Patents by Inventor Dale J. Heeks

Dale J. Heeks 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: 9166978
    Abstract: A system for provisioning an output device, may include a processor; a memory; and a records display program. The records display program may be executed by the processor to maintain an indication of availability dates and times of one or more output devices connected to the network; to receive an output device invitation indicating a first output device to reserve at a meeting conducted over a conferencing system; to determine whether the first output device is available for reservation during a date and time period of the meeting; and to communicate to the first output device activation information indicating that the first output device is to become active at a first predetermined date and time related to the date and time period of the meeting and login information including a first credential for the first output device to use for logging into the conferencing system for the meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl M. Adderly, Christopher T. Carlin, Michelle Davis, Dale J. Heeks, Ryan E. Smith
  • Patent number: 9160746
    Abstract: A method may comprise maintaining by a computer system connected to a network an indication of availability dates and times of one or more output devices connected to the network. The computer system may receive an output device invitation indicating an output device to reserve for a meeting conducted over a conferencing system and determine whether the output device is available for reservation during a date and time period of the meeting. The computer system may be communicating over the network to the output device activation information indicating that the output device is to become active at a predetermined date and time related to the date and time period of the meeting and login information including a credential for the output device to use for logging into the conferencing system for the meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl M Adderly, Christopher T Carlin, Michelle Davis, Dale J Heeks, Ryan E Smith
  • Publication number: 20150193683
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for assisting an expert to answer preexisting questions in a time efficient manner. The expert's data entry in a data entry system is detected by a unit, referred to herein as the “analyzer.” The analyzer searches a database or social media websites to identify questions that could possibly be answered using the expert's inputted data. Such questions may be identified using tag searching, keyword searching and/or natural language processing. The analyzer performs analytical analysis on these identified questions to assign a relevance factor to assess how relevant is the expert's inputted data in answering the question. For those questions whose relevance factor exceeds a threshold, those questions are presented to the expert in a list. In this manner, the expert does not have to spend time searching social media websites for applicable questions to answer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew R. Freed, Dale J. Heeks, Joshua D. Lowry, Dorian B. Miller, Dana L. Price
  • Publication number: 20140115097
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product for transferring an executing application to a second computer. A first computer includes an executing application, wherein the first computer executes a first cross-platform hypervisor, and wherein the application includes a graphical state and a memory state. The first computing receives a signal to transfer the executing application to the second computer, which is executes a second cross-platform hypervisor, and halts the executing application. The first computer transfers the graphical state and the memory state of the executing application to the second computer, utilizing any suitable protocol capable of transferring the graphical state and the memory of the executing application from the first computer to the second computer, wherein execution of the executing application resumes on the second computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hector R. Ayala Nieves, Dale J. Heeks, Jeffrey M. Laubacker, Thomas W. Savage
  • Publication number: 20140006495
    Abstract: Authorizing access to a Web conference can include defining a plurality of groups of participants of the Web conference, wherein the Web conference is scheduled for a conference duration, and defining a plurality of sessions of the Web conference, using a processor. Each session is associated with a group of the plurality of groups and has a duration that is a subset of the conference duration. Each group is permitted access to the Web conference only for the session associated with the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: DARRYL M. ADDERLY, MICHELLE DAVIS, DALE J. HEEKS
  • Publication number: 20130191896
    Abstract: A system for provisioning an output device, may include a processor; a memory; and a records display program. The records display program may be executed by the processor to maintain an indication of availability dates and times of one or more output devices connected to the network; to receive an output device invitation indicating a first output device to reserve at a meeting conducted over a conferencing system; to determine whether the first output device is available for reservation during a date and time period of the meeting; and to communicate to the first output device activation information indicating that the first output device is to become active at a first predetermined date and time related to the date and time period of the meeting and login information including a first credential for the first output device to use for logging into the conferencing system for the meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Darryl M. Adderly, Christopher T. Carlin, Michelle Davis, Dale J. Heeks, Ryan E. Smith