Patents by Inventor Derrick L. Washington

Derrick L. Washington 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: 10430401
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a query. A target confidence level is established for the query, the target confidence level representing a requested level of accuracy for a result of the query. At least one individual confidence level is assigned to each of a plurality of analytics engines. One or more analytics engines are queried based on the query. A group of the analytics engines are selected, by a computer processor, where the analytics engines in the selected group have query responses to the query that are deemed to be similar to one another, and where the selection of the selected group is at least partially based on the target confidence level. The query responses from the selected group of analytics engines are summarized into a final result, where the final result is an answer to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tabari H. Alexander, John A. Bivens, Michael C. Buzzetti, Yuk L. Chan, Derrick L. Washington
  • Patent number: 9495405
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a query. A target confidence level is established for the query, the target confidence level representing a requested level of accuracy for a result of the query. At least one individual confidence level is assigned to each of a plurality of analytics engines. One or more analytics engines are queried based on the query. A group of the analytics engines are selected, by a computer processor, where the analytics engines in the selected group have query responses to the query that are deemed to be similar to one another, and where the selection of the selected group is at least partially based on the target confidence level. The query responses from the selected group of analytics engines are summarized into a final result, where the final result is an answer to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tabari H. Alexander, John A. Bivens, Michael C. Buzzetti, Yuk L. Chan, Derrick L. Washington
  • Patent number: 9183314
    Abstract: A technique is provided for capturing browsing history of a webpage. A processor receives a webpage from a server, determines that a trigger associated with a user is fulfilled, and captures a page of the webpage responsive to the trigger associated with the user being fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yuk L. Chan, Gisela C. Cheng, Kin Ng, Derrick L. Washington
  • Publication number: 20150310021
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a query. A target confidence level is established for the query, the target confidence level representing a requested level of accuracy for a result of the query. At least one individual confidence level is assigned to each of a plurality of analytics engines. One or more analytics engines are queried based on the query. A group of the analytics engines are selected, by a computer processor, where the analytics engines in the selected group have query responses to the query that are deemed to be similar to one another, and where the selection of the selected group is at least partially based on the target confidence level. The query responses from the selected group of analytics engines are summarized into a final result, where the final result is an answer to the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Tabari H. Alexander, John A. Bivens, Michael C. Buzzetti, Yuk L. Chan, Derrick L. Washington
  • Publication number: 20150310015
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a query. A target confidence level is established for the query, the target confidence level representing a requested level of accuracy for a result of the query. At least one individual confidence level is assigned to each of a plurality of analytics engines. One or more analytics engines are queried based on the query. A group of the analytics engines are selected, by a computer processor, where the analytics engines in the selected group have query responses to the query that are deemed to be similar to one another, and where the selection of the selected group is at least partially based on the target confidence level. The query responses from the selected group of analytics engines are summarized into a final result, where the final result is an answer to the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tabari H. Alexander, John A. Bivens, Michael C. Buzzetti, Yuk L. Chan, Derrick L. Washington
  • Publication number: 20150113367
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes capturing a plurality of images from a presentation. Each of the plurality of images is associated with a unique identifier. The unique identifiers are transmitted to one or more remote audience modules. The plurality of images are then transmitted to the audience modules. With a computer processor, a first image from the plurality of images is identified as a next active image. Indications are received from the one or more of the audience modules that the next active image has been received. The audience modules are instructed to update their displays from a current active image to the next active image, after the indications are received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yuk L. Chan, Gisela C. Cheng, Kin Ng, Derrick L. Washington
  • Publication number: 20150113369
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes capturing a plurality of images from a presentation. Each of the plurality of images is associated with a unique identifier. The unique identifiers are transmitted to one or more remote audience modules. The plurality of images are then transmitted to the audience modules. With a computer processor, a first image from the plurality of images is identified as a next active image. Indications are received from the one or more of the audience modules that the next active image has been received. The audience modules are instructed to update their displays from a current active image to the next active image, after the indications are received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yuk L. Chan, Gisela C. Cheng, Kin Ng, Derrick L. Washington
  • Publication number: 20130275493
    Abstract: A technique is provided for capturing browsing history of a webpage. A processor receives a webpage from a server, determines that a trigger associated with a user is fulfilled, and captures a page of the webpage responsive to the trigger associated with the user being fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuk L. Chan, Gisela C. Cheng, Kin Ng, Derrick L. Washington