Patents by Inventor Brian R. Muras
Brian R. Muras 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).
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Publication number: 20230370565Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to visual image management associated with a set of visual images with respect to a set of computer users. A set of visual image features that relates to both the set of visual images and the set of computer users may be detected. Based on the set of visual image features that relates to both the set of visual images and the set of computer users, a set of display attributes may be determined to construct a presentation configuration associated with the set of visual images with respect to the set of computer users. The set of display attributes may be provided to construct the presentation configuration to display the set of visual images with respect to the set of computer users.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventor: Brian R. Muras
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Patent number: 11748232Abstract: A system for discovering semantic relationships in computer programs is disclosed. In particular, the system may synergistically identify and validate semantic relationships, concepts, and groupings associated with data elements within a static or dynamic, time varying, source input. The system may utilize feature extractors to extract features from the input and reasoners to develop associations using data from multiple feature set types, and, can thus generate reliable, robust, and complete sets of semantic relationships from the input. The system may generate hypotheses associated with the relationships, concepts, and groupings, and validate the hypotheses by testing an application under evaluation by the system and observing the outputs generated from the testing.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: UKG INC.Inventors: Brian R. Muras, Keith A. Briggs, David Adamo, John A. Maliani, Robert L. Vanderwall, Michael L. Mattera, Dionny Santiago, Tariq King
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Patent number: 11704216Abstract: Each of one or more commit cycles may be associated with a predicted number of updates. A statistics collection time for a database table can be determined by estimating a sum of predicted updates included in one or more commit cycles. Whether the estimated sum of predicted updates is greater than a first threshold may be determined. In addition, a progress point for a first one of the commit cycles can be determined. A time to collect statistics may be selected based on the progress point of the first commit cycle.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rafal P. Konik, Roger A. Mittelstadt, Brian R. Muras, Chad A. Olstad
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Publication number: 20230132002Abstract: A system for providing intelligent part of speech processing of complex natural language is disclosed. The system identifies a multiword concept from an input and replaces the multiword concept with a token to be tagged as a desired part of speech. The system passes the modified text including the token to a part-of-speech tagger to tag each word in the text with the appropriate part-of-speech. The system may replace the token with the original text that the token was utilized to replace so that the original intent of the text is evident. The system may analyze the tagged text to generate analyses and interpretations associated with the input. When multiple multiword concepts are identified, the system may evaluate them by computing scores for each of the multiword concepts that may be replaced with tokens, for each of the modified texts including the tokens, or for any interpretations and analyses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: UKG INC.Inventors: Michael L. MATTERA, John A. MALIANI, Robert L. VANDERWALL, Dionny SANTIAGO, Brian R. MURAS, Keith A. BRIGGS, David ADAMO, Tariq KING
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Patent number: 11537793Abstract: A system for providing intelligent part of speech processing of complex natural language is disclosed. The system identifies a multiword concept from an input and replaces the multiword concept with a token to be tagged as a desired part of speech. The system passes the modified text including the token to a part-of-speech tagger to tag each word in the text with the appropriate part-of-speech. The system may replace the token with the original text that the token was utilized to replace so that the original intent of the text is evident. The system may analyze the tagged text to generate analyses and interpretations associated with the input. When multiple multiword concepts are identified, the system may evaluate them by computing scores for each of the multiword concepts that may be replaced with tokens, for each of the modified texts including the tokens, or for any interpretations and analyses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: UKG INC.Inventors: Michael L. Mattera, John A. Maliani, Robert L. Vanderwall, Dionny Santiago, Brian R. Muras, Keith A. Briggs, David Adamo, Tariq King
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Patent number: 11487760Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to query plan management associated with a shared pool of configurable computing resources. A query, which relates to a set of data located on the shared pool of configurable computing resources, is detected. A virtual machine includes the set of data. With respect to the virtual machine, a set of burden values of performing a set of asset actions is determined. Based on the set of burden values, a query plan to access the set of data is established. Using at least one asset action of the set of asset actions, the query plan is processed.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rafal P. Konik, Roger A. Mittelstadt, Brian R. Muras
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Patent number: 11250002Abstract: A structured query language (SQL) query is configured to present a selected portion of a result set to a user interface. The selected portion of the result set can be based on an offset criteria appended to the SQL query. The offset criteria determines a location of a first presented instance of the selected portion of the result set. The offset criteria is configured to determine the location of the first presented instance of the selected portion of the result set independent of a number of instances appearing between a first instance of the result set and the first presented instance of the selected portion of the result set.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rafal P. Konik, Roger A. Mittelstadt, Brian R. Muras, Chad A. Olstad
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Publication number: 20220035728Abstract: A system for discovering semantic relationships in computer programs is disclosed. In particular, the system may synergistically identify and validate semantic relationships, concepts, and groupings associated with data elements within a static or dynamic, time varying, source input. The system may utilize feature extractors to extract features from the input and reasoners to develop associations using data from multiple feature set types, and, can thus generate reliable, robust, and complete sets of semantic relationships from the input. The system may generate hypotheses associated with the relationships, concepts, and groupings, and validate the hypotheses by testing an application under evaluation by the system and observing the outputs generated from the testing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.Inventors: Brian R. Muras, Keith A. Briggs, David Adamo, John A. Maliani, Robert L. Vanderwall, Michael L. Mattera, Dionny Santiago, Tariq King
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Patent number: 11238231Abstract: A computer-implemented method of establishing influence relationships between data in a question-answering environment is disclosed. Establishing influence relationships can include determining a set of conditions indicating a set of user statuses and analyzing, using a first natural language processing technique, a corpus of data including a set of user data. Establishing influence relationships between data can include identifying, based on analyzing the corpus of data, a set of influence factors corresponding to a subset of the set of user data and to a subset of the set of conditions. In embodiments, establishing influence relationships can include establishing, based on the set of influence factors, a set of influence relationships between the subset of the set of user data and the subset of the set of conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David L. Johnson, Brian R. Muras, Daniel J. Strauss, Eric G. Thiemann
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Patent number: 11176506Abstract: A blockchain configuration may require constant and large amounts of resources to maintain a growing structure. One example method of operation may include receiving blockchain transactions and creating a blockchain block, identifying miner devices to process the blockchain block, identifying expenses associated with each of the miner devices, selecting an optimal cost miner device among the miner devices based on the identified expenses associated with each of the miner devices, and assigning the optimal cost miner device to solve the blockchain block.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rafal P. Konik, Roger A. Mittelstadt, Brian R. Muras, Chad A. Olstad
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Patent number: 11163809Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product to manage a database is disclosed. The method, system, and computer program product may include structuring the database to have a first table having an index and a second table. A first key of the first table may be related to a second key of the second table. The method, system, and computer program product may include creating an entry locator in the index. The method, system, and computer program product may include maintaining an association between the second key of the second table and the entry locator of the index.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rafal P. Konik, Roger A. Mittelstadt, Brian R. Muras, Mark W. Theuer
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Patent number: 11132365Abstract: Disclosed aspects include the database management system detecting that a first data storage medium includes a first set of data of a database. The first data storage medium has a first access-factor. The database management system detects that a second data storage medium includes a second set of data of the database. The second data storage medium has a second access-factor which differs from the first access-factor. Based on a data storage relationship, the database management system determines a query plan to access both the first set of data with respect to the first data storage medium and the second set of data with respect to the second data storage medium. The database management system establishes the query plan.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eric L. Barsness, Brian R. Muras, John M. Santosuosso
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Patent number: 11113175Abstract: A system for discovering semantic relationships in computer programs is disclosed. In particular, the system may synergistically identify and validate semantic relationships, concepts, and groupings associated with data elements within a static or dynamic, time varying, source input. The system may utilize feature extractors to extract features from the input and reasoners to develop associations using data from multiple feature set types, and, can thus generate reliable, robust, and complete sets of semantic relationships from the input. The system may generate hypotheses associated with the relationships, concepts, and groupings, and validate the hypotheses by testing an application under evaluation by the system and observing the outputs generated from the testing.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP, INC.Inventors: David Adamo, John A. Maliani, Robert L. Vanderwall, Michael L. Mattera, Dionny Santiago, Brian R. Muras, Keith A. Briggs, Tariq King
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Patent number: 11099960Abstract: Each of one or more commit cycles may be associated with a predicted number of updates. A statistics collection time for a database table can be determined by estimating a sum of predicted updates included in one or more commit cycles. Whether the estimated sum of predicted updates is greater than a first threshold may be determined. In addition, a progress point for a first one of the commit cycles can be determined. A time to collect statistics may be selected based on the progress point of the first commit cycle.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rafal P. Konik, Roger A. Mittelstadt, Brian R. Muras, Chad A. Olstad
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Patent number: 11042873Abstract: Systems and methods for providing automatic fork protection including determining that a transaction having fork protection was included in a first block that was appended to a blockchain, that a hash of the first block was validated, that a consensus decision was made by validator nodes approving the first block for addition to the blockchain, that a second block was appended to the blockchain after the first block, that the second block comprises a hash that is not based on the first block, that the first block was on a first fork and the second block was on a second fork, that the blockchain was resolved in favor of the second fork, and that the transaction failed as a result of the blockchain being resolved in favor of the second fork. The method including compensating a party that submitted the failed transaction based on the fork protection.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rafal P. Konik, Roger A. Mittelstadt, Brian R. Muras, Chad A. Olstad
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Patent number: 11010284Abstract: A system for understanding navigational semantics via hypothesis generation and contextual analysis is disclosed. The system may, such as when examining and testing a software application, address the handling and resolution of constraint hypotheses in an uncertain environment, where potentially overlapping or conflicting suggestions are generated with various confidences. The system may utilize algorithmic and/or machine learning tools to identify consistent constraints for the software application with the highest levels of confidence. During operation, the system may continuously perform hypothesis testing on constraints generated by the system, which may result in the creation of new hypotheses yielding improved confidences. Feedback from the hypothesis testing may be provided to knowledge sources to improve the processing of information subsequently processed by the system. The system may construct complex constraints on multiple fields or functional transitions with associated confidences.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.Inventors: Dionny Santiago, John A. Maliani, Robert L. Vanderwall, Michael L. Mattera, Brian R. Muras, Keith A. Briggs, David Adamo, Tariq King
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Patent number: 11003666Abstract: Embodiments of the preset disclosure include a method, a system, and a computer program product for rearranging a set of filters within a data streams environment. The method includes setting a first filter ordering of two or more filter processing elements. The method includes determining a filtering efficiency of the first filter ordering. The determining of the filtering efficiency includes monitoring a runtime, one or more tuples, and an amount of tuples retained after filtering of the first filter ordering. The method includes creating a second filter ordering of the two or more filter processing elements. The method includes comparing the filtering efficiency of the second filter ordering to the first filter ordering. The method includes selecting the second filter ordering in response to comparing the filtering efficiency of the second filter ordering to the filtering efficiency of the first filter ordering.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bin Cao, Jessica R. Eidem, Brian R. Muras, Jingdong Sun
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Patent number: 10977155Abstract: A system for providing autonomous discovery of field or navigation constraints is disclosed. The system may parse text extracted from an output of an application and text extracted from documents internal to the system, external to the system, or a combination thereof. The parsed text may be correlated by the system with a field of the application, an order of operations to be conducted within the application, a functional transition of the application, or a combination thereof. Based on the correlation, the system may generate a constraint for the field of the application, the order of operations to be conducted within the application, the functional transition of the application, or a combination thereof. The system may conduct hypothesis testing on the constraint to increase a confidence value of the constraint. Moreover, the system may validate the constraint with the application being evaluated by the system.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.Inventors: Brian R. Muras, John A. Maliani, Robert L. Vanderwall, Michael L. Mattera, Dionny Santiago, Keith A. Briggs, David Adamo, Tariq King
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Patent number: 10970280Abstract: Disclosed aspects include the database management system detecting that a first data storage medium includes a first set of data of a database. The first data storage medium has a first access-factor. The database management system detects that a second data storage medium includes a second set of data of the database. The second data storage medium has a second access-factor which differs from the first access-factor. Based on a data storage relationship, the database management system determines a query plan to access both the first set of data with respect to the first data storage medium and the second set of data with respect to the second data storage medium. The database management system establishes the query plan.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eric L. Barsness, Brian R. Muras, John M. Santosuosso
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Publication number: 20210081420Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to query plan management associated with a shared pool of configurable computing resources. A query, which relates to a set of data located on the shared pool of configurable computing resources, is detected. A virtual machine includes the set of data. With respect to the virtual machine, a set of burden values of performing a set of asset actions is determined. Based on the set of burden values, a query plan to access the set of data is established. Using at least one asset action of the set of asset actions, the query plan is processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Rafal P. Konik, Roger A. Mittelstadt, Brian R. Muras