Patents by Inventor Matthew B. Trevathan

Matthew B. Trevathan 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).

  • Analytics based control of thin provisioning environment
    Patent number: 9454327
    Abstract: Data storage using application storage analytics that: (i) runs a set of application(s) that use a thin provision data storage device for data storage; (ii) determines a set of runtime behavior(s) of the set of applications(s) with respect to use of the thin provisioning data storage device for data storage; and (iii) calculates a runtime representation capacity based on a predetermined over-provisioning ratio and the set of runtime behavior(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sandeep R. Patil, Riyazahamad M. Shiraguppi, Gandhi Sivakumar, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • Service agreement performance validation in a cloud hosted environment
    Patent number: 9451015
    Abstract: Service agreement performance validation includes receiving a request for access to an application from a client system. The application is hosted by a data center in a network-hosted computing environment. The service agreement performance validation also includes querying a global positioning system receiver for geographic location information of the data center, receiving the geographic location information from the global positioning system receiver, transmitting the geographic location information to the client system, and providing access to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John G. Musial, Sandeep R. Patil, Riyazahamad M. Shiraguppi, Gandhi Sivakumar, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • PROVIDING UPDATES FOR NATIVELY RENDERED MOBILE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20160266889
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an update to a natively rendered application installed on a mobile device are provided. A method includes sending a message to a server, wherein the message includes identifying information about the application. The method also includes receiving an update from the server in response to the message, wherein the update comprises a module of code that corresponds to less than the entire application. The method further includes updating the application using the received update. The method additionally includes executing the application after the updating. The method also includes, based on the executing the application, natively rendering the application using the operating system of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Edward Gross, Kadali V. Giri, Destry Gustin, Bjorn Hildahl, Komandur Rajendra Kumar, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES OF ACCESSING BACKEND SERVICES WITH A MOBILE APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20160266882
    Abstract: Systems and processes of accessing selected backend services throughout a software development lifecycle with a singly deployable mobile application is provided. The method includes deploying a mobile application a single time on a mobile device during a development lifecycle. The method further includes providing the singly deployed mobile application access to different service endpoint destinations during the development lifecycle based on one or more application policies associated with at least the mobile application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew B. Trevathan, Matthew TERRY, Destry GUSTIN, Keith KATZ, Edward GROSS, Bjorn HILDAHL, Amit AGHARA
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXUALLY INTERPRETING IMAGE SEQUENCES
    Publication number: 20160247028
    Abstract: A system and method for contextually interpreting image sequences are provided. The method comprises receiving video from one or more video sources, and generating one or more questions associated with one or more portions of the video based on at least one user-defined objective. The method further comprises sending the one or more portions of the video and the one or more questions to one or more assistants, receiving one or more answers to the one or more questions from the one or more assistants, and determining a contextual interpretation of the video based on the one or more answers and the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Rajaraman HARIHARAN, Sri RAMANATHAN, Karthik SUBBIAN, Matthew B. TREVATHAN
  • Updating distribution management system model responsive to real-time asset identification and location inputs
    Patent number: 9424614
    Abstract: Models of a distribution network grid are automatically updated in response to real-time location data of uniquely identified temporary devices. Current geographical coordinates are determined within a distance tolerance that is selected as a function of a type of device indicated by the identity indicia. The geographical information system model is updated with a location of a unique identity of the device at the determined current geographical coordinates within the distance tolerance if unique identity of the device not already present within the geographical information system model, or if it is present and a displacement distance from the determined current geographical coordinates of the temporary device to existing geographic coordinates that are stored in the geographical information system model in association with the unique device identity exceeds a specified distance margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gopal K. Bhageria, Kevin M. Monagle, Jean-Gael F. Reboul, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • Management of an electronic calendar using short message service (SMS)
    Patent number: 9424343
    Abstract: Approaches are provided for managing an electronic calendar using short message service (SMS). Specifically, an approach is provided that is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to receive an SMS text message including an SMS command to manage an electronic calendar with at least one pre-existing event. The SMS command includes an instruction to modify the at least one pre-existing event. The programming instructions are further operable to execute the SMS command such that the at least one pre-existing event is modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dario R. Abramskiehn, John R. Dingler, Blaine H. Dolph, Kelly E. Songer, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • Identifying service oriented architecture shared service opportunities
    Patent number: 9424540
    Abstract: An approach that identifies a service oriented architecture (SOA) shared service opportunity is provided. In one embodiment, there is an opportunity tool, including an identification component configured to identify a plurality of projects from each of a plurality of lines of business; a selection component configured to select a set of projects common to more than one line of business from the plurality of lines of business; and an evaluation component configured to evaluate the set of projects common to more than one line of business from the plurality of lines of business to identify a SOA shared service opportunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kishore Channabasavaiah, Kenneth R. Heard, Kerrie L. Holley, Pranav Jhumkhawala, Pawan Khera, Sri Ramanathan, Matthew B. Trevathan, Raghu Varadan, Nevenko Zunic
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SUPPORT IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION AS PART OF A DISTRIBUTED SERVICE ORIENTED ECOSYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160239845
    Abstract: A system and method to support identity theft protection and, in particular, to a system and method for supporting identity theft protection as part of a distributed service oriented ecosystem in Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) and non-IMS networks. The system includes an identity session initiation protocol (SIP) application server configured to act as a security assertion markup language (SAML) bridge, which allows an SIP enabled device or a non-SIP enabled device to attach to a telecommunications service provider network. A user may accept or reject an authorization request using the SIP enabled device or non-SIP enabled device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Mamdouh IBRAHIM, Sri RAMANATHAN, Tapas K. SOM, Matthew B. TREVATHAN
  • MANAGEMENT OF MEMORY USAGE USING USAGE ANALYTICS
    Publication number: 20160217168
    Abstract: An approach for managing memory usage in cloud and traditional environments using usage analytics is disclosed. The approach may be implemented in a computer infrastructure including a combination of hardware and software. The approach includes determining that space is available within one or more tables which have schema definitions with string fields having a predefined length. The approach further includes creating a virtual table and mapping the available space to the virtual table for population by one or more records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Avinesh KUMAR, Sandeep R. PATIL, Gandhi SIVAKUMAR, Matthew A. TERRY, Matthew B. TREVATHAN
  • Facilitating context delivery during communication sessions
    Patent number: 9401988
    Abstract: An approach is disclosed that facilitates context delivery during communication sessions. The approach may be implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to: render at least one service to a user device through a communication session; collect information of the communication session; and send the information of the communication session to a service provider when a call is setup between the user device and the service provider. The service provider renders the information of the communication session for viewing by the service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik Fiedorowicz, Sri Ramanathan, Matthew A. Terry, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • SPECIFYING DATA IN A STANDARDS STYLE PATTERN OF SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA) ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20160210122
    Abstract: An approach for specifying data in a standards style pattern of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments is provided. The approach implemented in a computer infrastructure, includes defining an interface including one or more local data elements and one or more references to one or more common data elements, of a service, the one or more common data elements being defined in a library for a plurality of services. The approach further includes configuring a data definition file (DDF) which indicates whether each of the one or more local data elements and the one or more common data elements is mandatory for the service. The approach further includes validating one or more data elements from a consumer as mandatory for the service based on the configured DDF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Sreekanth R. IYER, Sandeep R. PATIL, Sri RAMANATHAN, Gandhi SIVAKUMAR, Matthew B. TREVATHAN
  • MOBILE DEVICE WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT FOR CLOUD COMPUTING USING SIP AND PRESENCE TO CONTROL WORKLOAD AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160191616
    Abstract: A method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The programming instructions are operable to manage workload for cloud computing by transferring workload to at least one mobile device using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Sandeep R. PATIL, Sri RAMANATHAN, Susan L. SYLVIA, Matthew B. TREVATHAN
  • EXPOSING METHOD RELATED DATA CALLS DURING TESTING IN AN EVENT DRIVEN, MULTICHANNEL ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20160170867
    Abstract: Approaches for application testing are provided. An approach includes transmitting a command to an agent associated with an application installed on a mobile device. The approach includes receiving from the agent information about an executed step of the application on the mobile device. The approach includes comparing the information to an expected value of the step. The approach includes display an output based on the comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Raj K. KONERU, Pattabhi Rama Rao DASARI, Prajakt DESHPANDE, Jason EVANS, Rajendra KOMANDUR, Sriram RAMANATHAN, Matthew TERRY, Matthew B. TREVATHAN, Sathyanarayana VENNAPUSALA
  • System and method for contexually interpreting image sequences
    Patent number: 9355318
    Abstract: A system and method for contextually interpreting image sequences are provided. The method comprises receiving video from one or more video sources, and generating one or more questions associated with one or more portions of the video based on at least one user-defined objective. The method further comprises sending the one or more portions of the video and the one or more questions to one or more assistants, receiving one or more answers to the one or more questions from the one or more assistants, and determining a contextual interpretation of the video based on the one or more answers and the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rajaraman Hariharan, Sri Ramanathan, Karthik Subbian, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • System and method to support identity theft protection as part of a distributed service oriented ecosystem
    Patent number: 9357384
    Abstract: A system and method to support identity theft protection and, in particular, to a system and method for supporting identity theft protection as part of a distributed service oriented ecosystem in Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) and non-IMS networks. The system includes an identity session initiation protocol (SIP) application server configured to act as a security assertion markup language (SAML) bridge, which allows an SIP enabled device or a non-SIP enabled device to attach to a telecommunications service provider network. A user may accept or reject an authorization request using the SIP enabled device or non-SIP enabled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamdouh Ibrahim, Sri Ramanathan, Tapas K. Som, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • DATA BASED TRUTH MAINTENANCE
    Publication number: 20160147961
    Abstract: A truth maintenance method and system. The method includes receiving by a computer processor, health event data associated with heath care records for patients. The computer processor associates portions of the health event data with associated patients and related records in a truth maintenance system database. The computer processor derives first health related assumption data and retrieves previous health related assumption data derived from and associated with previous portions of previous health event data. The computer processor executes non monotonic logic with respect to the first health related assumption data and the previous health related assumption data. In response, the computer processor generates and stores updated first updated health related assumption data associated with the first health related assumption data and the previous health related assumption data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Prabhakar Attaluri, Mickey Iqbal, Calvin D. Lawrence, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPECIFYING TIME-VARYING INTELLIGENT SERVICE-ORIENTED MODEL
    Publication number: 20160149920
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for specifying a time-varying, intelligent service-oriented model are provided. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions, includes defining information of a service which is to be provided to one or more users having access to a system storing the defined information. The method further includes defining policies associated with the defined information to allow and deny access to selected portions of the defined information, and exposing to a user of the one or more users the selected portions of the defined information based on the defined policies allowing access to the selected portions of the defined information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Sreekanth R. IYER, Sandeep R. PATIL, Sri RAMANATHAN, Gandhi SIVAKUMAR, Matthew B. TREVATHAN
  • Leveraging a hybrid infrastructure for dynamic memory allocation and persistent file storage
    Patent number: 9342247
    Abstract: Dynamic allocation of memory in a hybrid system is provided. In particularly, a method and system is provided to leverage a hybrid infrastructure for dynamic memory allocation and persistent file storage. The method includes a method comprises dynamically allocating a file or its part or to cache a file or its part between different storage technologies and respective memory technologies in a hybrid infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bhushan P. Jain, Sandeep R. Patil, Sri Ramanathan, Gandhi Sivakumar, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • Management of memory usage using usage analytics
    Patent number: 9342547
    Abstract: An approach for managing memory usage in cloud and traditional environments using usage analytics is disclosed. The approach may be implemented in a computer infrastructure including a combination of hardware and software. The approach includes determining that space is available within one or more tables which have schema definitions with string fields having a predefined length. The approach further includes creating a virtual table and mapping the available space to the virtual table for population by one or more records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Avinesh Kumar, Sandeep R. Patil, Gandhi Sivakumar, Matthew A. Terry, Matthew B. Trevathan