Patents by Inventor Benjamin D. Cox

Benjamin D. Cox 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: 10649873
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for providing elapsed time indications for source code in a development environment. The method includes: defining blocks of source code to be timed during source code execution; monitoring defined blocks of source code during execution to determine an elapsed time for the execution of the defined block of source code; recording the elapsed time for a defined block of source code; and providing an elapsed time indication for the defined block of source code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs, Christopher J. Poole
  • Publication number: 20190179724
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for providing elapsed time indications for source code in a development environment. The method includes: defining blocks of source code to be timed during source code execution; monitoring defined blocks of source code during execution to determine an elapsed time for the execution of the defined block of source code; recording the elapsed time for a defined block of source code; and providing an elapsed time indication for the defined block of source code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs, Christopher J. Poole
  • Patent number: 10229582
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for detecting a device. The embodiment may include a computing device that determines a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of a beacon of a second device. The computing device may determine a first location of the first device. The computing device may determine whether the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches a UUID in a list of UUIDs, where each UUID in the list of UUIDs corresponds to a beacon associated with a device. The computing device may transmitting the UUID of the beacon of the second device and the first location to a third device, based on determining the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches an entry in the list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs, Christopher J. Poole
  • Patent number: 10216605
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for providing elapsed time indications for source code in a development environment. The method includes: defining blocks of source code to be timed during source code execution; monitoring defined blocks of source code during execution to determine an elapsed time for the execution of the defined block of source code; recording the elapsed time for a defined block of source code; and providing an elapsed time indication for the defined block of source code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs, Christopher J. Poole
  • Patent number: 10068456
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for detecting a device. The embodiment may include a computing device that determines a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of a beacon of a second device. The computing device may determine a first location of the first device. The computing device may determine whether the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches a UUID in a list of UUIDs, where each UUID in the list of UUIDs corresponds to a beacon associated with a device. The computing device may transmitting the UUID of the beacon of the second device and the first location to a third device, based on determining the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches an entry in the list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs, Christopher J. Poole
  • Publication number: 20170374515
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for detecting a device. The embodiment may include a computing device that determines a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of a beacon of a second device. The computing device may determine a first location of the first device. The computing device may determine whether the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches a UUID in a list of UUIDs, where each UUID in the list of UUIDs corresponds to a beacon associated with a device. The computing device may transmitting the UUID of the beacon of the second device and the first location to a third device, based on determining the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches an entry in the list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs, Christopher J. Poole
  • Publication number: 20170372590
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for detecting a device. The embodiment may include a computing device that determines a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of a beacon of a second device. The computing device may determine a first location of the first device. The computing device may determine whether the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches a UUID in a list of UUIDs, where each UUID in the list of UUIDs corresponds to a beacon associated with a device. The computing device may transmitting the UUID of the beacon of the second device and the first location to a third device, based on determining the UUID of the beacon of the second device matches an entry in the list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs, Christopher J. Poole
  • Patent number: 9823333
    Abstract: A broadcast from a beacon associated with a mobile device is detected, at a proximate device. The broadcast includes an identifier associated with the mobile device. The identifier is sent to a service provider system to receive a confirmation that the mobile device associated with the identifier is lost. Upon receiving the confirmation, using the proximate device, a first location of the proximate device is determined at a first time, and a first signal strength of the broadcast is measured at the first time and at the first location. A location of the beacon is computed using the first signal strength and the first location from the proximate device, and by further using a second signal strength measurement at a second location and a third signal strength at a third location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs, Christopher J. Poole, Lakshmi Deepak Yalamanchili
  • Publication number: 20170108574
    Abstract: A broadcast from a beacon associated with a mobile device is detected, at a proximate device. The broadcast includes an identifier associated with the mobile device. The identifier is sent to a service provider system to receive a confirmation that the mobile device associated with the identifier is lost. Upon receiving the confirmation, using the proximate device, a first location of the proximate device is determined at a first time, and a first signal strength of the broadcast is measured at the first time and at the first location. A location of the beacon is computed using the first signal strength and the first location from the proximate device, and by further using a second signal strength measurement at a second location and a third signal strength at a third location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs, Christopher J. Poole, Lakshmi Deepak Yalamanchili
  • Patent number: 9390074
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for determination of encoding based on received code point classes are provided. The computer implemented method includes transferring data in a text form. The computer implemented method includes, in response to determining that decoding the data in text form passes, transferring some or all of the data in a binary form. The computer implemented method includes calculating code point class proportions for the data in the text form and the data in the binary form and determining a best form for transferring the data, based on comparison of the code point class proportions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Stewart O. M. Francis
  • Publication number: 20160179654
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for providing elapsed time indications for source code in a development environment. The method includes: defining blocks of source code to be timed during source code execution; monitoring defined blocks of source code during execution to determine an elapsed time for the execution of the defined block of source code; recording the elapsed time for a defined block of source code; and providing an elapsed time indication for the defined block of source code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs, Christopher J. Poole
  • Patent number: 9362946
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for determination of encoding based on received code point classes are provided. The computer implemented method includes transferring data in a text form. The computer implemented method includes, in response to determining that decoding the data in text form passes, transferring some or all of the data in a binary form. The computer implemented method includes calculating code point class proportions for the data in the text form and the data in the binary form and determining a best form for transferring the data, based on comparison of the code point class proportions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Stewart O. M. Francis
  • Publication number: 20160134303
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for determination of encoding based on received code point classes are provided. The computer implemented method includes transferring data in a text form. The computer implemented method includes, in response to determining that decoding the data in text form passes, transferring some or all of the data in a binary form. The computer implemented method includes calculating code point class proportions for the data in the text form and the data in the binary form and determining a best form for transferring the data, based on comparison of the code point class proportions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Stewart O. M. Francis
  • Publication number: 20160132467
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for determination of encoding based on received code point classes are provided. The computer implemented method includes transferring data in a text form. The computer implemented method includes, in response to determining that decoding the data in text form passes, transferring some or all of the data in a binary form. The computer implemented method includes calculating code point class proportions for the data in the text form and the data in the binary form and determining a best form for transferring the data, based on comparison of the code point class proportions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Stewart O. M. Francis
  • Patent number: 9219880
    Abstract: A method for activating a video conference between at least one local watcher using a local communication enabled device and at least one remote watcher using a remote communication enabled device is provided. The method may include detecting the at least one local watcher and the at least one remote watcher at each respective communication enabled device. The method may also include transmitting a video signal and an audio signal between the local communication enabled device and the remote communication enabled device based on the detecting of both the at least one local watcher and the at least one remote watcher at each respective communication enabled device. The method may further include transmitting a single captured image between the local communication enabled device and the remote communication enabled device based on the detecting of one of the at least one local watcher and the at least one remote watcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs
  • Publication number: 20150237302
    Abstract: A method for activating a video conference between at least one local watcher using a local communication enabled device and at least one remote watcher using a remote communication enabled device is provided. The method may include detecting the at least one local watcher and the at least one remote watcher at each respective communication enabled device. The method may also include transmitting a video signal and an audio signal between the local communication enabled device and the remote communication enabled device based on the detecting of both the at least one local watcher and the at least one remote watcher at each respective communication enabled device. The method may further include transmitting a single captured image between the local communication enabled device and the remote communication enabled device based on the detecting of one of the at least one local watcher and the at least one remote watcher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cox, Daniel P. Craggs
  • Patent number: 8739187
    Abstract: A bundle entering a set of starting and active bundles within a bundle framework is detected by a controller bundle executed by a processor. A determination is made as to whether a manifest of the bundle includes an extension header that identifies at least one legacy application. In response to determining that the manifest of the bundle includes the extension header that identifies the at least one legacy application, at least one application proxy object is created for at least one defined entry point class of the at least one legacy application identified by the extension header. The created at least one application proxy object is registered as a service within a service registry of the bundle framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fraser P. Bohm, Philipp Breitbach, Benjamin D. Cox, Ivan D. Hargreaves, Matthew A. Webster
  • Patent number: 8738755
    Abstract: A bundle entering a set of starting and active bundles within a bundle framework is detected by a controller bundle executed by a processor. It is determined whether a manifest of the bundle includes an extension header that identifies an application and an aliased additional version of the application. It is determined whether an active application proxy object that represents the application as an active service registered from a previously-started bundle already exists within a service registry. An inactive application proxy object that represents a defined entry point class of the application and an additional active application proxy object that represents a defined entry point class of the aliased additional version of the application are created. The created additional active application proxy object is registered as an additional service within the service registry of the bundle framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fraser P. Bohm, Benjamin D. Cox, Ivan D. Hargreaves
  • Publication number: 20130067058
    Abstract: A bundle entering a set of starting and active bundles within a bundle framework is detected by a controller bundle executed by a processor. It is determined whether a manifest of the bundle includes an extension header that identifies an application and an aliased additional version of the application. It is determined whether an active application proxy object that represents the application as an active service registered from a previously-started bundle already exists within a service registry. An inactive application proxy object that represents a defined entry point class of the application and an additional active application proxy object that represents a defined entry point class of the aliased additional version of the application are created. The created additional active application proxy object is registered as an additional service within the service registry of the bundle framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fraser P. Bohm, Benjamin D. Cox, Ivan D. Hargreaves
  • Publication number: 20130067500
    Abstract: A bundle entering a set of starting and active bundles within a bundle framework is detected by a controller bundle executed by a processor. A determination is made as to whether a manifest of the bundle includes an extension header that identifies at least one legacy application. In response to determining that the manifest of the bundle includes the extension header that identifies the at least one legacy application, at least one application proxy object is created for at least one defined entry point class of the at least one legacy application identified by the extension header. The created at least one application proxy object is registered as a service within a service registry of the bundle framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fraser P. Bohm, Philipp Breitbach, Benjamin D. Cox, Ivan D. Hargreaves, Matthew A. Webster