Patents by Inventor Douglas George Dempster

Douglas George Dempster 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: 11334640
    Abstract: A computer system provides personalized location-based weather services. Weather data for a location is processed to generate a plurality of panels, wherein each panel comprises weather information organized according to a topic of the panel. An order is determined for the plurality of panels, wherein the order is based on one or more factors including an interaction of a user with one or more previously presented panels, a selected event being identified, and a proximity of a forecasted event to a current time. A visualization is generated on a display, including the plurality of panels configured to be navigated according to the determined order. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for providing personalized location-based weather services in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney Thompson, Douglas George Dempster, Tanya Simkhovich, Ronald Harris, James John Politis
  • Publication number: 20210334327
    Abstract: A computer system provides personalized location-based weather services. Weather data for a location is processed to generate a plurality of panels, wherein each panel comprises weather information organized according to a topic of the panel. An order is determined for the plurality of panels, wherein the order is based on one or more factors including an interaction of a user with one or more previously presented panels, a selected event being identified, and a proximity of a forecasted event to a current time. A visualization is generated on a display, including the plurality of panels configured to be navigated according to the determined order. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for providing personalized location-based weather services in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Rodney Thompson, Douglas George Dempster, TANYA SIMKHOVICH, Ronald Harris, James John Politis
  • Publication number: 20210263186
    Abstract: A computer system provides location-based weather services. Weather data is processed to determine one or more weather values for a location. The one or more weather values are compared to baseline weather data for the location to identify a weather event, wherein the weather event is identified in response to determining that the one or more weather values deviate from a corresponding one or more baseline values of the baseline weather data by a threshold amount. A request is received from a user device for weather information for the location. Information relating to the weather event is provided to the user device. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for providing location-based weather services in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Rodney Thompson, Douglas George Dempster, James John Politis, Ronald Harris, Tanya Simkhovich, Frederick Scott Eliot
  • Publication number: 20210263622
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for controlling arrangement of content (display elements) on a display presented to a user on a device. A set of display elements is received from a server. A primary tier and one or more secondary tiers are populated with display elements from the set of display elements according to a default pattern to establish an arrangement of the display elements. Interactions of the user with the display elements are monitored, wherein information obtained from monitoring is stored locally on the device. A level of interest of the user for the display elements is inferred based on the interactions. The arrangement of the display elements is updated with regard to the primary tier and the one or more secondary tiers to correspond to the level of interest of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Rodney Thompson, TANYA SIMKHOVICH, FREDERICK SCOTT ELIOT, Douglas George Dempster, Ron Harris, James John Politis
  • Patent number: 11099719
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for controlling arrangement of content (display elements) on a display presented to a user on a device. A set of display elements is received from a server. A primary tier and one or more secondary tiers are populated with display elements from the set of display elements according to a default pattern to establish an arrangement of the display elements. Interactions of the user with the display elements are monitored, wherein information obtained from monitoring is stored locally on the device. A level of interest of the user for the display elements is inferred based on the interactions. The arrangement of the display elements is updated with regard to the primary tier and the one or more secondary tiers to correspond to the level of interest of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney Thompson, Tanya Simkhovich, Frederick Scott Eliot, Douglas George Dempster, Ron Harris, James John Politis