Patents by Inventor Brian P. Byrne

Brian P. Byrne 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: 11165624
    Abstract: Lifecycle management for blueprints of information technology systems includes determining, using a processor, a component referenced by a blueprint defining an information technology system and determining a component tool used to manage the component. The component is registered with a sensor within the component tool. Responsive to detecting a change in status of the component within the component tool, the sensor sends a notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Ivan M. Milman, Martin A. Oberhofer, Sushain Pandit
  • Patent number: 11159358
    Abstract: Lifecycle management for blueprints of information technology systems includes determining, using a processor, a component referenced by a blueprint defining an information technology system and determining a component tool used to manage the component. The component is registered with a sensor within the component tool. Responsive to detecting a change in status of the component within the component tool, the sensor sends a notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Ivan M. Milman, Martin A. Oberhofer, Sushain Pandit
  • Patent number: 11062026
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to counter-fraud operation management. A counter-fraud operation may be executed using an initial set of parameter values for a set of parameters of the counter-fraud operation. A set of user counter-fraud activities of a user may be monitored corresponding to a user interface. A set of user feedback data may be captured to determine a feedback-driven set of parameter values for a set of parameters of the counter-fraud operation. The feedback-driven set of parameter values may be determined for the set of parameters of the counter-fraud operation. The counter-fraud operation using the feedback-driven set of parameter values may be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Sushain Pandit, Kalaivanan Saravanan, Yogendra K. Srivastava
  • Patent number: 10776370
    Abstract: A method for managing user information streams associated with recommendation systems based on cognitively counter-matched mined content is provided. The method may include determining and extracting first concepts from mined content. The method may further include determining second concepts associated with the determined and extracted, wherein the second concepts comprise one or more different interpretations of the first concepts. The method may further include determining relationships between the second concepts by analyzing the second concepts using data mining analysis techniques. The method may further include, based on the determined one or more relationships between the sub-concepts, counter-matching the plurality of mined content associated with each second concept. The method may also include providing alternative content to the information streams based on the counter-matched plurality of mined content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Adam R. Holley
  • Patent number: 10769636
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for identifying pathways in a graph of interconnected nodes. A time series of graph data is captured, which corresponds to events occurring at different nodes in the graph. The graph is traversed to identify consistent and variable pathways, respectively, within the graph. The identified pathways are scored according to a particular feature to establish an expected variance model for the events contained within the graph. Newly received data are compared against the expected variance model to determine a degree to which the newly received data deviates from the expected variance. The variance model is adjusted based on the newly encountered data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Sushain Pandit, Vijay Ekambaram, Adam R. Holley
  • Publication number: 20200175517
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for identifying pathways in a graph of interconnected nodes. A time series of graph data is captured, which corresponds to events occurring at different nodes in the graph. The graph is traversed to identify consistent and variable pathways, respectively, within the graph. The identified pathways are scored according to a particular feature to establish an expected variance model for the events contained within the graph. Newly received data are compared against the expected variance model to determine a degree to which the newly received data deviates from the expected variance. The variance model is adjusted based on the newly encountered data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Sushain Pandit, Vijay Ekambaram, Adam R. Holley
  • Publication number: 20200151330
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to counter-fraud operation management. A counter-fraud operation may be executed using an initial set of parameter values for a set of parameters of the counter-fraud operation. A set of user counter-fraud activities of a user may be monitored corresponding to a user interface. A set of user feedback data may be captured to determine a feedback-driven set of parameter values for a set of parameters of the counter-fraud operation. The feedback-driven set of parameter values may be determined for the set of parameters of the counter-fraud operation. The counter-fraud operation using the feedback-driven set of parameter values may be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Sushain Pandit, Kalaivanan Saravanan, Yogendra K. Srivastava
  • Patent number: 10607008
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to counter-fraud operation management. A counter-fraud operation may be executed using an initial set of parameter values for a set of parameters of the counter-fraud operation. A set of user counter-fraud activities of a user may be monitored corresponding to a user interface. A set of user feedback data may be captured to determine a feedback-driven set of parameter values for a set of parameters of the counter-fraud operation. The feedback-driven set of parameter values may be determined for the set of parameters of the counter-fraud operation. The counter-fraud operation using the feedback-driven set of parameter values may be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Sushain Pandit, Kalaivanan Saravanan, Yogendra K. Srivastava
  • Patent number: 10452703
    Abstract: Ontologies are used to comprehend regular expressions, by selecting, based on a context relating to a domain of a regular expression, an ontology and an assertion base, parsing the regular expression to identify at least one fragment of the regular expression, identifying one or more assertions in the assertion base corresponding to one of the identified fragments, identifying, for each identified assertion, an associated node in the ontology, and returning, based on the associated nodes, a concept in the ontology as representing the associated fragment of the regular expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Ivan M. Milman, Martin A. Oberhofer, Sushain Pandit
  • Patent number: 10380133
    Abstract: Managing and validating a project using an information landscape. Embodiments include providing an information landscape including a topology of landscape elements for the project, linking the topology of landscape elements to a plurality of solution artifacts, and validating at least one of the plurality of solution artifacts and semantics of the information landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Hayden Marchant, Guenter A. Sauter
  • Patent number: 10380132
    Abstract: Managing and validating a project using an information landscape. Embodiments include providing an information landscape including a topology of landscape elements for the project, linking the topology of landscape elements to a plurality of solution artifacts, and validating at least one of the plurality of solution artifacts and semantics of the information landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Hayden Marchant, Guenter A. Sauter
  • Patent number: 10346776
    Abstract: Provided are a computer implemented method, computer program product, and system for generating a project plan by creating an association between a development method in a hierarchy of development methods and an architectural element in a hierarchy of architectural elements in a computer-based model of a system, and providing a computer-based user interface configured to facilitate navigation between the development method and the associated architectural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Hayden Marchant, Lior Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 10318910
    Abstract: An approach is provided for providing spatio-temporal key performance indicators (ST-KPIs). The approach tracks metrics, such as crowd density, pertaining to a number of locations. The tracking is performed over time to develop a history of past values that correspond to the metrics. The history is used to predict a trend of future metrics at the locations with the trend resulting in predicted future values that correspond to the metrics at the locations. In this manner, the ST-KPIs reflect the predicted future values at the various locations that are being monitored. A city view is displayed to a user showing the current and predicted values at defined ST-KPI locations throughout the city.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Adam R. Holley, Brian T. Lillie
  • Patent number: 10318906
    Abstract: Provided are a computer implemented method, computer program product, and system for generating a project plan by creating an association between a development method in a hierarchy of development methods and an architectural element in a hierarchy of architectural elements in a computer-based model of a system, and providing a computer-based user interface configured to facilitate navigation between the development method and the associated architectural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Hayden Marchant, Lior Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 10318909
    Abstract: An approach is provided for providing spatio-temporal key performance indicators (ST-KPIs). The approach tracks metrics, such as crowd density, pertaining to a number of locations. The tracking is performed over time to develop a history of past values that correspond to the metrics. The history is used to predict a trend of future metrics at the locations with the trend resulting in predicted future values that correspond to the metrics at the locations. In this manner, the ST-KPIs reflect the predicted future values at the various locations that are being monitored. A city view is displayed to a user showing the current and predicted values at defined ST-KPI locations throughout the city.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Adam R. Holley, Brian T. Lillie
  • Patent number: 10255565
    Abstract: For distributed analysis of time-series data in a smart entity environment, the data is received from a data source in the environment. An overall analysis of the data is distributed to a first node in the environment. In a network operating the environment the first node is at a smaller distance from the data source as compared to a second node. A first portion of the overall analysis is performed on the data at the first node to produce a first conclusion. The first conclusion is routed to the second node. The second node performs a second portion of the overall analysis. Using the first conclusion, from the first node, a first action is caused to occur on a component of the environment. The data source is associated with the component, the data is indicative of a condition in the environment, and the component participates in the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Adam R. Holley, Brian T. Lillie
  • Patent number: 10255364
    Abstract: A user interface is generated that displays a set of selectable terms from a glossary of business terms and is configured to generate a business metadata query that identifies a forum with member profiles. A data movement executable is generated that identifies the forum and an analytical processing environment. The data movement executable is deployed and data is moved from the forum into the analytical processing environment. Analytics are performed on the data from the forum. Metadata is identified from the analytics. The glossary of business terms is updated using the metadata from the analytics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Ivan M. Milman, Martin Oberhofer, Sushain Pandit
  • Publication number: 20190087467
    Abstract: A method for managing user information streams associated with recommendation systems based on cognitively counter-matched mined content is provided. The method may include determining and extracting first concepts from mined content. The method may further include determining second concepts associated with the determined and extracted, wherein the second concepts comprise one or more different interpretations of the first concepts. The method may further include determining relationships between the second concepts by analyzing the second concepts using data mining analysis techniques. The method may further include, based on the determined one or more relationships between the sub-concepts, counter-matching the plurality of mined content associated with each second concept. The method may also include providing alternative content to the information streams based on the counter-matched plurality of mined content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Adam R. Holley
  • Patent number: 10176441
    Abstract: For distributed analysis of time-series data in a smart entity environment, the data is received from a data source in the environment. An overall analysis of the data is distributed to a first node in the environment. In a network operating the environment the first node is at a smaller distance from the data source as compared to a second node. A first portion of the overall analysis is performed on the data at the first node to produce a first conclusion. The first conclusion is routed to the second node. The second node performs a second portion of the overall analysis. Using the first conclusion, from the first node, a first action is caused to occur on a component of the environment. The data source is associated with the component, the data is indicative of a condition in the environment, and the component participates in the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Adam R. Holley, Brian T. Lillie
  • Patent number: 10162892
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an approach for creating, evolving and using a weighted semantic graph to manage and potentially identify certain information assets within an enterprise. The semantic graph may be generated by monitoring users navigating through search results which provide a set of information assets responsive to a search query. By recording the navigation path taken by many users, relationships between information assets may be identified. Further, once generated, the semantic graph may be used to present users with an indication of related information assets as part of the search results. Further still, the semantic graph may also be used to identify information assets “hubs” as well as information assets that may provide low utility to individuals within the enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Byrne, Martin A. Oberhofer, Sushain Pandit, Charles D. Wolfson