Patents by Inventor Harry L. Hoots, III

Harry L. Hoots, III 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).

  • Publication number: 20130173655
    Abstract: A method, program product and system for selectively fetching search results data. Once a search query has been received and executed in a database, the total count of search results are divided into pages. A computer fetches a determined number of pages of search results data and stores the search results data in a repository. The computer displays one page of fetched search results data and links to other pages of search results data to the user through the interface. If the user selects a page of search results data to display which was not already fetched, the computer fetches the non-fetched search results data and marks the fetched search results data. The marked data may be discarded or cached through memory virtualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harry L. Hoots III, III, Timothy W. Owings
  • Patent number: 8208860
    Abstract: A transmitter transmits a signal to a receiver along a transmission path. The respective positions of the transmitter and the receiver are determined, and notice is received that a moving vehicle is proximate to the transmission path. Responsive to such notice, the moving vehicle position is determined, and such position is used with the transmitter and receiver positions to determine whether the moving vehicle is located between the transmitter and receiver positions. If so, the moving vehicle position is used to calculate the time delay between the times at which first and second components of the transmitted signal are received at the receiver, wherein the first component is transmitted directly to the receiver, and the second component is transmitted to the receiver after reflection from the moving vehicle. The calculated time delay is then used to provide a corrective signal component, which is employed to reduce degradation of the first component caused by the second signal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan J. Harrington, Harry L. Hoots, III, Belton L. Monroe
  • Publication number: 20110105035
    Abstract: A transmitter transmits a signal to a receiver along a transmission path. The respective positions of the transmitter and the receiver are determined, and notice is received that a moving vehicle is proximate to the transmission path. Responsive to such notice, the moving vehicle position is determined, and such position is used with the transmitter and receiver positions to determine whether the moving vehicle is located between the transmitter and receiver positions. If so, the moving vehicle position is used to calculate the time delay between the times at which first and second components of the transmitted signal are received at the receiver, wherein the first component is transmitted directly to the receiver, and the second component is transmitted to the receiver after reflection from the moving vehicle. The calculated time delay is then used to provide a corrective signal component, which is employed to reduce degradation of the first component caused by the second signal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathan J. Harrington, Harry L. Hoots, III, Belton L. Monroe
  • Patent number: 7872572
    Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicle mounted infrared wavelength information displays for traffic camera viewers are disclosed. A method includes obtaining vehicle positioning data associated with at least one vehicle and, based upon the vehicle positioning data, selectively emitting infrared wavelength light from a set of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged on exterior surfaces of the at least one vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan J. Harrington, Harry L. Hoots, III
  • Publication number: 20100066563
    Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicle mounted infrared wavelength information displays for traffic camera viewers are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathan J. HARRINGTON, Harry L. HOOTS, III
  • Publication number: 20100017817
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for inserting advertisements into a traffic camera image. The method may receive an advertisement package, the advertisement package comprising a business identifier, a message text, and a price per congestion level. The method may store the advertisement package. The method may receive a user query for a traffic camera image. The method may receive the traffic camera image, the traffic camera image comprising a camera image, a business indicator, and coordinates of the traffic camera image. The method may associate the traffic camera image with the advertisement package. The method may then produce an overlay image associated with the advertisement package. The method may merge the traffic camera image and the overlay image into a final image. Finally, the method may display the final image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathan J. Harrington, Harry L. Hoots, III