in entries on behalf of the user while the user is away. The posted fake check-ins are visible by other users of the software application and are used to obfuscate others that the user is out-of-town. In one embodiment, check-in entries that are received from the user after fake check-ins have been initiated are cached. In this embodiment, a local check-in event is received when the user is within the user's geographical local area and the cached check-in entries are posted so that they are now visible by the other users of the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Dayl Bingell, Erich Paul Hoppe, Andrew Ivory, David Michael Stecher
  • Patent number: 8856259
    Abstract: A master and a slave computing device within a co-browsing session can be identified. The devices can be associated with a first Unified Resource Identifier (URI) where a portion of the URI is a fully qualified domain name of a Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy. The devices can be associated with a co-browsing application. A request associated with a second URI from the master computing device can be detected. The second URI can share a root domain with the first URI. A portion of a master artifact associated with the master device can be conveyed to the slave device. The master artifact can be associated with state information of the session. A portion of a slave artifact linked to the slave device can be modified with the portion of the master artifact. The devices can be navigated to the second URI in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Aaron K. Shook
  • Patent number: 8838148
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for wireless tower caching. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for wireless tower caching in a radio access network (RAN) can include receiving a response to a request from an end user device wirelessly coupled to a base station of the RAN, determining geographic positioning data for the response and identifying a most geographically wireless tower coupled to the RAN relative to the determined geographic positioning data (such as the closest wireless tower to the determined geographic positioning data). Thereafter, the response can be cached at a cache in a base station of the identified wireless tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron K. Shook, Erik J. Burckart, Gennaro A. Cuomo, Andrew Ivory, Victor S. Moore
  • Patent number: 8719794
    Abstract: An approach is provided in a fake check-in event is received at a software application corresponding to a user of the software application. Fake check-ins are initiated on behalf of the user in response to the fake check-in event. The software application posts a set of fake check-in entries on behalf of the user while the user is away. The posted fake check-ins are visible by other users of the software application and are used to obfuscate others that the user is out-of-town. In one embodiment, check-in entries that are received from the user after fake check-ins have been initiated are cached. In this embodiment, a local check-in event is received when the user is within the user's geographical local area and the cached check-in entries are posted so that they are now visible by the other users of the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Dayl Bingell, Erich Paul Hoppe, Andrew Ivory, David Michael Stecher
  • Patent number: 8707271
    Abstract: An approach is provided in a fake check-in event is received at a software application corresponding to a user of the software application. Fake check-ins are initiated on behalf of the user in response to the fake check-in event. The software application posts a set of fake check-in entries on behalf of the user while the user is away. The posted fake check-ins are visible by other users of the software application and are used to obfuscate others that the user is out-of-town. In one embodiment, check-in entries that are received from the user after fake check-ins have been initiated are cached. In this embodiment, a local check-in event is received when the user is within the user's geographical local area and the cached check-in entries are posted so that they are now visible by the other users of the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Dayl Bingell, Erich Paul Hoppe, Andrew Ivory, David Michael Stecher