Patents by Inventor Carl Shawn Kessler

Carl Shawn Kessler 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: 8549172
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and network management server for distributing software. The network management server receives a request to deploy an application on a designated target client station at a designated scheduled time. The network management server determines whether to deploy the application on the designated target client station at the designated time based on the resource state of the systems involved in the deployment of the software (e.g., processor usage of the network management server, processor usage of the target client station) as well as the environmental conditions (e.g., bandwidth usage, time of day pricing for connectivity at scheduled time, work orders on the target client station). By taking into consideration the dynamic resource state of the systems involved in the deployment of the software as well as the environmental conditions, software may be deployed on the client stations by the network management server more effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Shawn Kessler, Giovanni Lanfranchi, David Bruce Lindquist, Bala Rajaraman
  • Patent number: 8413042
    Abstract: Personalization of content of a web site for a user based on a web site that a user arrives from is disclosed. For example, the content of the web site from which the user arrives (i.e., the originating page), as well as the content of the web page the user has arrived to (i.e., the target page), may be categorized as pertaining to particular subjects or topics. Any time a user comes from an originating page, the subject categories for the originating page and the target page may be compared to determine if like categories exist between the pages. In the event that like categories are found, the target page may be personalized based on those categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Wolcott Holt, Carlos A. Hoyos, Carl Shawn Kessler, Michael E. Moran
  • Publication number: 20090327863
    Abstract: Personalization of content of a web site for a user based on a web site that a user arrives from is disclosed. For example, the content of the web site from which the user arrives (i.e. the originating page), as well as the content of the web page the user has arrived to (i.e. the target page), may be categorized as pertaining to particular subjects or topics. Any time a user comes from an originating page, the subject categories for the originating page and the target page may be compared to determine if like categories exist between the pages. In the event that like categories are found, the target page may be personalized based on those categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Alexander Wolcott Holt, Carlos A. Hoyos, Carl Shawn Kessler, Michael E. Moran
  • Patent number: 7010681
    Abstract: The present invention depicts a method, system and program product for controlling levels of security and levels of encryption based on a predefined policy profile. This enables administrators and those who control the network to easily respond to changes in the requirements of the security levels for specific applications. It also allows for response to changes in personnel (such as someone being removed from a position that had topsecret security access) and accommodates variations in access by client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Corvin Fletcher, David Louis Kaminsky, Carl Shawn Kessler
  • Patent number: 6138156
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable code with which environmental factors can be used to dynamically filter the content being delivered from a server to a user's workstation. A rule-based approach is used to select an appropriate filter, enabling varying types and degrees of content reduction to be applied based on currently-existing conditions. This provides a way to manage the volume of data received by the user, without requiring input from the user, by reducing the amount of data sent to him by a server. In the preferred embodiment, conditions to be monitored include billing information related to the user's account with his connection service provider; characteristics of the device he is currently using, including its available storage capacity; and/or behavioral characteristics of this user when he requests to download files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Corvin Fletcher, David Louis Kaminsky, Carl Shawn Kessler