Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Hyland

Christopher A. Hyland 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: 11514895
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes separating a predicate that specifies a set of events into a temporal part and a non-temporal part. The method further includes comparing the temporal part of the predicate against a predicate of a known window type. The method also includes determining whether the temporal part of the predicate matches the predicate of the known window type. The method additionally includes replacing (i) the non-temporal part of the predicate by a filter, and (ii) the temporal part of the predicate by an instance of the known window type, responsive to the temporal part of the temporal predicate matching the predicate of the known window type. The instance is parameterized with substitutions used to match the temporal part of the predicate to the predicate of the known window type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATTON
    Inventors: Martin J. Hirzel, Christopher Hyland, Nicolas C. Ke
  • Publication number: 20190385598
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes separating a predicate that specifies a set of events into a temporal part and a non-temporal part. The method further includes comparing the temporal part of the predicate against a predicate of a known window type. The method also includes determining whether the temporal part of the predicate matches the predicate of the known window type. The method additionally includes replacing (i) the non-temporal part of the predicate by a filter, and (ii) the temporal part of the predicate by an instance of the known window type, responsive to the temporal part of the temporal predicate matching the predicate of the known window type. The instance is parameterized with substitutions used to match the temporal part of the predicate to the predicate of the known window type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Martin J. Hirzel, Christopher Hyland, Nicolas C. Ke
  • Patent number: 10460724
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes separating a predicate that specifies a set of events into a temporal part and a non-temporal part. The method further includes comparing the temporal part of the predicate against a predicate of a known window type. The method also includes determining whether the temporal part of the predicate matches the predicate of the known window type. The method additionally includes replacing (i) the non-temporal part of the predicate by a filter, and (ii) the temporal part of the predicate by an instance of the known window type, responsive to the temporal part of the temporal predicate matching the predicate of the known window type. The instance is parameterized with substitutions used to match the temporal part of the predicate to the predicate of the known window type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin J. Hirzel, Christopher Hyland, Nicolas C. Ke
  • Patent number: 10127903
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes separating a predicate that specifies a set of events into a temporal part and a non-temporal part. The method further includes comparing the temporal part of the predicate against a predicate of a known window type. The method also includes determining whether the temporal part of the predicate matches the predicate of the known window type. The method additionally includes replacing (i) the non-temporal part of the predicate by a filter, and (ii) the temporal part of the predicate by an instance of the known window type, responsive to the temporal part of the temporal predicate matching the predicate of the known window type. The instance is parameterized with substitutions used to match the temporal part of the predicate to the predicate of the known window type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin J. Hirzel, Christopher Hyland, Nicolas C. Ke
  • Publication number: 20160379628
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes separating a predicate that specifies a set of events into a temporal part and a non-temporal part. The method further includes comparing the temporal part of the predicate against a predicate of a known window type. The method also includes determining whether the temporal part of the predicate matches the predicate of the known window type. The method additionally includes replacing (i) the non-temporal part of the predicate by a filter, and (ii) the temporal part of the predicate by an instance of the known window type, responsive to the temporal part of the temporal predicate matching the predicate of the known window type. The instance is parameterized with substitutions used to match the temporal part of the predicate to the predicate of the known window type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Martin J. Hirzel, Christopher Hyland, Nicolas C. Ke
  • Patent number: 9425973
    Abstract: A system for providing resource-based synchronization between clients in a Web-based real-time collaboration, in which a session front end on the server layers a transaction history on top of all session resources. HTTP operations are issued by client systems to request changes to session resources and to request session updates. The HTTP resource change requests include hierarchical pointers containing session identifiers and resource identifiers within a URL. The client generated resource change request operations may be HTTP PUT, HTTP DELETE, and HTTP POST commands. The HTTP session update request operations may be HTTP GET commands. A session front end stores each received resource change request operation in a resource-specific transaction history of change request operations received from all client systems. The session front end maintains a current session state indicating the number of resource change request operations stored for each session resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Quinn, Ron E. Pontrich, Ramya Sethuraman, Christopher D. Price, Christopher A. Hyland, Aseel Aziz-Gomez
  • Publication number: 20160154879
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes separating a predicate that specifies a set of events into a temporal part and a non-temporal part. The method further includes comparing the temporal part of the predicate against a predicate of a known window type. The method also includes determining whether the temporal part of the predicate matches the predicate of the known window type. The method additionally includes replacing (i) the non-temporal part of the predicate by a filter, and (ii) the temporal part of the predicate by an instance of the known window type, responsive to the temporal part of the temporal predicate matching the predicate of the known window type. The instance is parameterized with substitutions used to match the temporal part of the predicate to the predicate of the known window type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Martin J. Hirzel, Christopher Hyland, Nicolas C. Ke
  • Patent number: 8819560
    Abstract: An initial browser window establishes itself as a “master” window for an associated server. A master window “cookie” data structure is created by the master window to share state among the windows for the server. Through the initially created master window cookie, all subsequently created browser windows detect that a master window is currently active, determine the master window's window name, and then establish themselves as slave windows through the master window. Slave windows call into the master window to request server updates/events, and provide the master window with their respective window names for future reference, e.g. when the master window distributes updates/events received from the server to the slave windows. The master window uses only a single HTTP GET command to fetch and dispatch updates/events associated with itself and all slave windows for the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Ortwein, William M. Quinn, Christopher A. Hyland
  • Publication number: 20100031153
    Abstract: An initial browser window establishes itself as a “master” window for an associated server. A master window “cookie” data structure is created by the master window to share state among the windows for the server. Through the initially created master window cookie, all subsequently created browser windows detect that a master window is currently active, determine the master window's window name, and then establish themselves as slave windows through the master window. Slave windows call into the master window to request server updates/events, and provide the master window with their respective window names for future reference, e.g. when the master window distributes updates/events received from the server to the slave windows. The master window uses only a single HTTP GET command to fetch and dispatch updates/events associated with itself and all slave windows for the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew M. Ortwein, William M. Quinn, Christopher A. Hyland
  • Patent number: 7496514
    Abstract: A dialog management system functions to manage the dialog between a user of a computer system and one or more speech enabled software applications. The user provides spoken input to a microphone connected to the computer system, and hears responses from one or more applications through a speaker connected to the computer system. The dialog management system includes a dialog manager, a turn manager, a speak queue, dialog contexts, and dialog state. The dialog manager provides top-level control of the dialog and stores responses based on the user's spoken input in a speak queue for later output to the user. The turn manager controls delivery of the responses to the user based on the dialog context and the dialog state, to provide a polite asynchronous dialog with the user that enables the user to be in control of the dialog. The dialog context provides information about each dialog. The dialog state provides information about whose turn it is (computer or user) to speak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven I. Ross, Jeffrey G. MacAllister, Christopher A. Hyland, Marijane M. Zeller, Kathleen A. Howard
  • Publication number: 20080318201
    Abstract: The present invention provides a distributed learning management architecture that is “componentized” for increased distribution and scalability. Specifically, the present invention provides an architecture in which multiple content servers, delivery servers and/or live session servers can be provided to accommodate multiple geographic locations. The present invention further provides an off-line learning architecture that allows the teachings of the distributed learning management architecture to be implemented on an individual client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas J. Dinger, Christopher A. Hyland, David B. Millen, Charles de Saint-Aignan, Fernando Salazar, Jonathan T. Zempel
  • Publication number: 20080155104
    Abstract: A system for providing resource-based synchronization between clients in a Web-based real-time collaboration, in which a session front end on the server layers a transaction history on top of all session resources. HTTP operations are issued by client systems to request changes to session resources and to request session updates. The HTTP resource change requests include hierarchical pointers containing session identifiers and resource identifiers within a URL. The client generated resource change request operations may be HTTP PUT, HTTP DELETE, and HTTP POST commands. The HTTP session update request operations may be HTTP GET commands. A session front end stores each received resource change request operation in a resource-specific transaction history of change request operations received from all client systems. The session front end maintains a current session state indicating the number of resource change request operations stored for each session resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: William M. Quinn, Ron E. Pontrich, Ramya Sethuraman, Christopher D. Price, Christopher A. Hyland, Aseel Aziz-Gomez
  • Publication number: 20080015864
    Abstract: A dialog management system functions to manage the dialog between a user of a computer system and one or more speech enabled software applications. The user provides spoken input to a microphone connected to the computer system, and hears responses from one or more applications through a speaker connected to the computer system. The dialog management system includes a dialog manager, a turn manager, a speak queue, dialog contexts, and dialog state. The dialog manager provides top-level control of the dialog and stores responses based on the user's spoken input in a speak queue for later output to the user. The turn manager controls delivery of the responses to the user based on the dialog context and the dialog state, to provide a polite asynchronous dialog with the user that enables the user to be in control of the dialog. The dialog context provides information about each dialog. The dialog state provides information about whose turn it is (computer or user) to speak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Steven Ross, Jeffrey MacAllister, Christopher Hyland, Marijane Zeller, Kathleen Howard
  • Patent number: 7257537
    Abstract: A dialog management system functions to manage the dialog between a user of a computer system and one or more speech enabled software applications. The user provides spoken input to a microphone connected to the computer system, and hears responses from one or more applications through a speaker connected to the computer system. The dialog management system includes a dialog manager, a turn manager, a speak queue, dialog contexts, and dialog state. The dialog manager provides top-level control of the dialog and stores responses based on the user's spoken input in a speak queue for later output to the user. The turn manager controls delivery of the responses to the user based on the dialog context and the dialog state, to provide a polite dialog with the user that enables the user to be in control of the dialog. The dialog context provides information about each dialog. The dialog state provides information about whose turn it is (computer or user) to speak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven I. Ross, Jeffrey G. MacAllister, Christopher A. Hyland, Marijane M. Zeller, Kathleen A. Howard
  • Publication number: 20050132294
    Abstract: The present invention provides a distributed learning management architecture that is “componentized” for increased distribution and scalability. Specifically, the present invention provides an architecture in which multiple content servers, delivery servers and/or live session servers can be provided to accommodate multiple geographic locations. The present invention further provides an off-line learning architecture that allows the teachings of the distributed learning management architecture to be implemented on an individual client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Dinger, Christopher Hyland, David Millen, Charles de Saint-Aignan, Fernando Salazar, Jonathan Zempel
  • Publication number: 20050114308
    Abstract: The present invention is a user customizable report generator. A user customizable report generator can be configured for attachment to at least one database through at least one reporting tool and can include at least one set of pre-established screens for defining at least one value for a corresponding database parameter specified within a report template. The generator further can be communicatively coupled to at least one business rule and the generator can include business rule enforcement logic disposed within each of the pre-established screens. The logic can include programming for processing session state information to assist in enforcing the at least one business rule. Finally, the report generation component can be coupled to the set of pre-established screens and programmed to generate a report definition based upon parameters in a report template and a selection of the pre-established screens for each of the parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Hyland, Fernando Salazar
  • Publication number: 20020133355
    Abstract: A dialog management system functions to manage the dialog between a user of a computer system and one or more speech enabled software applications. The user provides spoken input to a microphone connected to the computer system, and hears responses from one or more applications through a speaker connected to the computer system. The dialog management system includes a dialog manager, a turn manager, a speak queue, dialog contexts, and dialog state. The dialog manager provides top-level control of the dialog and stores responses based on the user's spoken input in a speak queue for later output to the user. The turn manager controls delivery of the responses to the user based on the dialog context and the dialog state, to provide a polite dialog with the user that enables the user to be in control of the dialog. The dialog context provides information about each dialog. The dialog state provides information about whose turn it is (computer or user) to speak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven I. Ross, Jeffrey G. MacAllister, Christopher A. Hyland, Marijane M. Zeller, Kathleen A. Howard