Patents by Inventor Kenneth E. Brunsen

Kenneth E. Brunsen 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).

  • Intelligent messaging reply system and method
    Patent number: 10277539
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving an input to send a first message as a first reply message to a message thread. One or more updates may be detected from a second message as a second reply message to the message thread in response to receiving the input to send the first message, wherein the second message may be received after the input to send the first message is received and before the first message is sent. Content may be detected in the first message that is unique to the message thread. A third message may be generated to replace the first reply message to the message thread, wherein the third message may include at least one update of the one or more updates from the second message and the content in the first message that is unique to the message thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Brunsen
  • INTELLIGENT MESSAGING REPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170034084
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving an input to send a first message as a first reply message to a message thread. One or more updates may be detected from a second message as a second reply message to the message thread in response to receiving the input to send the first message, wherein the second message may be received after the input to send the first message is received and before the first message is sent. Content may be detected in the first message that is unique to the message thread. A third message may be generated to replace the first reply message to the message thread, wherein the third message may include at least one update of the one or more updates from the second message and the content in the first message that is unique to the message thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: KENNETH E. BRUNSEN
  • Heuristic failure prevention in software as a service (SAAS) systems
    Patent number: 9009546
    Abstract: A request is received by a first computer. The first computer delegates the first request to a second computer. The second computer attempts to process the first request and identifies an imminent fault as a result of the attempt. The second computer sends a message to the first computer indicating an imminent fault as a result of the attempted processing of the first request. The first computer sends a message to a third computer indicating that a second request matching the first request should not be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines
    Inventors: Nikolaus K. Brauer, Kenneth E. Brunsen, Daniel C. Gurney, Russell L. Holden, Michael J. Kerrigan, Michael I. Killoran, Peter O. Mierswa, Chester E. Ryder, III, Vinod R. Seraphin