Patents by Inventor Donnie Allen Smith, Jr.

Donnie Allen Smith, Jr. 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: 11625373
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for determining changes to database tables. In an embodiment, the method comprises loading a first group of records in a first time period in a database; loading a second group of records in a second time period in the database; selecting one or more of the records in the database; and for each of the selected records, determining whether it was loaded into the database during the first time period or the second time period, and providing the each record with a specified designation based on the time period during which the each record was loaded into the database. In an embodiment, identified times when the records were loaded in the database are used to determine the time period during which the each record was loaded in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donnie Allen Smith, Jr., Kenneth L. Greenlee, Venkatapathi Rao Kaka, Sahil Arora, Mukesh Kumar
  • Patent number: 11604724
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for performing testing on a portion of an application. The method includes one or more processors identifying a test configuration for testing an application. The application comprises a plurality of components. The test configuration includes an indication to test at least one component of the application. The method further includes one or more processors testing the indicated at least one component of the application. The method further includes one or more processors determining a validation result of testing the indicated at least one component of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Willie Robert Patten, Jr., Donnie Allen Smith, Jr., Jeffrey N. Eisen, Chintan Rajyaguru
  • Publication number: 20230052480
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system, platform, computer program product, and/or method for reducing data processing that includes identifying data properties used to generate features used as input to data analytic models; associating the data properties used to generate the features to corresponding features; determining whether an incoming data record is a previously processed data record; determining, in response to an incoming data record being a previously processed data record, whether the incoming data record matches the previously processed data record; identifying data properties in the incoming data record that have changed; determining features associated with the data properties in the incoming data record that have changed; and generating the features associated with the data properties in the incoming data record that have changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Donnie Allen Smith, JR., Willie Robert Patten, JR., Chintan Rajyaguru, Jeffrey N. Eisen
  • Publication number: 20220414535
    Abstract: A system may include a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor may be configured to perform operations. The operations may include receiving data, mapping a plurality of features to a plurality of attributes of the data, and generating a feature-to-attribute map based on said mapping. The operations may further include submitting new data to a feature calculation loop and implementing the feature calculation loop. The operations may also include tracking the features in the feature calculation loop, identifying a changed feature in the features, and recalculating for the changed feature using the feature calculation loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Chintan Rajyaguru, Donnie Allen Smith, JR., Jeffrey N. Eisen, Willie Robert Patten, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220197783
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for performing testing on a portion of an application. The method includes one or more processors identifying a test configuration for testing an application. The application comprises a plurality of components. The test configuration includes an indication to test at least one component of the application. The method further includes one or more processors testing the indicated at least one component of the application. The method further includes one or more processors determining a validation result of testing the indicated at least one component of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Willie Robert Patten, JR., Donnie Allen Smith, JR., Jeffrey N. Eisen, Chintan Rajyaguru
  • Publication number: 20210342324
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for determining changes to database tables. In an embodiment, the method comprises loading a first group of records in a first time period in a database; loading a second group of records in a second time period in the database; selecting one or more of the records in the database; and for each of the selected records, determining whether it was loaded into the database during the first time period or the second time period, and providing the each record with a specified designation based on the time period during which the each record was loaded into the database. In an embodiment, identified times when the records were loaded in the database are used to determine the time period during which the each record was loaded in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Donnie Allen Smith, JR., Kenneth L. Greenlee, Venkatapathi Rao Kaka, Sahil Arora, Mukesh Kumar
  • Patent number: 8570159
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for manifest integrity management via radio frequency identification (RFID). A manifest integrity management method can include scanning different RFID tags affixed to different objects for placement in a container. The method also can include determining both common data for all of the different RFID tags, and unique data for each of the different RFID tags. Finally, the method can include encoding an RFID tag for the container with an entry for the common data for the different RFID tags, and each unique data for each of the different RFID tags. In this way, a manifest can be created for the objects in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Kumar Bhadriraju, Thomas Tim Hanis, Frederick William Rowe, John Kenneth Senegal, Donnie Allen Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7616093
    Abstract: For reducing the frequency with which RFID transponders are read in an RFID system, the RFID system logs a timestamp associated with each read of an RFID transponder along with the tag ID and reader identifier. The timestamp associated with each log entry is monitored with respect to an expiration value so that expired log entries may be identified. When a log entry is determined to be expired, other elements of the RFID system are notified of the associated tag ID and reader identifier, and the storage occupied by the expired log entry is freed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Donnie Allen Smith, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090214005
    Abstract: An embodiment of this invention provides a secure, integrated and hierarchical database to store phone numbers of services, along with personal protected information required by the service. This hierarchical data is stored for an individual or a group of individuals and will be made available when they place a call to one of the service phone numbers stored in the application. One of the solutions described in this disclosure allows a user to register frequently-used phone numbers, and any personal data required by the associated services, on a web site under a password protected account associated with the user. The user(s) can access this information by dialing a phone number. This way, the enrolled users can place a call to any registered phone number by first calling a predetermined number and then navigating to the desired number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Vijay Kumar Bhadriraju, Donnie Allen Smith, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090009334
    Abstract: For reducing the frequency with which RFID transponders are read in an RFID system, the RFID system logs a timestamp associated with each read of an RFID transponder along with the tag ID and reader identifier. The timestamp associated with each log entry is monitored with respect to an expiration value so that expired log entries may be identified. When a log entry is determined to be expired, other elements of the RFID system are notified of the associated tag ID and reader identifier, and the storage occupied by the expired log entry is freed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Donnie Allen Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7409047
    Abstract: An embodiment of this invention provides a secure, integrated and hierarchical database to store phone numbers of services, along with personal protected information required by the service. This hierarchical data is stored for an individual or a group of individuals and will be made available when they place a call to one of the service phone numbers stored in the application. One of the solutions described in this disclosure allows a user to register frequently-used phone numbers, and any personal data required by the associated services, on a web site under a password protected account associated with the user. The user(s) can access this information by dialing a phone number. This way, the enrolled users can place a call to any registered phone number by first calling a predetermined number and then navigating to the desired number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Kumar Bhadriraju, Donnie Allen Smith, Jr.