Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Ballands

Andrew J. Ballands 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).

  • Method and system for dynamic proximity-based media sharing
    Patent number: 10158688
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide an approach for sharing media items between mobile devices that are in proximity to one another. A device ID is generated and shared with nearby devices. Media items are uploaded to a data server and then sent from the data server to other devices that request them based on a shared device ID. Users do not need to know each other or be connected to each other in any social media sense, and yet can still share media items. Thus, disclosed embodiments provide a new level of crowd-sourced coverage of an event based on sharing of media items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ballands, Kyle J. Craig, Michael D. Kistler, Ramakrishnan Rajamony
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC PROXIMITY-BASED MEDIA SHARING
    Publication number: 20180270281
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide an approach for sharing media items between mobile devices that are in proximity to one another. A device ID is generated and shared with nearby devices. Media items are uploaded to a data server and then sent from the data server to other devices that request them based on a shared device ID. Users do not need to know each other or be connected to each other in any social media sense, and yet can still share media items. Thus, disclosed embodiments provide a new level of crowd-sourced coverage of an event based on sharing of media items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ballands, Kyle J. Craig, Michael D. Kistler, Ramakrishnan Rajamony
  • Method and system for dynamic proximity-based media sharing
    Patent number: 10038732
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide an approach for sharing media items between mobile devices that are in proximity to one another. A device ID is generated and shared with nearby devices. Media items are uploaded to a data server and then sent from the data server to other devices that request them based on a shared device ID. Users do not need to know each other or be connected to each other in any social media sense, and yet can still share media items. Thus, disclosed embodiments provide a new level of crowd-sourced coverage of an event based on sharing of media items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ballands, Kyle J. Craig, Michael D. Kistler, Ramakrishnan Rajamony
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC PROXIMITY-BASED MEDIA SHARING
    Publication number: 20180103077
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide an approach for sharing media items between mobile devices that are in proximity to one another. A device ID is generated and shared with nearby devices. Media items are uploaded to a data server and then sent from the data server to other devices that request them based on a shared device ID. Users do not need to know each other or be connected to each other in any social media sense, and yet can still share media items. Thus, disclosed embodiments provide a new level of crowd-sourced coverage of an event based on sharing of media items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ballands, Kyle J. Craig, Michael D. Kistler, Ramakrishnan Rajamony
  • Method and system for dynamic proximity-based media sharing
    Patent number: 9923941
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide an approach for sharing media items between mobile devices that are in proximity to one another. A device ID is generated and shared with nearby devices. Media items are uploaded to a data server and then sent from the data server to other devices that request them based on a shared device ID. Users do not need to know each other or be connected to each other in any social media sense, and yet can still share media items. Thus, disclosed embodiments provide a new level of crowd-sourced coverage of an event based on sharing of media items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ballands, Kyle J. Craig, Michael D. Kistler, Ramakrishnan Rajamony
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC PROXIMITY-BASED MEDIA SHARING
    Publication number: 20170134455
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide an approach for sharing media items between mobile devices that are in proximity to one another. A device ID is generated and shared with nearby devices. Media items are uploaded to a data server and then sent from the data server to other devices that request them based on a shared device ID. Users do not need to know each other or be connected to each other in any social media sense, and yet can still share media items. Thus, disclosed embodiments provide a new level of crowd-sourced coverage of an event based on sharing of media items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ballands, Kyle J. Craig, Michael D. Kistler, Ramakrishnan Rajamony