Patents by Inventor Kimberly A. Jones

Kimberly A. Jones 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).

  • Patent number: 9888084
    Abstract: An automatic network domain diagnostic, repair, and mapping tool facilitates access by a user to shared resources on a network. A user provides an address, such as a domain name system (DNS) address, of the shared resource and user identification information, such as a username and password. The provided address is checked and repaired if necessary to identify the network server having the shared resource. The identified server is checked, such as by pinging the server, to ensure that it is actually responding. The supplied user identification is checked, such as by querying a domain controller, to confirm whether the user identification corresponds to an existing account. When the checks are complete, and everything is found to be in order, the shared resource is mapped automatically for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Courtney S. Bair, Christopher T. Heublein, Kimberly A. Jones
  • Publication number: 20150012655
    Abstract: An automatic network domain diagnostic, repair, and mapping tool facilitates access by a user to shared resources on a network. A user provides an address, such as a domain name system (DNS) address, of the shared resource and user identification information, such as a username and password. The provided address is checked and repaired if necessary to identify the network server having the shared resource. The identified server is checked, such as by pinging the server, to ensure that it is actually responding. The supplied user identification is checked, such as by querying a domain controller, to confirm whether the user identification corresponds to an existing account. When the checks are complete, and everything is found to be in order, the shared resource is mapped automatically for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Courtney S. Bair, Christopher T. Heublein, Kimberly A. Jones
  • Patent number: 8862745
    Abstract: An automatic network domain diagnostic, repair, and mapping tool facilitates access by a user to shared resources on a network. A user provides an address, such as a domain name system (DNS) address, of the shared resource and user identification information, such as a username and password. The provided address is checked and repaired if necessary to identify the network server having the shared resource. The identified server is checked, such as by pinging the server, to ensure that it is actually responding. The supplied user identification is checked, such as by querying a domain controller, to confirm whether the user identification corresponds to an existing account. When the checks are complete, and everything is found to be in order, the shared resource is mapped automatically for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Courtney S. Bair, Christopher T. Heublein, Kimberly A. Jones
  • Patent number: 8528936
    Abstract: A system and method to reduce water spray from one or more truck tires of a truck driving through rain on a water covered road. A combination centrifuge and air compressor device collects a mixture of air and rainwater, to separate the air from the rainwater and to compress the air. An air distribution manifold system directs the compressed air from the combination centrifuge and air compressor device onto an area of the water covered road in front of one or more of the truck's tires so that the water from the area rises up from the road. Then a shield barrier channels the water that rises up from the area on the road away from one or more of the truck's tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventors: Rickey Johnson, Kimberly Jones-Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120210004
    Abstract: An automatic network domain diagnostic, repair, and mapping tool facilitates access by a user to shared resources on a network. A user provides an address, such as a domain name system (DNS) address, of the shared resource and user identification information, such as a username and password. The provided address is checked and repaired if necessary to identify the network server having the shared resource. The identified server is checked, such as by pinging the server, to ensure that it is actually responding. The supplied user identification is checked, such as by querying a domain controller, to confirm whether the user identification corresponds to an existing account. When the checks are complete, and everything is found to be in order, the shared resource is mapped automatically for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Courtney S. Bair, Christopher T. Heublein, Kimberly A. Jones
  • Patent number: 8224962
    Abstract: An automatic network domain diagnostic, repair, and mapping tool facilitates access by a user to shared resources on a network. A user provides an address, such as a domain name system (DNS) provided address, of the shared resource and user identification information, such as a username and password. The provided address is checked and repaired if necessary to identify the network server having the shared resource. The identified server is checked, such as by pinging the server, to ensure that it is actually responding. The supplied user identification is checked, such as by querying a domain controller, to confirm whether the user identification corresponds to an existing account. When the checks are complete, and everything is found to be in order, the shared resource is mapped automatically for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Courtney Seth Bair, Christopher Todd Heublein, Kimberly A. Jones
  • Publication number: 20120112446
    Abstract: A system and method to reduce water spray from one or more truck tires of a truck driving through rain on a water covered road. A combination centrifuge and air compressor device collects a mixture of air and rainwater, to separate the air from the rainwater and to compress the air. An air distribution manifold system directs the compressed air from the combination centrifuge and air compressor device onto an area of the water covered road in front of one or more of the truck's tires so that the water from the area rises up from the road. Then a shield barrier channels the water that rises up from the area on the road away from one or more of the truck's tires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Rickey Johnson, Kimberly Jones-Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110131327
    Abstract: An automatic network domain diagnostic, repair, and mapping tool facilitates access by a user to shared resources on a network. A user provides an address, such as a domain name system (DNS) address, of the shared resource and user identification information, such as a username and password. The provided address is checked and repaired if necessary to identify the network server having the shared resource. The identified server is checked, such as by pinging the server, to ensure that it is actually responding. The supplied user identification is checked, such as by querying a domain controller, to confirm whether the user identification corresponds to an existing account. When the checks are complete, and everything is found to be in order, the shared resource is mapped automatically for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Courtney Seth Bair, Christopher Todd Heublein, Kimberly A. Jones
  • Patent number: 6245802
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating pain comprising administering to a mammal an analgesic composition comprising duloxetine and one or more NSAIDs or acetaminophen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Smriti Iyengar, Carrie Kimberly Jones, Harlan Edgar Shannon
  • Patent number: D595028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Inventor: Kimberly Jones