Patents by Inventor Ann Katherine Walla

Ann Katherine Walla 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).

  • Variable road toll predicated on instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume calculation
    Patent number: 8606625
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program product are directed towards determination of a variable toll for a particular target vehicle using a particular point-to-point travel segment of a particular toll road. The variable toll is calculated predicated upon a deviation of an instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume for the particular target vehicle exiting the toll road in comparison with an arbitrarily determined baseline point-to-point traffic volume. The instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume includes vehicles traveling at least a portion of the same point-to-point travel segment as the target vehicle during an effective time interval when the target vehicle traveled the point-to-point travel segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Delia, Wayne Michael Delia, Glenn Stuart Knickerbocker, Ann Katherine Walla
  • VARIABLE ROAD TOLL PREDICATED ON INSTANTANEOUS POINT-TO-POINT TRAFFIC VOLUME CALCULATION
    Publication number: 20120278138
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program product are directed towards determination of a variable toll for a particular target vehicle using a particular point-to-point travel segment of a particular toll road. The variable toll is calculated predicated upon a deviation of an instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume for the particular target vehicle exiting the toll road in comparison with an arbitrarily determined baseline point-to-point traffic volume. The instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume includes vehicles traveling at least a portion of the same point-to-point travel segment as the target vehicle during an effective time interval when the target vehicle traveled the point-to-point travel segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Delia, Wayne Michael Delia, Glenn Stuart Knickerbocker, Ann Katherine Walla
  • Variable road toll predicated on instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume calculation
    Patent number: 8219443
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program product are directed towards determination of a variable toll for a particular target vehicle using a particular point-to-point travel segment of a particular toll road. The variable toll is calculated predicated upon a deviation of an instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume for the particular target vehicle exiting the toll road in comparison with an arbitrarily determined baseline point-to-point traffic volume. The instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume includes vehicles traveling at least a portion of the same point-to-point travel segment as the target vehicle during an effective time interval when the target vehicle traveled the point-to-point travel segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Delia, Wayne Michael Delia, Glenn Stuart Knickerbocker, Ann Katherine Walla
  • VARIABLE ROAD TOLL PREDICATED ON INSTANTANEOUS POINT-TO-POINT TRAFFIC VOLUME CALCULATION
    Publication number: 20100198664
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program product are directed towards determination of a variable toll for a particular target vehicle using a particular point-to-point travel segment of a particular toll road. The variable toll is calculated predicated upon a deviation of an instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume for the particular target vehicle exiting the toll road in comparison with an arbitrarily determined baseline point-to-point traffic volume. The instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume includes vehicles traveling at least a portion of the same point-to-point travel segment as the target vehicle during an effective time interval when the target vehicle traveled the point-to-point travel segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Delia, Wayne Michael Delia, Glenn Stuart Knickerbocker, Ann Katherine Walla