Patents by Inventor Laurence J. Plant

Laurence J. Plant 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: 11520455
    Abstract: The present disclosure teaches a solution for a user customizable abstraction layer for tailoring all operating system, application, and web based interfaces. The interface differs from conventional user interfaces by presenting a dynamic interface which can enable user access across all domains and applications with which the user can interact. The interface can be dynamically built as a user interacts with clients (e.g., devices/applications). Clients can utilize common usage patterns, installed application, installed themes, personal information, and the like, to create a highly customized adaptive user designed and modifiable interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher J. Pavlovski, Laurence J. Plant
  • Patent number: 11080655
    Abstract: A method and system for improving a machine learning technical support applicant selection process is provided. The method includes retrieving and analyzing, in real time, job role data, resume based data, and sensor data associated with a plurality of individuals. A specialized memory repository is generated within a specified portion of a hardware memory device and results of the analysis are stored within the specialized memory repository. Self-learning software code for executing a job applicant selection process is generated and a plurality of current resumes and previously generated time-based resumes are retrieved for current job applicants for a specified position. The current resumes are analyzed with respect to the previously generated time-based resumes and associated inconsistencies are determined. A first job applicant is selected and the self-learning software code is modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Cleaver, Stefan Harrer, Laurence J. Plant
  • Patent number: 11013978
    Abstract: A cognitive coaching method; detecting one or more real-time specific action occurrences during one or more game phases; generating, with a heat map generator, one or more real-time heat maps with one or more specific action label based on the detected one or more real-time specific action occurrences; training a heat map image classifier with an analytics module; transposing one or more historical heat maps comprised in a historical heat map library onto the one or more generated real-time heat maps, in real time, to generate strategic insight on one or more opposing teams; analyzing, using a predictive module, a future potential outcome based on the one or more transposed heat maps; and signaling, to a user, a recommended corrective action deployment strategy based on the analysis of the future potential outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Laurence J. Plant, Stefan Harrer, James D. Cleaver, Sean R. Costello
  • Patent number: 10963232
    Abstract: An approach is provided for optimizing a deployment pattern. Precedent system(s) that have components that match components in an initial deployment pattern of a new system are identified. A historical performance of the precedent system(s) is determined to not satisfy target non-functional requirements (NFRs) and target service levels of the new system. Responsive to determining that the historical performance did not satisfy the NFRs and the target service levels, the components in the initial deployment pattern are modified and a new deployment pattern for the new system is generated so that (i) the new deployment pattern includes the modified components and (ii) a performance of the new system using the new deployment pattern is likely to satisfy the target NFRs and the target service levels. A recommendation for deploying the new system using the new deployment pattern is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Canio Cillis, Jochen Kappel, Laurence J. Plant, Josef Reisinger
  • Patent number: 10838837
    Abstract: A method and system for predicting system states is provided. The method includes receiving a first reference model associated with a first operational attribute of a system from a first integrated circuit internally comprising a first processing circuit and a first sensor measuring a first parameter of the system. Additionally, a second reference model associated with a second operational attribute of the system is received from a second integrated circuit internally comprising a second processing circuit and a second sensor measuring a second parameter of the system. A combination reference model based on the first reference model and the second reference model is generated and a predicted future state and associated operational attributes for the system are determined based on the combination reference model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Sean Brown, Sean R. Costello, Stefan Harrer, Laurence J. Plant
  • Patent number: 10785273
    Abstract: Hybrid device for viewing media content: a media player; a non-transitory storage medium; and a processer to perform functions: exception detection and handling to monitor a rate of media streaming and to identify when viewing of the media content is or predicted to be interrupted; a peer interaction manager to broadcast a request to peers for media segments of the media content when viewing of the media content is or predicted to be interrupted; a security manager to send a request to a content distribution network to start streaming of the media content, to receive a session key from the content distribution network, and to present the session key to the peers; a peer media manager to receive the media segments from the peers and cache the media segments; and a media segment manager to stitch the media segments from different peers into a single continuous media file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Sean Brown, Sean R. Costello, Stefan Harrer, Laurence J. Plant
  • Patent number: 10693839
    Abstract: A method and system for improving a digital media content transfer blocking process is provided. The method includes detecting a request for access to digital media content from a digital media provider system. Network traffic across the network is identified and it is verified that the digital media content is comprised by the network traffic. In response, investigation platform software code is executed and a database system associated with the digital media provider system is queried. A system determines if a legitimate connection based relationship exists between a user device and the digital media provider system and the digital media content is monitored. The digital media content is determined to be unauthorized for use by the user and in response the digital media content is disabled from executing functions with respect to the user device of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Cleaver, Sean R. Costello, Stefan Harrer, Laurence J. Plant
  • Publication number: 20200142679
    Abstract: An approach is provided for optimizing a deployment pattern. Precedent system(s) that have components that match components in an initial deployment pattern of a new system are identified. A historical performance of the precedent system(s) is determined to not satisfy target non-functional requirements (NFRs) and target service levels of the new system. Responsive to determining that the historical performance did not satisfy the NFRs and the target service levels, the components in the initial deployment pattern are modified and a new deployment pattern for the new system is generated so that (i) the new deployment pattern includes the modified components and (ii) a performance of the new system using the new deployment pattern is likely to satisfy the target NFRs and the target service levels. A recommendation for deploying the new system using the new deployment pattern is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Canio Cillis, Jochen Kappel, Laurence J. Plant, Josef Reisinger
  • Publication number: 20200117755
    Abstract: An intelligent video bridge analyzes, indexes and searches live and stored video across multiple existing disparate CCTVs. Through the intelligent video bridge, third parties such as law enforcement can concurrently access and search video feeds from a range of CCTVs, allowing the third party to more easily track persons or vehicles of interest as they move throughout the community and pass within range of different CCTV systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Laurence J. Plant, Stefan Harrer, Sean R. Costello, James D. Cleaver
  • Patent number: 10609550
    Abstract: A physical network address of one of a set of wireless customer-premise monitoring devices is translated to a shared logical device physical network address in response to receipt from an application server of a first data packet addressed to the physical network address. The shared logical device physical network address forms a logical device group and physically addresses each of the set of wireless customer-premise monitoring devices over a single wireless communication channel. The physical network address of the one of the set of wireless customer-premise monitoring devices is embedded within the first data packet addressed to the shared logical device physical network address. The first data packet is sent to the shared logical device physical network address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Pavlovski, Laurence J. Plant
  • Patent number: 10582004
    Abstract: A first message resilience client device receives a message and a request to deliver the message, on behalf of a remote client/server-based client application that originated the message, to a client/server-based server application that provides outgoing client/server messaging services to the remote client/server-based client application that originated the message. In response to determining that the connection to the server device that executes the client/server-based server application is not currently possible with any available connection, the message is stored locally for one of later delivery to the client/server-based server application and propagation of the message to another message resilience client device on behalf of the remote client/server-based client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Laurence J. Plant
  • Patent number: 10558445
    Abstract: An approach is provided for optimizing a deployment pattern. Event and configuration data of precedent systems is aggregated. Based on the aggregated data, a metadata model of the precedent systems is generated. Components of an initial deployment pattern of a new system are identified. Target non-functional requirements (NFRs) and target service levels of the new system are determined. Based on the metadata model, precedent system(s) that have components that match or are similar to the components in the initial deployment pattern are identified. A performance of the precedent system(s) is compared to the NFRs and target service levels. A new deployment pattern for the new system is generated. The new deployment pattern includes a modification of the components identified in the initial deployment pattern. A recommendation for deploying the new system using the new deployment pattern is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Canio Cillis, Jochen Kappel, Laurence J. Plant, Josef Reisinger
  • Publication number: 20190366189
    Abstract: A cognitive coaching method; detecting one or more real-time specific action occurrences during one or more game phases; generating, with a heat map generator, one or more real-time heat maps with one or more specific action label based on the detected one or more real-time specific action occurrences; training a heat map image classifier with an analytics module; transposing one or more historical heat maps comprised in a historical heat map library onto the one or more generated real-time heat maps, in real time, to generate strategic insight on one or more opposing teams; analyzing, using a predictive module, a future potential outcome based on the one or more transposed heat maps; and signaling, to a user, a recommended corrective action deployment strategy based on the analysis of the future potential outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Laurence J. Plant, Stefan Harrer, James D. Cleaver, Sean R. Costello
  • Publication number: 20190289048
    Abstract: Hybrid device for viewing media content: a media player; a non-transitory storage medium; and a processer to perform functions: exception detection and handling to monitor a rate of media streaming and to identify when viewing of the media content is or predicted to be interrupted; a peer interaction manager to broadcast a request to peers for media segments of the media content when viewing of the media content is or predicted to be interrupted; a security manager to send a request to a content distribution network to start streaming of the media content, to receive a session key from the content distribution network, and to present the session key to the peers; a peer media manager to receive the media segments from the peers and cache the media segments; and a media segment manager to stitch the media segments from different peers into a single continuous media file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: MICHAEL SEAN BROWN, Sean R. Costello, Stefan Harrer, Laurence J. Plant
  • Publication number: 20190279159
    Abstract: A method and system for improving a machine learning technical support applicant selection process is provided. The method includes retrieving and analyzing, in real time, job role data, resume based data, and sensor data associated with a plurality of individuals. A specialized memory repository is generated within a specified portion of a hardware memory device and results of the analysis are stored within the specialized memory repository. Self-learning software code for executing a job applicant selection process is generated and a plurality of current resumes and previously generated time-based resumes are retrieved for current job applicants for a specified position. The current resumes are analyzed with respect to the previously generated time-based resumes and associated inconsistencies are determined. A first job applicant is selected and the self-learning software code is modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: James D. Cleaver, Stefan Harrer, Laurence J. Plant
  • Patent number: 10410229
    Abstract: In an approach for monitoring media consumption, a processor receives data from a media collection device, wherein the data comprises at least information generated by at least one media broadcasting device of one or more media broadcasts. A processor compares the data to previously stored signatures, wherein the previously stored signatures are each associated with a respective media broadcast. A processor identifies the one or more media broadcasts using the data and the previously stored signatures. A processor compiles the identified one or more media broadcasts with a set of previously stored media broadcasts associated with the media collection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. Brown, Stefan Harrer, Laurence J. Plant
  • Patent number: 10389776
    Abstract: Hybrid device for viewing media content which includes a media player to present the media content to a viewer; a non-transitory storage medium that stores instructions; and a processer that executes the instructions to perform the following functions: exception detection and handling to monitor a rate of media streaming and to identify when viewing of the media content is interrupted or predicted to be interrupted; a peer interaction manager having a signaling capability to broadcast a request to peers for media segments of the media content when viewing of the media content is interrupted or predicted to be interrupted; a peer media manager to receive the media segments from the peers and cache the media segments; and a media segment manager to stitch the media segments from different peers into a single continuous media file and insert the media file into the media player for playing to the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Sean Brown, Sean R. Costello, Stefan Harrer, Laurence J. Plant
  • Publication number: 20190141014
    Abstract: A method and system for improving a digital media content transfer blocking process is provided. The method includes detecting a request for access to digital media content from a digital media provider system. Network traffic across the network is identified and it is verified that the digital media content is comprised by the network traffic. In response, investigation platform software code is executed and a database system associated with the digital media provider system is queried. A system determines if a legitimate connection based relationship exists between a user device and the digital media provider system and the digital media content is monitored. The digital media content is determined to be unauthorized for use by said user and in response the digital media content is disabled from executing functions with respect to the user device of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: James D. Cleaver, Sean R. Costello, Stefan Harrer, Laurence J. Plant
  • Patent number: 10230690
    Abstract: A method and system for improving a digital media content transfer blocking process is provided. The method includes detecting a request for access to digital media content from a digital media provider system. Network traffic across the network is identified and it is verified that the digital media content is comprised by the network traffic. In response, investigation platform software code is executed and a database system associated with the digital media provider system is queried. A system determines if a legitimate connection based relationship exists between a user device and the digital media provider system and the digital media content is monitored. The digital media content is determined to be unauthorized for use by said user and in response the digital media content is disabled from executing functions with respect to the user device of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Cleaver, Sean R. Costello, Stefan Harrer, Laurence J. Plant
  • Publication number: 20180343315
    Abstract: A first message resilience client device receives a message and a request to deliver the message, on behalf of a remote client/server-based client application that originated the message, to a client/server-based server application that provides outgoing client/server messaging services to the remote client/server-based client application that originated the message. In response to determining that the connection to the server device that executes the client/server-based server application is not currently possible with any available connection, the message is stored locally for one of later delivery to the client/server-based server application and propagation of the message to another message resilience client device on behalf of the remote client/server-based client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Laurence J. Plant