Patents by Inventor Harold J. Ship

Harold J. Ship 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: 10394897
    Abstract: Visualizations of a serial process are provided. A process model of a serial process is constructed using an underlying statististical model. The process model represents each instance of the serial process as a series of interconnected nodes, wherein (i) the serial process includes a plurality of events; (ii) each node is associated with an event and a time at which the associated event occurred in an instance of the serial process; and (iii) connectors link nodes together to form the series of interconnected nodes, the connectors representing stages of serial process. The stages are scored and categorized into various categories based, at least in part, on the process model. One or more of the categories is associated with outlier stages. A visualization of the process model is presented such that the visualization associates the stages of the instances of serial process with respective categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Bak, Matthias Kormaksson, Yuval Nardi, Gilad M. Saadoun, Harold J. Ship
  • Patent number: 9679399
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a map using a computer is based on data and weighted factors to minimize corresponding projection distortions. The method and system includes determining visualization goals from analyzing a set of datasets for a map using the computer. A set of visualization characteristics are calculated for each dataset based on the visualization goals using the computer. The visualization characteristics are analyzed to weight factors for each of the datasets. Each of the weighted factors is adjusted based on the relevance of each of the datasets for visualization of the map. An aggregate vector of weighted factors is calculated based on all of the datasets, and the map for visualization is generated based on the aggregate vector of weighted factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Bak, Gilad M. Saadoun, Harold J. Ship, Craig A. Statchuk, Avi Yaeli
  • Patent number: 9626796
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a map using a computer is based on data and weighted factors to minimize corresponding projection distortions. The method and system includes determining visualization goals from analyzing a set of datasets for a map using the computer. A set of visualization characteristics are calculated for each dataset based on the visualization goals using the computer. The visualization characteristics are analyzed to weight factors for each of the datasets. Each of the weighted factors is adjusted based on the relevance of each of the datasets for visualization of the map. An aggregate vector of weighted factors is calculated based on all of the datasets, and the map for visualization is generated based on the aggregate vector of weighted factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Bak, Gilad M. Saadoun, Harold J. Ship, Craig A. Statchuk, Avi Yaeli
  • Publication number: 20170076010
    Abstract: Visualizations of a serial process are provided. A process model of a serial process is constructed using an underlying statististical model. The process model represents each instance of the serial process as a series of interconnected nodes, wherein (i) the serial process includes a plurality of events; (ii) each node is associated with an event and a time at which the associated event occurred in an instance of the serial process; and (iii) connectors link nodes together to form the series of interconnected nodes, the connectors representing stages of serial process. The stages are scored and categorized into various categories based, at least in part, on the process model. One or more of the categories is associated with outlier stages. A visualization of the process model is presented such that the visualization associates the stages of the instances of serial process with respective categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Bak, Matthias Kormaksson, Yuval Nardi, Gilad M. Saadoun, Harold J. Ship
  • Patent number: 9536328
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a map using a computer is based on data and weighted factors to minimize corresponding projection distortions. The method and system includes determining visualization goals from analyzing a set of datasets for a map using the computer. A set of visualization characteristics are calculated for each dataset based on the visualization goals using the computer. The visualization characteristics are analyzed to weight factors for each of the datasets. Each of the weighted factors is adjusted based on the relevance of each of the datasets for visualization of the map. An aggregate vector of weighted factors is calculated based on all of the datasets, and the map for visualization is generated based on the aggregate vector of weighted factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Bak, Gilad M. Saadoun, Harold J. Ship, Craig A. Statchuk, Avi Yaeli
  • Publication number: 20160350970
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a map using a computer is based on data and weighted factors to minimize corresponding projection distortions. The method and system includes determining visualization goals from analyzing a set of datasets for a map using the computer. A set of visualization characteristics are calculated for each dataset based on the visualization goals using the computer. The visualization characteristics are analyzed to weight factors for each of the datasets. Each of the weighted factors is adjusted based on the relevance of each of the datasets for visualization of the map. An aggregate vector of weighted factors is calculated based on all of the datasets, and the map for visualization is generated based on the aggregate vector of weighted factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Bak, Gilad M. Saadoun, Harold J. Ship, Craig A. Statchuk, Avi Yaeli
  • Publication number: 20160196669
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a map using a computer is based on data and weighted factors to minimize corresponding projection distortions. The method and system includes determining visualization goals from analyzing a set of datasets for a map using the computer. A set of visualization characteristics are calculated for each dataset based on the visualization goals using the computer. The visualization characteristics are analyzed to weight factors for each of the datasets. Each of the weighted factors is adjusted based on the relevance of each of the datasets for visualization of the map. An aggregate vector of weighted factors is calculated based on all of the datasets, and the map for visualization is generated based on the aggregate vector of weighted factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Bak, Gilad M. Saadoun, Harold J. Ship, Craig A. Statchuk, Avi Yaeli
  • Publication number: 20160196670
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a map using a computer is based on data and weighted factors to minimize corresponding projection distortions. The method and system includes determining visualization goals from analyzing a set of datasets for a map using the computer. A set of visualization characteristics are calculated for each dataset based on the visualization goals using the computer. The visualization characteristics are analyzed to weight factors for each of the datasets. Each of the weighted factors is adjusted based on the relevance of each of the datasets for visualization of the map. An aggregate vector of weighted factors is calculated based on all of the datasets, and the map for visualization is generated based on the aggregate vector of weighted factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Bak, Gilad M. Saadoun, Harold J. Ship, Craig A. Statchuk, Avi Yaeli
  • Publication number: 20160063407
    Abstract: Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include receiving, by a computer, signals from a multiplicity of independently operated mobile entities, and identifying, based on the received signals, a collaboration between a first given entity and a second given entity. Based on the received signals, a quality of the collaboration can be computed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Bak, Gilad M. Saadoun, Harold J. Ship, Avi Yaeli