Patents by Inventor Bradley Smoley

Bradley Smoley 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).

  • Publication number: 20260195716
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for scheduling electronic meetings. A time zone table including a plurality of local time zones is provided. The time zone table includes a plurality of specified dates and an offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for each of the plurality of local time zones, and for each date the offset from UTC for each time zone includes an adjustment for daylight savings time or no adjustment for daylight savings time. An electronic meeting request for a plurality of users having a plurality of electronic calendars is provided. A primary time zone and a secondary time zone are also provided. The secondary time zone is different from the primary time zone. A primary time zone start time of the meeting request and a secondary time zone start time of the meeting request are determined using the time zone table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Lowell Thomason, Mark E. Maresh, Jessica Wandrey, Bradley Smoley
  • Patent number: 12256284
    Abstract: A method for managing a virtual fence for a secondary device with respect to a controller device includes activating the controller device associated with a first object and a secondary device associated with a second object. The method includes establishing the virtual fence for the controller device and the secondary device, where the first virtual fence surrounds the secondary device and the controller device is positioned within the first virtual fence. The method includes receiving, from the controller device, a ping with location information for the controller device and the secondary device. The method includes, responsive to determining an adjustment to the first virtual fence is required, adjusting the first virtual fence based on a movement of the secondary device from a first location to a second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lowell Thomason, Jessica Wandrey, Mark E. Maresh, Richard Burton Finch, Bradley Smoley
  • Publication number: 20240194048
    Abstract: Dynamically coordinating interactive fence zones and alerts includes receiving, by one or more processors, location data corresponding to a first object. A virtual fence location and a virtual fence type are determined for the first object based on the received location data, and a first virtual fence is then established surrounding the first object. A plurality of parameters associated with the first virtual fence is received by the one or more processors, and a rule table is generated based on the received plurality of parameters associated with the first virtual fence. Data regarding a virtual fence boundary of the first virtual fence is received by the one or more processors, and based on the received data meeting a first rule of the rule table, an alert is sent to a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Lowell Thomason, Bradley Smoley, Jessica Wandrey, Mark E. Maresh, Richard Burton Finch
  • Publication number: 20230148175
    Abstract: A method for managing a virtual fence for a secondary device with respect to a controller device includes activating the controller device associated with a first object and a secondary device associated with a second object. The method includes establishing the virtual fence for the controller device and the secondary device, where the first virtual fence surrounds the secondary device and the controller device is positioned within the first virtual fence. The method includes receiving, from the controller device, a ping with location information for the controller device and the secondary device. The method includes, responsive to determining an adjustment to the first virtual fence is required, adjusting the first virtual fence based on a movement of the secondary device from a first location to a second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Lowell Thomason, Jessica Wandrey, Mark E. Maresh, Richard Burton Finch, Bradley Smoley