Patents by Inventor Ira L. Allen
Ira L. Allen 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).
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Publication number: 20250005396Abstract: A set of benchmarks is determined for a course of action defined for an entity. Data is obtained from one or more exogenous sources. Based on the obtained data and using at least one artificial intelligence agent, one or more benchmarks are evaluated. Based on the evaluation, the set of benchmarks is optimized to obtain a revised set of benchmarks. The revised set of benchmarks is output to be used to evaluate one or more components of the course of action. The obtaining, evaluating, optimizing and outputting are repeated at a plurality of selected times to optimize the revised set of benchmarks. The revised set of benchmarks dynamically changes over the plurality of selected times as the course of action evolves over time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 2, 2025Inventors: Michael Jack MARTINE, Sarah Diane GREEN, Mark J. LUDLOW, Ira L. ALLEN, Stan Kevin DALEY
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Publication number: 20240257953Abstract: At least one surplus distribution model can be trained by machine learning implemented using historical data. The surplus distribution model can be configured to process current data and, based on processing the current data, output first data indicating recommendations for distribution of surplus products. The current data can be processed, using the at least one surplus distribution model. Based on the processing of the current data, the first data indicating the recommendations for distribution of the surplus products can be output. The recommendations for the distribution of the surplus products optimize the distribution of the surplus products based on demand for the surplus products.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Sarah Diane Green, Ira L. Allen, Stan Kevin Daley, Michael Jack Martine
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Publication number: 20240144381Abstract: Device data is obtained from one or more devices for an individual. The one or more devices include one or more medical monitoring devices. Data is also obtained from one or more exogenous sources, and the data includes current data relating to one or more medical resources. The device data obtained from the one or more devices and the data from the one or more exogenous sources are analyzed using an artificial intelligence agent. Based on the analyzing, one or more recommendations are provided. The one or more recommendations include an indication of a device to use that is different from the one or more devices to obtain different device data for the individual.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Michael Jack MARTINE, Sarah Diane GREEN, David DRAEGER, Stan Kevin DALEY, Ira L. ALLEN, John Donald VASQUEZ
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Patent number: 11574735Abstract: A delivery device includes a circuit for receiving an authentication signal. The delivery device contains a substance encapsulated therein. The delivery device determines whether a user is authenticated based upon the authentication signal and an identifier stored within the delivery device. The delivery device heats, responsive to determining that the user is not authenticated within a predetermined time period after the delivery device being ingested by the user, the substance encapsulated within the delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.Inventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, Jr.
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Patent number: 11449951Abstract: An approach is provided for automatically performing claim preemptive subrogation. An intelligent agent in an artificial intelligence system is activated. An occurrence of a vehicular event is detected. Using the intelligent agent, a mesh network of devices positioned within an environment surrounding the vehicular event is established. Property, event, and environmental data describing the vehicular event is collected and stored in a blockchain node. A smart contract is established on the blockchain node. The smart contract provides authorized parties with an access to the stored property, event, and environmental data. Based on the stored property, event, and environmental data and rule(s), a preemptive subrogation is performed by determining a cause of the vehicular event.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ira L. Allen, Michael Jack Martine, Stan Kevin Daley, Mark Carter, Sarah Diane Green
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Patent number: 11083837Abstract: A method includes providing a medication delivery vehicle comprising a reservoir with a seal formed thereon and a cantilevered beam micro-machined from a layer of material and coupled to the reservoir, the cantilevered beam comprising a tip for puncturing the seal, applying an electric field to the cantilevered beam that impels the tip forward and causes the tip to break through the seal of the reservoir, and changing the electric field to impel the micro-machined tip backward and thereby release a medication from the reservoir. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, Jr.
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Patent number: 10897688Abstract: In an approach for notifying a user of a location of a device, a processor receives a first location of a first device. A processor determines that the first device has been separated from a user of the first device. A processor determines a second device located at, within a first predetermined threshold, the first location. A processor sends a first notification to the second device, wherein the notification includes, at least, that the first device is located nearby.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200176108Abstract: A delivery device includes a circuit for receiving an authentication signal. The delivery device contains a substance encapsulated therein. The delivery device determines whether a user is authenticated based upon the authentication signal and an identifier stored within the delivery device. The delivery device heats, responsive to determining that the user is not authenticated within a predetermined time period after the delivery device being ingested by the user, the substance encapsulated within the delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, JR.
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Patent number: 10614918Abstract: A delivery device includes a circuit for receiving an authentication signal. The delivery device contains a substance encapsulated therein. The delivery device determines whether a user is authenticated based upon the authentication signal and an identifier stored within the delivery device. The delivery device heats, responsive to determining that the user is not authenticated within a predetermined time period after the delivery device being ingested by the user, the substance encapsulated within the delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, Jr.
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Patent number: 10608769Abstract: A boundary of a wireless network is monitored for incoming wireless signals that may interfere with an ability of a first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network. For an incoming wireless signal determined to interfere with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network, a directional opposing outgoing wireless signal is emitted to counteract the incoming wireless signal and to stop the incoming wireless signal from further interfering with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ira L. Allen, Lambert S. Berentsen, Gregory J. Boss
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Publication number: 20200059759Abstract: In an approach for notifying a user of a location of a device, a processor receives a first location of a first device. A processor determines that the first device has been separated from a user of the first device. A processor determines a second device located at, within a first predetermined threshold, the first location. A processor sends a first notification to the second device, wherein the notification includes, at least, that the first device is located nearby.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, JR.
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Patent number: 10552687Abstract: Methods and system are provided for monitoring a queue. A method includes receiving by sensors a non-visual identifier at predefined locations of a queue. Further, the method includes capturing by image capture devices images of an object possessing the non-visual identifier at the predefined locations of the queue. Further, the method includes visually tracking another object in the queue based on transformations of a predefined feature extracted from the images of the object possessing the non-visual identifier at the predefined locations.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ira L. Allen, Russell P. Bobbitt, Rogerio S. Feris, Yun Zhai
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Publication number: 20190349106Abstract: A boundary of a wireless network is monitored for incoming wireless signals that may interfere with an ability of a first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network. For an incoming wireless signal determined to interfere with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network, a directional opposing outgoing wireless signal is emitted to counteract the incoming wireless signal and to stop the incoming wireless signal from further interfering with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Ira L. Allen, Lambert S. Berentsen, Gregory J. Boss
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Patent number: 10397396Abstract: A method and system for disabling functions of a movement detection enabled device is provided. The method includes monitoring a movement detection signal of the movement detection enabled device in a vehicle and determining that the vehicle is currently in motion. An electronic tag in the vehicle is detected and instructions associated with the movement detection enabled device are retrieved. It is determined that the movement detection enabled device is located within a specified proximity to a driver location of the vehicle and that a user of the device is a driver of the vehicle. In response, specified functions of the movement detection enabled device are disabled.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ira L. Allen, Douglas D. Williams
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Patent number: 10389465Abstract: A boundary of a wireless network is monitored for incoming wireless signals that may interfere with an ability of a first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network. For an incoming wireless signal determined to interfere with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network, a directional opposing outgoing wireless signal is emitted to counteract the incoming wireless signal and to stop the incoming wireless signal from further interfering with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ira L. Allen, Lambert S. Berentsen, Gregory J. Boss
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Patent number: 10376444Abstract: A method includes micro-machining a cavity within a substrate, filling the cavity with a medication, forming a sealing layer over the cavity, micro-machining a cantilevered beam from a layer of material, the cantilevered beam comprising a tip for puncturing the sealing layer, and attaching the cantilevered beam to the substrate such that moving the cantilevered beam toward the substrate enables the tip to puncture the sealing layer. A computer program product corresponding to the method is also disclosed. An apparatus includes a substrate having a cavity micro-machined therein, a sealing layer formed over the cavity, a medication disposed within the cavity, a cantilevered beam micro-machined from a layer of material, the cantilevered beam comprising a tip for puncturing the sealing layer, and the cantilevered beam attached to the substrate and disposed to enable the tip to puncture the sealing layer when the cantilevered beam is moved towards the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, Jr.
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Patent number: 10368194Abstract: Locating misplaced mobile computing devices through transmission of location information. Mobile computing devices periodically request information from surrounding mobile computing devices to more accurately identify the location where a mobile computing device was misplaced.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190069129Abstract: In an approach for notifying a user of a location of a device, a processor receives a first location of a first device. A processor determines that the first device has been separated from a user of the first device. A processor determines a second device located at, within a first predetermined threshold, the first location. A processor sends a first notification to the second device, wherein the notification includes, at least, that the first device is located nearby.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore, JR.
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Publication number: 20190028218Abstract: A boundary of a wireless network is monitored for incoming wireless signals that may interfere with an ability of a first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network. For an incoming wireless signal determined to interfere with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network, a directional opposing outgoing wireless signal is emitted to counteract the incoming wireless signal and to stop the incoming wireless signal from further interfering with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Ira L. Allen, Lambert S. Berentsen, Gregory J. Boss
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Patent number: 10171933Abstract: In an approach for notifying a user of a location of a device, a processor receives a first location of a first device. A processor determines that the first device has been separated from a user of the first device. A processor determines a second device located at, within a first predetermined threshold, the first location. A processor sends a first notification to the second device, wherein the notification includes, at least, that the first device is located nearby.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ira L. Allen, Gregory J. Boss, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell, John E. Moore