Patents by Inventor John Hobby

John Hobby 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: 20180308022
    Abstract: Method, system and computer readable medium to execute a flexible workflow is described. The workflow comprises a plurality of tasks. The method comprises a first step 101 of determining a set of possible tasks that can be further executed to reach a predetermined goal. The method also comprises a second step 102 of determining a best next task, of the set of possible tasks, to be executed, according to the set of possible tasks and a set of already executed tasks and a set of specified constraints and a model trained using historic execution data and cost metrics to optimize against and contextual data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Eline PHILIPS, Koen DAENEN, Lieven TRAPPENIERS, John HOBBY, Steven FORTUNE
  • Publication number: 20160274962
    Abstract: A scripting language, scripting-language execution environment and methodology is provided that allows for the self-tuning of troubleshooting scripts and, in particular, to allow for the execution of the troubleshooting workflow in an order that will resolve the user's troubleshooting issue with improved accuracy and speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.
    Inventors: Steven J. Fortune, John Hobby
  • Publication number: 20160086110
    Abstract: A system and method for workflow analysis includes an evaluation module executing on a processor that receives execution logs including records of workflow paths traversed. The evaluation module correlates at least one workflow step with a target metric and generates an importance score for the at least one workflow step based on the correlation with the target metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Tin Kam Ho, Steve Fortune, John Hobby, Gordon Wilfong, Chun-Nam Yu
  • Publication number: 20070117526
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for modeling wireless system performance subject to limitations on shared system resources such as power amplifiers and spreading codes. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a software modeling tool implemented on a computer or other processing device identifies two or more limited resources of the wireless system, models the wireless system utilizing a plurality of cascaded stochastic knapsack computations which collectively characterize the performance of the system subject to the two or more limited resources, and generates from the model a measure of the performance of the wireless system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Kenneth Clarkson, John Hobby
  • Publication number: 20060006999
    Abstract: Techniques for monitoring temperature inside refrigerators or heaters and tracking people and/or objects, particularly within a medical setting. For temperature monitoring, temperature readings are obtained using a temperature monitor. The temperature readings are transmitted from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to an RFID reader. The temperature readings received by the RFID reader are then monitored as a function of time. For tracking people or objects, RFID tags are attached to the people or objects, a facility is equipped with one or more RFID readers, and activity of the people or objects is monitored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Barbara Walczyk, Neal Patel, John Hobby, James Burgess