Patents by Inventor Andrew M. Garratt

Andrew M. Garratt 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: 11195152
    Abstract: Determines an optimal route for a given user to travel from the given user's current physical location to a secondary location so that the given user can perform an exercise routine at the secondary location. In order to determine the optimal route for the given user, at least some of the following factors are considered: the amount of available time the given user has between engagements in his or her daily schedule, the distance between the current location and the secondary location, and the weather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aiden J. Gallagher, Andrew M. Garratt, David M. Hay
  • Publication number: 20210117927
    Abstract: Determines an optimal route for a given user to travel from the given user's current physical location to a secondary location so that the given user can perform an exercise routine at the secondary location. In order to determine the optimal route for the given user, at least some of the following factors are considered: the amount of available time the given user has between engagements in his or her daily schedule, the distance between the current location and the secondary location, and the weather.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Aiden J. Gallagher, Andrew M. Garratt, David M. Hay
  • Publication number: 20190311650
    Abstract: A system and method may generate a set of meal recommendations. A calorie remainder for a predetermined period of time may be identified based on health data. Restaurant recommendations may be identified using map data, and meal recommendations and their correlated caloric content may be identified based on restaurant data. A caloric expenditure for travel to each of the restaurants may be determined by the system. Finally a set of meal recommendations is generated, using the meals, the caloric remainder, and the caloric expenditure for travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Aiden J. Gallagher, Andrew M. Garratt, David M. Hay
  • Patent number: 10318621
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for collating and intelligent sequencing of installation documentation includes parsing one or more product installation documents to identify annotations associated with installation procedures. Installation procedure descriptions, parameters, and prerequisites associated with the identified annotations are extracted, and prescriptive step-by-step installation instructions that integrate installation procedures contained within the one or more installation documents are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Garratt, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J. P. McNamara
  • Patent number: 9886266
    Abstract: In a method for managing updates for a software product, receiving a request to install a software product update, wherein the software product update modifies a software product on a computing device. The method further includes identifying a first set of one or more functions of the software product that are to be modified by the software product update. The method further includes identifying historical usage information corresponding to the software product, wherein the historical usage information indicates a second set of one or more functions of the software product and a number of times each respective function of the second set of one or more functions of the software product has been used by the computing device. The method further includes determining whether the software product update modifies at least one function of the software product that corresponds to historical usage information that exceeds a minimum usage threshold condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Garratt, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J. P. McNamara
  • Publication number: 20160314107
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for collating and intelligent sequencing of installation documentation includes parsing one or more product installation documents to identify annotations associated with installation procedures. Installation procedure descriptions, parameters, and prerequisites associated with the identified annotations are extracted, and prescriptive step-by-step installation instructions that integrate installation procedures contained within the one or more installation documents are generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew M. Garratt, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J.P. McNamara
  • Patent number: 9430540
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to metal fatigue analytics and alert systems. A system in accordance with an embodiment includes: a first database on a vehicle, the database storing a list of at least one metal part in the vehicle and corresponding metal batch information for each metal part in the list; a second database on a server remote from the first database, the second database storing metal batch information for at least one batch of metal from which faulty metal parts have been constructed; a comparing system for comparing the metal batch information stored in the first database with the metal batch information stored in the second database; and a messaging system for generating a failure alert message when the comparing system finds a match between the metal batch information stored in the first database and the metal batch information stored in the second database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Garratt, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J. P. McNamara
  • Patent number: 9361086
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for collating and intelligent sequencing of installation documentation includes parsing one or more product installation documents to identify annotations associated with installation procedures. Installation procedure descriptions, parameters, and prerequisites associated with the identified annotations are extracted, and prescriptive step-by-step installation instructions that integrate installation procedures contained within the one or more installation documents are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Garratt, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J. P. McNamara
  • Publication number: 20160132574
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to metal fatigue analytics and alert systems. A system in accordance with an embodiment includes: a first database on a vehicle, the database storing a list of at least one metal part in the vehicle and corresponding metal batch information for each metal part in the list; a second database on a server remote from the first database, the second database storing metal batch information for at least one batch of metal from which faulty metal parts have been constructed; a comparing system for comparing the metal batch information stored in the first database with the metal batch information stored in the second database; and a messaging system for generating a failure alert message when the comparing system finds a match between the metal batch information stored in the first database and the metal batch information stored in the second database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew M. Garratt, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J.P. McNamara
  • Publication number: 20160132323
    Abstract: In a method for managing updates for a software product, receiving a request to install a software product update, wherein the software product update modifies a software product on a computing device. The method further includes identifying a first set of one or more functions of the software product that are to be modified by the software product update. The method further includes identifying historical usage information corresponding to the software product, wherein the historical usage information indicates a second set of one or more functions of the software product and a number of times each respective function of the second set of one or more functions of the software product has been used by the computing device. The method further includes determining whether the software product update modifies at least one function of the software product that corresponds to historical usage information that exceeds a minimum usage threshold condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew M. Garratt, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J.P. McNamara
  • Patent number: 9286057
    Abstract: In a method for managing updates for a software product, receiving a request to install a software product update, wherein the software product update modifies a software product on a computing device. The method further includes identifying a first set of one or more functions of the software product that are to be modified by the software product update. The method further includes identifying historical usage information corresponding to the software product, wherein the historical usage information indicates a second set of one or more functions of the software product and a number of times each respective function of the second set of one or more functions of the software product has been used by the computing device. The method further includes determining whether the software product update modifies at least one function of the software product that corresponds to historical usage information that exceeds a minimum usage threshold condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Garratt, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J. P. McNamara
  • Patent number: 9260200
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to metal fatigue analytics and alert systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Garratt, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J. P. McNamara
  • Publication number: 20150363185
    Abstract: In a method for managing updates for a software product, receiving a request to install a software product update, wherein the software product update modifies a software product on a computing device. The method further includes identifying a first set of one or more functions of the software product that are to be modified by the software product update. The method further includes identifying historical usage information corresponding to the software product, wherein the historical usage information indicates a second set of one or more functions of the software product and a number of times each respective function of the second set of one or more functions of the software product has been used by the computing device. The method further includes determining whether the software product update modifies at least one function of the software product that corresponds to historical usage information that exceeds a minimum usage threshold condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew M. Garratt, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J.P. McNamara