Patents by Inventor Katherine A. Dunning

Katherine A. Dunning 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: 20080066109
    Abstract: A video display system for use in a vehicle, includes a display disposed in a vehicle for viewing by an operator of the vehicle and a controller in communication with the display. The controller determines when the vehicle is in motion. The controller prohibits display of video information by the display when the vehicle is in motion and stores the video information that is not being displayed. The controller permits display of the stored video information when the vehicle is not in motion. A method of video display in a vehicle is also provided. The method includes determining when a vehicle is in motion, prohibiting display of video information when the vehicle is in motion, storing the video information that is not being displayed, and permitting display of the video information that was stored, by an operator of the vehicle when the vehicle is not in motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Katherine A. Dunning, Michael A. Paolini, Cristi N. Ullmann
  • Publication number: 20080051996
    Abstract: A display system for a vehicle includes a transmissive display for mounting on a window of a vehicle, the display coupled to a processor for receiving input from at least one of a sensor from a plurality of sensors and a remote provider and for providing output to the display. A method for use of the display includes generating content and providing messages to the processor for providing display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Katherine A. Dunning, Michael Paolini, Cristi N. Ullmann
  • Publication number: 20080018495
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-usable medium for distributing advertising information. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an advertising server determining a type of vehicle, responsive to determining the type of vehicle, receiving information for display, and displaying the information. The information for display may be sent based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to the type of vehicle, location of vehicle, proximity to other vehicles, weather of the current location, date, and/or time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Katherine A. Dunning, Michael A. Paolini, Cristi N. Ullmann
  • Publication number: 20070174867
    Abstract: A computer controlled display system for enabling the host of a television set to limit the access of designated viewers to television programs through the television set. There is apparatus enabling a viewer to request the presentation of a selected television program on the television display, apparatus for assigning an identifier to a viewer of the television display and apparatus enabling the host of the television set to limit an identified viewer requesting access to television programs of host-selected content for a host selected time period. The apparatus enabling the host to limit access for a limited time period may be set up to automatically turn the television set off after said limited time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Katherine Dunning, Cristi Ullmann
  • Publication number: 20060190233
    Abstract: A method and system that utilizes a graphical interface that enables a user to select and capture building blocks of a Device Under Test (DUT) test scenario from a previously run test case or from multiple stimulation results. Each of these extracted building block events or “tags” are created from a slice of a graphical stimulation view, which slice is converted into a coded stimulus written in a high-level language code that represents the condition(s) that created the graphical simulation view. These coded stimuli (representing the tags) are stored in a library. To create a corner case scenario or sequence in the DUT, a user utilizes a graphical interface to select the different extracted tags from the library and combines them together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maureen Davis, Katherine Dunning, Tony Sawan