Patents by Inventor Benjamin Swanson

Benjamin Swanson 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: 10599692
    Abstract: An apparatus and method modify a saved query based on a change in a query value meaning that changes over time. In preferred embodiments a graphical query interface displays an option to adjust query values of a saved database query. A query adjustment mechanism then adjusts the value of the query to compensate for the change in the meaning of the query value since the query was created such that the adjusted query will have the same basic meaning as when the query was originally created. Preferred Embodiments allow the user to specify to adjust the query to the current date or to a specified date in the past.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Dean Dettinger, Daniel Paul Kolz, Kyong Jin Shim, Alan Benjamin Swanson, Marie Renee Wilkening
  • Publication number: 20170178110
    Abstract: Present Invention enables non-cash-paid workers/vendors to rapidly receive net or gross compensation for rendered services/products with or without personal access to banking—unlimited by time and volume restrictions currently imposed by private label pay cards and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: David Benjamin Swanson, David Marvin Swanson, Bryan Keith Lindsay
  • Publication number: 20160335681
    Abstract: Present invention concerns software-driven subscription services providing custom-branded all-inclusive Member Websites and custom branded Marketing Materials including, among others, online Virtual Tours and Stand-alone Videos. Present invention further and uniquely provides means whereby such Branded Merchandise and related Marketing Materials originating with one Member Subscriber can be selectively shared with other Member Subscribers and Custom Re-branded for dissemination across all platforms and media concurrently, independent of browsers and viewers and mitigating meta data without loss of control of merchandise or merchandise listing by Originating Member Subscriber or loss of sales credit to shared Member Subscriber upon successful sale of offered merchandise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: David Benjamin Swanson
  • Publication number: 20140193461
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the stimulation of immune responses. In particular, the present invention provides immunogenic nanoemulsion compositions and methods of using the same for the induction of immune responses (e.g., innate and/or adaptive immune responses (e.g., for generation of host immunity against a bacterial species of the genus Streptococcus (e.g., Streptococcus pneumoniae))). Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, clinical (e.g. therapeutic and preventative medicine (e.g., vaccination)) and research applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: James R. Baker, JR., Paul E. Makidon, Whitney A. Dunlap, Jessica A. Knowlton, Benjamin Swanson
  • Patent number: 8668911
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the stimulation of immune responses. In particular, the present invention provides immunogenic nanoemulsion compositions and methods of using the same for the induction of immune responses (e.g., innate and/or adaptive immune responses (e.g., for generation of host immunity against a bacterial species of the genus Streptococcus (e.g., Streptococcus pneumoniae))). Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, clinical (e.g. therapeutic and preventative medicine (e.g., vaccination)) and research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents Of The University Of Michigan
    Inventors: James R. Baker, Jr., Paul E. Makidon, Whitney A. Dunlap, Jessica A. Knowlton, Benjamin Swanson
  • Publication number: 20120128719
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the stimulation of immune responses. In particular, the present invention provides immunogenic nanoemulsion compositions and methods of using the same for the induction of immune responses (e.g., innate and/or adaptive immune responses (e.g., for generation of host immunity against a bacterial species of the genus Streptococcus (e.g., Streptococcus pneumoniae))). Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, clinical (e.g. therapeutic and preventative medicine (e.g., vaccination)) and research applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: James R. Baker, JR., Paul E. Makidon, Whitney A. Dunlap, Jessica A. Knowlton, Benjamin Swanson
  • Publication number: 20080301110
    Abstract: An apparatus and method modify a saved query based on a change in a query value meaning that changes over time. In preferred embodiments a graphical query interface displays an option to adjust query values of a saved database query. A query adjustment mechanism then adjusts the value of the query to compensate for the change in the meaning of the query value since the query was created such that the adjusted query will have the same basic meaning as when the query was originally created. Preferred Embodiments allow the user to specify to adjust the query to the current date or to a specified date in the past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Dean Dettinger, Daniel Paul Kolz, Kyong Jin Shim, Alan Benjamin Swanson, Marie Renee Wilkening
  • Publication number: 20080301109
    Abstract: An apparatus and method modify a saved query based on a change in a query value meaning that changes over time. In preferred embodiments a graphical query interface displays an option to adjust query values of a saved database query. A query adjustment mechanism then adjusts the value of the query to compensate for the change in the meaning of the query value since the query was created such that the adjusted query will have the same basic meaning as when the query was originally created. Preferred Embodiments allow the user to specify to adjust the query to the current date or to a specified date in the past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Dean Dettinger, Daniel Paul Kolz, Kyong Jin Shim, Alan Benjamin Swanson, Marie Renee Wilkening
  • Publication number: 20080301131
    Abstract: An apparatus and method modify a saved query based on a change in a query value meaning that changes over time. In preferred embodiments a graphical query interface displays an option to adjust query values of a saved database query. A query adjustment mechanism then adjusts the value of the query to compensate for the change in the meaning of the query value since the query was created such that the adjusted query will have the same basic meaning as when the query was originally created. Preferred Embodiments allow the user to specify to adjust the query to the current date or to a specified date in the past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Dean Dettinger, Daniel Paul Kolz, Kyong Jin Shim, Alan Benjamin Swanson, Marie Renee Wilkening