Patents by Inventor James P. Gilchrist
James P. Gilchrist 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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Patent number: 9918255Abstract: A modular electronic device including a master core and a plurality of communication radio modules is provided. The modular electronic device maximizes communication performance by receiving a request for network operations from a mobile operating system of the modular electronic device; polling a table to determine a capacity of each communication radio module; and assigning the network operations to a module of the communication radio modules with a highest available capacity to maximize the communication performance of the modular electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: James P. Gilchrist, Michael E. Gildein, Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy, Daniel Rogers, Moses J. Vaughan
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Patent number: 9892095Abstract: The method includes identifying a plurality of transcripts of an audio event. The method further identifying a difference between two or more of the plurality of transcripts of the audio event. The method further includes determining a confidence level for the two or more transcripts that include the identified difference, wherein the confidence level indicates a measure of quality of the transcript. The method further includes selecting a difference from the two or more transcripts that include the identified difference based on the determined confidence level. The method further includes generating a transcript based on the selected difference.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Inventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Patent number: 9886423Abstract: The method includes identifying a plurality of transcripts of an audio event. The method further identifying a difference between two or more of the plurality of transcripts of the audio event. The method further includes determining a confidence level for the two or more transcripts that include the identified difference, wherein the confidence level indicates a measure of quality of the transcript. The method further includes selecting a difference from the two or more transcripts that include the identified difference based on the determined confidence level. The method further includes generating a transcript based on the selected difference.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Patent number: 9882414Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes integrating a charging pad into a powered device having a power supply, where the powered device is at least one of a monitor and a keyboard. The method includes configuring the charging pad to receive a first chargeable device in a charging position relative to the charging pad. The method further includes configuring the charging pad to deliver an electrical charge from the power supply to the first chargeable device when the chargeable device is in the charging position.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, James P. Gilchrist, Galina Gorelik, Frank R. LeFevre, Jr., Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Patent number: 9772872Abstract: A method for operating a processing system comprising in a hypervisor, negotiating with a host platform to determine compatibility between a virtual machine and the host platform, responsive to determining that the virtual machine is compatible with the host platform, receiving a control block from the virtual machine, tagging the control block with information that associates the control block with a control group, determining whether the hypervisor is a base hypervisor, and scheduling the control block for processing responsive to determining that the hypervisor is the base hypervisor.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Patent number: 9769596Abstract: A method for outputting content to an external device comprises receiving with a mobile device, a signal from a first external device, identifying a direction of the first external device relative to the mobile device, receiving a user input action on the mobile device that corresponds to the identified direction of the first external device relative to the mobile device, initiating a communicative connection between the mobile device and the first external device responsive to receiving the user input action that corresponds to the identified direction of the first external device relative to the mobile device, and outputting content from the mobile device to the first external device via the communicative connection.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Patent number: 9712500Abstract: A method for determining a compute amount contributed by a device is provided. The method comprises receiving encrypted data from a processor of a customer system and parsing the encrypted data into a plurality of encrypted subsets. Then, the method associates a token specific to the device with an encrypted subset of the plurality of encrypted subsets to produce a packaged subset. The packaged subset is sent to the device. In response, a processed packaged subset that includes the token is received. The compute time contributed by the device is determined from the token of the processed packaged subset.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew Dow, Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Gabriel J. Perez Irizarry, Gary S. Littlefield, Katrin Nagel, Nickalaus A. Painter, Brian R. Prasky
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Publication number: 20170201874Abstract: An embodiment of a method of selecting a radio broadcast includes detecting a radio broadcast and retrieving user preference data, the user preference data specifying one or more preferred radio stations and/or one or more preferred categories of radio broadcast. The method also includes communicating via a local communication device with at least one additional processing device, wherein communicating includes retrieving radio station category information specifying at least one radio station and a category of the at least one radio station. The method further includes correlating the radio station category information with the detected radio broadcast to identify a radio station that originated the radio broadcast and one or more categories associated with the radio station and/or the radio broadcast, and based on determining that the detected radio broadcast corresponds to the user preference data, displaying information describing the detected radio broadcast and/or controlling the radio receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Brendan C. Lewis, Khaalid McMillan, Christopher J. Nycz
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Publication number: 20170201615Abstract: An embodiment of a method of selecting a radio broadcast includes detecting a radio broadcast and retrieving user preference data, the user preference data specifying one or more preferred radio stations and/or one or more preferred categories of radio broadcast. The method also includes communicating via a local communication device with at least one additional processing device, wherein communicating includes retrieving radio station category information specifying at least one radio station and a category of the at least one radio station. The method further includes correlating the radio station category information with the detected radio broadcast to identify a radio station that originated the radio broadcast and one or more categories associated with the radio station and/or the radio broadcast, and based on determining that the detected radio broadcast corresponds to the user preference data, displaying information describing the detected radio broadcast and/or controlling the radio receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Brendan C. Lewis, Khaalid McMillan, Christopher J. Nycz
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Patent number: 9706038Abstract: An embodiment of a method of selecting a radio broadcast includes detecting a radio broadcast and retrieving user preference data, the user preference data specifying one or more preferred radio stations and/or one or more preferred categories of radio broadcast. The method also includes communicating via a local communication device with at least one additional processing device, wherein communicating includes retrieving radio station category information specifying at least one radio station and a category of the at least one radio station. The method further includes correlating the radio station category information with the detected radio broadcast to identify a radio station that originated the radio broadcast and one or more categories associated with the radio station and/or the radio broadcast, and based on determining that the detected radio broadcast corresponds to the user preference data, displaying information describing the detected radio broadcast and/or controlling the radio receiver.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Brendan C. Lewis, Khaalid McMillan, Christopher J. Nycz
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Patent number: 9686247Abstract: A method for determining a compute amount contributed by a device is provided. The method comprises receiving encrypted data from a processor of a customer system and parsing the encrypted data into a plurality of encrypted subsets. Then, the method associates a token specific to the device with an encrypted subset of the plurality of encrypted subsets to produce a packaged subset. The packaged subset is sent to the device. In response, a processed packaged subset that includes the token is received. The compute time contributed by the device is determined from the token of the processed packaged subset.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew Dow, Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Gabriel J. Perez Irizarry, Gary S. Littlefield, Katrin Nagel, Nickalaus A. Painter, Brian R. Prasky
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Publication number: 20170150537Abstract: A method for outputting content to an external device comprises receiving with a mobile device, a signal from a first external device, identifying a direction of the first external device relative to the mobile device, receiving a user input action on the mobile device that corresponds to the identified direction of the first external device relative to the mobile device, initiating a communicative connection between the mobile device and the first external device responsive to receiving the user input action that corresponds to the identified direction of the first external device relative to the mobile device, and outputting content from the mobile device to the first external device via the communicative connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Publication number: 20170150295Abstract: A method for outputting content to an external device comprises receiving with a mobile device, a signal from a first external device, identifying a direction of the first external device relative to the mobile device, receiving a user input action on the mobile device that corresponds to the identified direction of the first external device relative to the mobile device, initiating a communicative connection between the mobile device and the first external device responsive to receiving the user input action that corresponds to the identified direction of the first external device relative to the mobile device, and outputting content from the mobile device to the first external device via the communicative connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Publication number: 20170139735Abstract: A method for operating a processing system comprising in a hypervisor, negotiating with a host platform to determine compatibility between a virtual machine and the host platform, responsive to determining that the virtual machine is compatible with the host platform, receiving a control block from the virtual machine, tagging the control block with information that associates the control block with a control group, determining whether the hypervisor is a base hypervisor, and scheduling the control block for processing responsive to determining that the hypervisor is the base hypervisor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Publication number: 20170139728Abstract: A method for operating a processing system comprising in a hypervisor, negotiating with a host platform to determine compatibility between a virtual machine and the host platform, responsive to determining that the virtual machine is compatible with the host platform, receiving a control block from the virtual machine, tagging the control block with information that associates the control block with a control group, determining whether the hypervisor is a base hypervisor, and scheduling the control block for processing responsive to determining that the hypervisor is the base hypervisor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Patent number: 9652278Abstract: Embodiments relate to virtual machine (VM) migration via a mobile device. A method includes requesting, by a mobile device, a source computer to capture a state and memory contents of a VM executing on the source computer. The VM includes the state, the memory contents, and data. The state and memory contents of the VM are stored on the mobile device. Security information about a target computer is determined by the mobile device. A migration of the VM to the target computer is initiated by the mobile device. The initiating includes sending the stored state and memory contents of the VM from the mobile device to the target computer. An activation of the VM on the target computer is initiated and access is provided to at least a subset of the data of the VM. The subset is selected based on the security information.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker, IV
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Patent number: 9641007Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes detecting insertion of a mobile device into a cradle of a computer. The mobile device includes one or more device edges each having device coupling hardware. The cradle includes one or more cradle edges each having cradle coupling hardware. Each of the one or more device edges is configured to couple to a corresponding cradle edge of the one or more cradle edges, through connecting the device coupling hardware of the device edge with the cradle coupling hardware of the cradle edge. Communications are transmitted between a first device edge, of the one or more device edges, and a first cradle edge, of the one or more cradle edges, responsive to detecting the insertion. The communications are interpreted, by a computer processor, to utilize a touchscreen of the mobile device as a trackpad for the computer.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker
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Patent number: 9635160Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes detecting insertion of a mobile device into a cradle of a computer. The mobile device includes one or more device edges each having device coupling hardware. The cradle includes one or more cradle edges each having cradle coupling hardware. Each of the one or more device edges is configured to couple to a corresponding cradle edge of the one or more cradle edges, through connecting the device coupling hardware of the device edge with the cradle coupling hardware of the cradle edge. Communications are transmitted between a first device edge, of the one or more device edges, and a first cradle edge, of the one or more cradle edges, responsive to detecting the insertion. The communications are interpreted, by a computer processor, to utilize a touchscreen of the mobile device as a trackpad for the computer.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Steven K. Schmidt, Charles J. Stocker
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Publication number: 20170106763Abstract: A structure is provided. The structure may include an alignment mechanism used to align an electric vehicle in a parking lane of an electric vehicle charging station, and a coupler assembly including an arm and a charging coupler located in the parking lane and positioned beneath the electric vehicle, the charging coupler is positioned at one end of the arm, and is moveable in a vertical direction relative to the parking lane, and another end of the arm is pivotally mounted in the parking lane, where the charging coupler includes one or more electrical contacts in a shape of a right conical frustum extending from the charging coupler in the vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Brendan C. Lewis, Khaalid P. McMillan, Christopher J. Nycz
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Publication number: 20170106762Abstract: A structure is provided. The structure may include an alignment mechanism used to align an electric vehicle in a parking lane of an electric vehicle charging station, and a coupler assembly including an arm and a charging coupler located in the parking lane and positioned beneath the electric vehicle, the charging coupler is positioned at one end of the arm, and is moveable in a vertical direction relative to the parking lane, and another end of the arm is pivotally mounted in the parking lane, where the charging coupler includes one or more electrical contacts in a shape of a right conical frustum extending from the charging coupler in the vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Eli M. Dow, James P. Gilchrist, Brendan C. Lewis, Khaalid P. McMillan, Christopher J. Nycz