Patents by Inventor Mark B. Stevens
Mark B. Stevens 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).
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Patent number: 11163369Abstract: An approach is described for identifying enabling motion control of a client device, such as a mobile device, via a video feed transmitted from one or more video capture devices. An associated system may include a client device, one or more video capture devices, and a server including at least one processor and a memory storing an application program. The application program, when executed on the at least one processor, may perform an operation that includes establishing, via a communications network, a communication session between the client device and the one or more video capture devices. The operation further may include identifying a user of the client device via the one or more video capture devices and negotiating parameters of a video feed for transmission from the one or more video capture devices to the client device via the communication session.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David B. Lection, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Patent number: 11151070Abstract: Embodiments for managing High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) data. HDMI data received by at least one of a second HDMI connector of an HDMI device and the processor of the HDMI device is transmitted to a first HDMI connector of the HDMI device according to each of a plurality of modes of operation. A switching operation between the plurality of modes of operation is automatically performed based on a time schedule programmed by a user notwithstanding a priority signal embedded within the HDMI data received at the second HDMI connector or the processor is configured to override the time schedule to initiate the switching.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David B. Lection, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Patent number: 11093452Abstract: An approach is provided for sampling crowd sourced data. The approach selects an sampling node from a set of crowd nodes. The sampling node receives a data acquisition request from a data collector and receives data from the set of crowd nodes with the data being responsive to the data acquisition request. The received data is processed by the sampling node to reduce redundant data as defined by the data acquisition request. An acquired data message block is generated and transmitted from the sampling node to the data collector.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David B. Lection, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Patent number: 11028610Abstract: A submersible pool cleaning device includes a device body having a filter canister mounted within the device body. A plurality of filter cassettes is releasably mounted within the filter canister, each filter cassette having a filter container and a flotation device. A cartridge is mounted to the device body configured to release a gas into one of the flotation devices to inflate the flotation device. A controller is configured to activate the cartridge to release the gas into the flotation device in response to detecting that the filter container is full and to release the filter cassette from the filter canister upon inflation of the flotation device. A method for removing the floating debris bag includes capturing and removing the floating cassette by a drone. A cassette collection method includes activating a pool skimmer pump and detecting that the cassette has reached the pool skimmer.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David B. Lection, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Patent number: 10922660Abstract: Embodiments for intelligent sending of an automatic event invite based on identified candidate content by a processor. Data from one or more data sources may be cognitively analyzed to identify data content having a possible impact to one or more entities. An automatic event invite for an event may be sent to one or more participants to provide one or more actions relating to the possible impact to the one or more entities.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, John D. Wilson, David B. Lection, Mark B. Stevens
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Publication number: 20200243182Abstract: A method, system and computer readable program storage device for managing personalized nutrition. In an embodiment, the method comprises acquiring with a portable device a collection of physical metrics of a user; storing the collection of physical metrics on the portable device; and linking the stored physical metrics with information about the user, pre-stored on a separate storage device, to determine nutrition for the user. The linking is augmented with information obtained over the Internet to identify a place to obtain said nutrition for the user. In an embodiment, the portable device is used to measure a glucose level of the user; the glucose level of the user is compared with thresholds stored in the separate storage device; and based on these thresholds, the portable device issues a warning to the user to additional parties.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Effron Esseiva, Romelia H. Flores, Peter G. Finn, Mark B. Stevens, Shahir A. Daya, Thiago Cesar Rotta, Dino Angelo Trevisani
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Patent number: 10712827Abstract: An approach is described for enabling motion control of a client device, such as a mobile device, via a video feed transmitted from one or more video capture devices. An associated method may include establishing, via a communications network, a communication session between a client device and one or more video capture devices. The method further may include identifying a user of the client device via the one or more video capture devices and negotiating parameters of a video feed for transmission from the one or more video capture devices to the client device via the communication session. The method further may include, upon transmission of the video feed from the one or more video capture devices to the client device, facilitating control of the client device in response to any device control gesture received from the user based upon the video feed.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David B. Lection, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Patent number: 10688867Abstract: A vehicular medical assistant configured to access a medical data store of interrelated diagnostic data, medical conditions, and mitigation actions. The vehicular medical assistant detects a medical event based on the medical data store and a set of data associated with the passenger. The set of data associated with the passenger can include biometric data, aural data, visual data, and environmental data. The vehicular medical assistant can implement a mitigation action in response to detecting the medical event. The mitigation action can include interacting with the passenger and/or modifying the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John D. Wilson, Kelley Anders, David B. Lection, Jeremy R. Fox, Mark B. Stevens, Liam S. Harpur, Jonathan Dunne, Maharaj Mukherjee, Jonathan Lenchner
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Publication number: 20200131793Abstract: A submersible pool cleaning device includes a device body having a filter canister mounted within the device body. A plurality of filter cassettes is releasably mounted within the filter canister, each filter cassette having a filter container and a flotation device. A cartridge is mounted to the device body configured to release a gas into one of the flotation devices to inflate the flotation device. A controller is configured to activate the cartridge to release the gas into the flotation device in response to detecting that the filter container is full and to release the filter cassette from the filter canister upon inflation of the flotation device. A method for removing the floating debris bag includes capturing and removing the floating cassette by a drone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: David B. Lection, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Patent number: 10614034Abstract: An approach is provided for sampling crowd sourced data. The approach selects an sampling node from a set of crowd nodes. The sampling node receives a data acquisition request from a data collector and receives data from the set of crowd nodes with the data being responsive to the data acquisition request. The received data is processed by the sampling node to reduce redundant data as defined by the data acquisition request. An acquired data message block is generated and transmitted from the sampling node to the data collector.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David B. Lection, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Publication number: 20200042947Abstract: Embodiments for intelligent sending of an automatic event invite based on identified candidate content by a processor. Data from one or more data sources may be cognitively analyzed to identify data content having a possible impact to one or more entities. An automatic event invite for an event may be sent to one or more participants to provide one or more actions relating to the possible impact to the one or more entities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Sarbajit K. RAKSHIT, John D. WILSON, David B. LECTION, Mark B. STEVENS
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Publication number: 20200042480Abstract: Embodiments for managing High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) data. HDMI data received by at least one of a second HDMI connector of an HDMI device and the processor of the HDMI device is transmitted to a first HDMI connector of the HDMI device according to each of a plurality of modes of operation. A switching operation between the plurality of modes of operation is automatically performed based on a time schedule programmed by a user notwithstanding a priority signal embedded within the HDMI data received at the second HDMI connector or the processor is configured to override the time schedule to initiate the switching.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David B. LECTION, Sarbajit K. RAKSHIT, Mark B. STEVENS, John D. WILSON
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Patent number: 10550594Abstract: A submersible automated cleaning device includes a device body having a filter canister mounted within the device body. A plurality of filter cassettes is releasably mounted within the filter canister, each filter cassette having a filter bag and a float bag. A cartridge is mounted to the device body configured to release a gas into one of the float bags to inflate the float bag. A controller is configured to activate the cartridge to release the gas into the float bag in response to detecting that the filter bag is full and to release the filter cassette from the filter canister upon inflation of the float bag. A method for removing the floating debris bag includes capturing and removing the floating cassette by a drone. A cassette collection method includes activating a pool skimmer pump and detecting that the cassette has reached the pool skimmer.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David B. Lection, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Patent number: 10528505Abstract: Embodiments for managing High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) data are provided. HDMI data is received at an HDMI connector of an HDMI device. The HDMI data received at the HDMI connector is transmitted to another HDMI connector of the HDMI device. The transmission of the HDMI data received at the HDMI connector to the other HDMI connector of the HDMI device is ceased during the receiving of the HDMI data at the HDMI connector of the HDMI device.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David B. Lection, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Publication number: 20190359056Abstract: A vehicular medical assistant configured to access a medical data store of interrelated diagnostic data, medical conditions, and mitigation actions. The vehicular medical assistant detects a medical event based on the medical data store and a set of data associated with the passenger. The set of data associated with the passenger can include biometric data, aural data, visual data, and environmental data. The vehicular medical assistant can implement a mitigation action in response to detecting the medical event. The mitigation action can include interacting with the passenger and/or modifying the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: John D. Wilson, Kelley Anders, David B. Lection, Jeremy R. Fox, Mark B. Stevens, Liam S. Harpur, Jonathan Dunne, Maharaj Mukherjee, Jonathan Lenchner
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Patent number: 10466474Abstract: Embodiments for facilitating communication between users sharing a visual cue. A gaze location of a first user is determined as an approximation in three dimensional space. The gaze location is transmitted to a second user. A gaze focus of the first user based on the determined gaze location is displayed to the second user.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David B. Lection, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Patent number: 10460280Abstract: Embodiments for delivering goods to customers by a processor are described. An item is selected to be delivered to a delivery point. The selected item is loaded onto a first drone. The delivery point is scanned with a second drone. Based on the scanning of the delivery point, the delivery point is determined to be in a first condition or a second condition. If the delivery point is in the first condition, the first drone delivers the selected item to the delivery point.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David B. Lection, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Patent number: 10453232Abstract: In an approach to alignment assistance, one or more computer processors receive one or more calibration parameters associated with an installation of a product. The one or more computer processors determine one or more boundaries for product registration associated with a receiving surface for the product. The one or more computer processors overlay, based, at least in part, on the received calibration parameters and the one or more boundaries for product registration, one or more alignment markings in a field of view of the receiving surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David B. Lection, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Patent number: 10440488Abstract: Embodiments for manipulating an audio environment by a processor. A noncalibrative stimulus is detected in the audio environment. In response to the detected noncalibrative stimulus, a component in the audio environment is caused to modify an audio characteristic in order to change a physical property of sound generated in the audio environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David B. Lection, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Mark B. Stevens, John D. Wilson
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Publication number: 20190286244Abstract: An approach is described for identifying enabling motion control of a client device, such as a mobile device, via a video feed transmitted from one or more video capture devices. An associated system may include a client device, one or more video capture devices, and a server including at least one processor and a memory storing an application program. The application program, when executed on the at least one processor, may perform an operation that includes establishing, via a communications network, a communication session between the client device and the one or more video capture devices. The operation further may include identifying a user of the client device via the one or more video capture devices and negotiating parameters of a video feed for transmission from the one or more video capture devices to the client device via the communication session.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: DAVID B. LECTION, MARK B. STEVENS, JOHN D. WILSON