Patents by Inventor Brian J. Lang

Brian J. Lang 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).

  • Providing relevant information to a user based upon monitored user activities in one or more contexts
    Patent number: 9773065
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that facilitate monitoring one or more activities performed by a user on one or more devices, determining one or more topics of interest based on the monitored activities, preference information, and information within a user network, retrieving information from one or more network sites relating to the one or more topics of interest, and providing the retrieved information to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy J. Hahn, Brian J. Lang, Joshua M. Small, Viswanath Srikanth
  • Providing relevant information to a user based upon monitored user activities in one or more contexts
    Patent number: 9697290
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that facilitate monitoring one or more activities performed by a user on one or more devices, determining one or more topics of interest based on the monitored activities, preference information, and information within a user network, retrieving information from one or more network sites relating to the one or more topics of interest, and providing the retrieved information to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy J. Hahn, Brian J. Lang, Joshua M. Small, Viswanath Srikanth
  • Cluster creation and management for workload recovery
    Patent number: 9507676
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to managing migration of one or more applications from a primary computing device to recovery computing devices using a controller. Resource data that includes application resource requirements and resource capacities is monitored. An application exists as a single instance on the primary computing device. A recovery cluster for the application consisting of recovery computing devices is determined. A division of the application into a plurality of application instances is identified. In response to the resource data being updated, a new recovery cluster is determined. In response to the new recovery cluster, a new plurality of application instances is identified. Once a triggering event on the primary computing device is detected, the controller migrates the new application instances to the new recovery cluster. Other uses of the disclosure are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Fitzpatrick, Brian J. Lang, Linwood H. Overby, Jr., Jerry W. Stevens
  • CLUSTER CREATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR WORKLOAD RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20160179636
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to managing migration of one or more applications from a primary computing device to recovery computing devices using a controller. Resource data that includes application resource requirements and resource capacities is monitored. An application exists as a single instance on the primary computing device. A recovery cluster for the application consisting of recovery computing devices is determined. A division of the application into a plurality of application instances is identified. In response to the resource data being updated, a new recovery cluster is determined. In response to the new recovery cluster, a new plurality of application instances is identified. Once a triggering event on the primary computing device is detected, the controller migrates the new application instances to the new recovery cluster. Other uses of the disclosure are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Michael G. Fitzpatrick, Brian J. Lang, Linwood H. Overby, JR., Jerry W. Stevens
  • Providing Relevant Information to a User Based Upon Monitored User Activities in One or More Contexts
    Publication number: 20150199439
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that facilitate monitoring one or more activities performed by a user on one or more devices, determining one or more topics of interest based on the monitored activities, preference information, and information within a user network, retrieving information from one or more network sites relating to the one or more topics of interest, and providing the retrieved information to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Hahn, Brian J. Lang, Joshua M. Small, Viswanath Srikanth
  • PROVIDING RELEVANT INFORMATION TO A USER BASED UPON MONITORED USER ACTIVITIES IN ONE OR MORE CONTEXTS
    Publication number: 20150199442
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that facilitate monitoring one or more activities performed by a user on one or more devices, determining one or more topics of interest based on the monitored activities, preference information, and information within a user network, retrieving information from one or more network sites relating to the one or more topics of interest, and providing the retrieved information to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy J. Hahn, Brian J. Lang, Joshua M. Small, Viswanath Srikanth