Patents by Inventor Jerry Walter
Jerry Walter 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: 7199725Abstract: Methods, systems, and products for radio frequency identification aiding the visually impaired, storing a recording of a sound, including timing information for synchronous playback, representing at least one attribute of an object having associated with the object a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag; activating the RFID tag with an electronic travel aid (“ETA”) for the visually impaired; retrieving the recording from storage; and playing the recording synchronously through an audio interface of the ETA. Storage of sound recording may be local or remote, and sound recordings may be sorted or indexed and retrieved from storage according to an RFID tag identification code, a classification code for the object, and a type code (a sound skin identifier) for the recording.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Gilfix, Jerry Walter Malcolm
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Publication number: 20070065046Abstract: A data capturing module combined with a portable data terminal of the hand-held type to record handwritten data. Using a digitized pad, the module can provide for direct input of handwritten data into the system, or a peripheral digital scanner can be employed to provide for data entry. Depending upon the particular application, the module therefore provides for data entry of handwritten text or graphics using the data terminal and other components of a portable data system to enter, display, print or otherwise communicate the handwritten data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: David Hacker, Jerry Walter, Arvin Danielson, Dennis Durbin
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Patent number: 7191450Abstract: Software application integration, including constructing an application integration adapter where the constructing is carried out in dependence upon a profile. The profile includes data describing the adapter. Embodiments include communicating integration messages among applications through the adapter. Profiles include identifications of at least two communications transports, including configuration parameters for the data communications transports. In typical embodiments, constructing an application integration adapter includes creating the transports identified in the adapter profile, and configuring the transports in accordance with the configuration parameters.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2003Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Gilfix, Jerry Walter Malcolm, Foluso Olaiya Okunseinde, Tyron Jerrod Stading, Paul Stuart Williamson, Scott Lee Winters
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Patent number: 7188345Abstract: Software application integration including providing a multiplicity of predefined data communications receivers, each receiver specific to a software application and a communications protocol; providing a multiplicity of predefined data communications senders, each sender specific to a software application and a communications protocol; providing one or more transports, each transport having the capability of configuring itself, in dependence upon configuration parameters from a profile, with a receiver and a sender; providing a multiplicity of predefined transfer managers; providing an adapter profile identifying communications transports, including receivers and senders, and, optionally, one or more transfer managers, wherein the adapter profile includes configuration parameters for the data communications transports and the transfer managers; and constructing an application integration adapter in dependence upon the profile, wherein the adapter comprises the transports, receivers, senders, and the transferType: GrantFiled: March 19, 2003Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Gilfix, Jerry Walter Malcolm, Foluso Olaiya Okunseinde, Tyron Jerrod Stading, Paul Stuart Williamson, Scott Lee Winters
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Publication number: 20060291752Abstract: A data capturing module combined with a portable data terminal of the hand-held type to record handwritten data. Using a digitized pad, the module can provide for direct input of handwritten data into the system, or a peripheral digital scanner can be employed to provide for data entry. Depending upon the particular application, the module therefore provides for data entry of handwritten text or graphics using the data terminal and other components of a portable data system to enter, display, print or otherwise communicate the handwritten data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Inventors: David Hacker, Jerry Walter, Arvin Danielson, Dennis Durbin
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Patent number: 7146638Abstract: A method and computer program product that allow a firewall program to control whether an application program is granted access to a wide area network (WAN), such as the Internet. The method allows the firewall to receive an access request definition from the application program through a well-known port. A preferred request definition comprises the application unique identifier, a destination address, the port, and a corresponding justification statement. The firewall intercepts access requests sent by the application program and identifies a matching access request definition. The firewall then prompts a user to approve or deny the request, wherein the prompt is accompanied by the justification statement from the identified access request definition. Accordingly, the user is better able to make an informed decision whether or not to grant the access request.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Jerry Walter Malcolm
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Patent number: 6992592Abstract: Methods, systems, and products for radio frequency identification aiding the visually impaired, storing a recording of a sound representing at least one attribute of an object having associated with the object a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag; activating the RFID tag with an electronic travel aid (“ETA”) for the visually impaired; retrieving the recording from storage; and playing the recording through an audio interface of the ETA. Storage of sound recording may be local or remote, and sound recordings may be sorted or indexed and retrieved from storage according to an RFID tag identification code, a classification code for the object, and a type code (a sound skin identifier) for the recording.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2003Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Gilfix, Jerry Walter Malcolm
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Patent number: 6977579Abstract: Radio frequency identification aiding the visually impaired, including receiving in an electronic travel aid (“ETA”) for the visually impaired, from a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag associated with an object, information that describes the object and displaying a description of the object through an interface for a visually impaired person. Information that describes the object may include at least one of a predefined set of attributes that describe the object. Many embodiments include retrieving, in dependence upon a unique identification code, further information describing the object—either locally from an ETA or through a network from a remote store of information.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2003Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Gilfix, Jerry Walter Malcolm
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Patent number: 6950980Abstract: A system, method, and program product enables saving a submitted form of a web page. A browser application receives from a user data for a form in a web page. Upon the submission of the form with the data to a server system hosting the web page, an address of the web page, the data provided from the user for the form, and at least one field identifier for associating the data to at least one respective field of the form, are saved into a volatile memory of the client. The address, the data, and the at least one field identifier remain stored in the volatile memory system after the browser application is closed. When the user opens the browser that had been dosed and again requests retrieval of the web page, the browser retrieves from the server the web page that is at the address stored in the volatile memory. The browser restores the form of the web page with the data stored in the volatile memory.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2000Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Jerry Walter Malcolm
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Patent number: 6928440Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing cookies in a data processing system. A cookie is received during a browser program session. The cookie is only stored in a temporary data store within the data processing system for a duration of the browser program session. The cookies stored in the temporary data store may be displayed in response to a signal to terminate the browser program session. Cookies are selectively stored in a persistent storage, based on user input.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2001Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David A. Cordray, Jerry Walter Malcolm
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Patent number: 6920483Abstract: A method, system, and program in a data processing system for processing an electronic mail message. The electronic mail message is identified for a recipient. It is determined whether the electronic mail message for the recipient is to be forwarded to another address associated with the recipient. An indicator is included to identify the electronic mail message as being forwarded if the electronic mail message is to be forwarded to another address associated with the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David A. Cordray, Jerry Walter Malcolm
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Patent number: 6865053Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning a picker in an automated media library includes a removable cleaning cartridge. The cleaning cartridge contains cleaning tape that is automatically advanced. The cleaning cartridge has a window through which access to the cleaning tape is provided. The picker has rollers that must be periodically cleaned of debris. The picker is aligned with a designated cleaning bin and one of the rollers is placed in contact with the cleaning tape. The roller then wipes against the cleaning tape. After the roller is cleaned, the cleaning tape advances so that a clean, unused portion of the cleaning tape is available through the window. The cleaning cartridge is extracted from the bin so that another roller can be cleaned. After each roller is cleaned, the cleaning cartridge is returned to the bin, and the picker returns to picking and placing media cartridges until another cleaning operation is required.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2003Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Erik E. Bengds, Kamal Emile Dimitri, Jerry Walter Hammar, Wayne Alan McKinley
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Patent number: 6828906Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for detecting a state of a device such as a meter or appliance and transmitting to a remote location a particular tone or tones corresponding to the detected state. The transmission is initiated either by a predetermined series of tones from the remote location to the apparatus or by changing conditions within the device. The claimed subject matter enables a service provider to detect a service outage, the scope of the outage and the resumption of service.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2003Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jerry Walter Malcolm, Nicholas James Noecker, Jr., Paul Stuart Williamson, Scott Lee Winters
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Publication number: 20040214616Abstract: A system and method for managing battery energy usage by a mobile wireless network which detects threshold conditions for network signal found and lost; records historical events of signal found and lost with operational criteria associated with operational conditions of the events such as time, day, date, tower number, and geographic location; upon each detection of network signal loss, determines from the recorded event records a nap termination condition upon which network signal has been historically reliable; and enters a battery-saving nap mode until the nap termination condition is met.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2003Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Jerry Walter Malcolm
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Patent number: 6799166Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing electronic transactions. A batch request is received, wherein the batch request includes a plurality of electronic transactions. A determination is then made as to whether the batch request has been processed. Responsive to a determination that a portion of the batch request has been processed, the plurality of electronic transactions is sent for processing. Responsive to a determination that a portion of the batch request has been processed, a signal is sent indicating a check for duplicate electronic transactions should be made with respect to the plurality of electronic transactions.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2003Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Daniel Michael Dorrance, Jerry Walter Malcolm
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Patent number: 6798885Abstract: The present invention is apparatus and method for encoding, decoding, and encoding and decoding security information in a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). In order to perform encoding, musical information and security information are received. The musical information is encoded to generate a plurality of MIDI events. The security information is encoded to generate a plurality of MIDI events of a selected standard type of MIDI event, the generated MIDI events being overrun events that have no effect on a musical output. The generated MIDI events are transmitted. In order to perform decoding, the transmitted MIDI events are received. The plurality of MIDI events encoding security information are detected among the received MIDI events and the plurality of MIDI events encoding security information are decoded to recover the security information.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1999Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.Inventor: Jerry Walter Malcolm
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Publication number: 20040187095Abstract: Software application integration including providing a multiplicity of predefined data communications receivers, each receiver specific to a software application and a communications protocol; providing a multiplicity of predefined data communications senders, each sender specific to a software application and a communications protocol; providing one or more transports, each transport having the capability of configuring itself, in dependence upon configuration parameters from a profile, with a receiver and a sender; providing a multiplicity of predefined transfer managers; providing an adapter profile identifying communications transports, including receivers and senders, and, optionally, one or more transfer managers, wherein the adapter profile includes configuration parameters for the data communications transports and the transfer managers; and constructing an application integration adapter in dependence upon the profile, wherein the adapter comprises the transports, receivers, senders, and the transferType: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2003Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Gilfix, Jerry Walter Malcolm, Foluso Olaiya Okunseinde, Tyron Jerrod Stading, Paul Stuart Williamson, Scott Lee Winters
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Publication number: 20040174969Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for detecting a state of a device such as a meter or appliance and transmitting to a remote location a particular tone or tones corresponding to the detected state. The transmission is initiated either by a predetermined series of tones from the remote location to the apparatus or by changing conditions within the device. The claimed subject matter enables a service provider to detect a service outage, the scope of the outage and the resumption of service.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2003Publication date: September 9, 2004Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jerry Walter Malcolm, Nicholas James Noecker, Paul Stuart Williamson, Scott Lee Winters
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Publication number: 20040167986Abstract: Systems and methods of application integration, including constructing an application integration adapter in dependence upon a profile including data describing the adapter, receiving instructions to alter the adapter, and altering the adapter in dependence upon the instructions. Exemplary embodiments of the invention include communicating integration messages among applications through the adapter as altered. In typical embodiments, receiving instructions to alter the adapter includes detecting changes in the adapter profile. In such embodiments, detecting changes in the adapter profile includes creating a copy of the profile, and periodically comparing the profile and the copy. In other exemplary embodiments, receiving instructions to alter the adapter includes receiving from an application an administrative integration message bearing the instructions to alter the adapter. In such embodiments, altering the adapter in dependence upon the instructions includes updating the profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Gilfix, Jerry Walter Malcolm, Foluso Olaiya Okunseinde, Tyron Jerrod Stading, Paul Stuart Williamson, Scott Lee Winters
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Publication number: 20040158842Abstract: Software application integration, including constructing an application integration adapter where the constructing is carried out in dependence upon a profile. The profile includes data describing the adapter. Embodiments include communicating integration messages among applications through the adapter. Profiles include identifications of at least two communications transports, including configuration parameters for the data communications transports. In typical embodiments, constructing an application integration adapter includes creating the transports identified in the adapter profile, and configuring the transports in accordance with the configuration parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2003Publication date: August 12, 2004Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Gilfix, Jerry Walter Malcolm, Foluso Olaiya Okunseinde, Tyron Jerrod Stading, Paul Stuart Williamson, Scott Lee Winters