Patents by Inventor Michael Burkhart
Michael Burkhart 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).
-
Publication number: 20050154972Abstract: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, where the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected structural element to the user; streaming speech to the user from one or more users participating in the presentation; converting the speech to text; detecting a total sound level for the user; and determining whether to display the text in dependence upon the total sound level for the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050154969Abstract: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected structural element to the user; identifying a device controlling action; and executing the device controlling action to control a device for the user. In many embodiments, identifying a device controlling action includes identifying a device controlling action in dependence upon a presentation control instruction. In some embodiments, identifying a device controlling action further includes identifying a device controlling action in dependence upon a spoken key word. In some embodiments, identifying a device controlling action further includes identifying a device controlling action in dependence upon a classified structural element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050154595Abstract: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected structural element to the user; streaming presentation speech to the user including individual speech from at least one user participating in the presentation; converting the presentation speech to text; detecting whether the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users; and displaying the text if the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050154985Abstract: Methods, systems, and products for displaying a help resource associated with a device on a remote display apparatus are provided. Some embodiments of methods, systems, and products for displaying a help resource associated with a device on a display apparatus include receiving, in a device, a help event created by a user engaging a help button installed on the device. In response to receiving the help event, typical embodiments include retrieving a help resource associated with the device, and creating, in the device, a help message including the help resource. The help resource can be retrieved from data storage on the device, downloaded from a network location, or any other way of retrieving the help resource that will occur those of skill in the art. The help message is typically broadcast to a display apparatus for display to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050132273Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for amending a session document during a presentation, where the session document typically includes a session structured document. Typical embodiments include providing user profiles representing users capable of participating in presentations, each user profile including user classifications for a user; providing a presentation document including a structured document having structural elements classified with classification identifiers; identifying a user profile event for a user during the presentation; and adding to the session structured document at least one structural element from the presentation document, the added structural element having a classification identifier that corresponds to a user classification of the user. In typical embodiments, the user profile event comprises adding a user to the presentation, wherein the added user has a new user classification for the presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2003Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050132275Abstract: Creating a presentation document that include creating, in dependence upon an original document, a structured document comprising one or more structural elements and creating a presentation grammar for the structured document, wherein the presentation grammar for the structured document includes grammar elements each of which includes a structural element identifier for at least one structural element of the structured document.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2003Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050131702Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a voice response grammar in a voice response server that include identifying a user for a presentation, the user having a user grammar, the user grammar including one or more user grammar elements and storing a multiplicity of user grammar elements for the user in a voice response grammar on a voice response server. In typical embodiments, identifying a user for a presentation includes creating a data structure representing a presentation and listing in the data structure at least one user identification. In typical embodiments, each grammar element includes an identifier of a structural element, a key phrase for invoking a presentation action, and a presentation action identifier representing a presentation action.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2003Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050132272Abstract: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; and presenting the selected structural element to the user. In some embodiments, selecting a classified structural element includes selecting a classified structural element in dependence upon the presentation action identifier and the parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2003Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050131703Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a voice response grammar in a voice response server including identifying presentation documents for a presentation, each presentation document having a presentation grammar. Typical embodiments include storing each presentation grammar in a voice response grammar on a voice response server. In typical embodiments, identifying presentation documents for a presentation includes creating a data structure representing a presentation and listing at least one presentation document in the data structure representing a presentation. In typical embodiments listing the at least one presentation document includes storing a location of the presentation document in the data structure representing a presentation and storing each presentation grammar includes retrieving a presentation grammar of the presentation document in dependence upon the location of the presentation document.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2003Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050132271Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a session document from a presentation document that include identifying a presentation document for a presentation. In typical embodiments, the presentation document includes a presentation grammar and a structured document having structural elements classified with classification identifiers. Typical embodiments include identifying a user participant for the presentation, the user having a user profile comprising user classifications and filtering the structured document in dependence upon the user classifications and the classification identifiers. In typical embodiments, identifying a presentation document includes inserting in a list a location for the presentation document. In typical embodiments, identifying a user includes inserting in a list a user identification identifying a user in a presentation participant list.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2003Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050132274Abstract: Creating a presentation document that include creating, in dependence upon an original document, a structured document comprising one or more structural elements; classifying a structural element of the structured document according to a presentation attribute; and creating a presentation grammar for the structured document, wherein the presentation grammar for the structured document includes grammar elements each of which includes an identifier for at least one structural element of the structured document.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2003Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Patent number: 6906047Abstract: This invention is directed towards a ready-to-use aqueous composition of ifosfamide. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to an aqueous ifosfamide composition which comprises ifosfamide, a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer, and water. The concentration of ifosfamide in the composition may be between about 40 mM and about 400 mM. The concentration of buffer in the composition may be between about 10 mM and about 260 mM. The molar ratio of ifosfamide to buffer may be between about 0.5:1 to about 20:1. The pH of the composition may be between about 4 and about 8.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2002Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Dorla Mirejovsky, Michael Burkhart
-
Publication number: 20050108405Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a method for creating a user metric pattern. Such embodiments typically include receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics, determining that the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network do not match a predetermined metric pattern, and saving the plurality of disparate user metrics as a new metric pattern. In many embodiments, determining that the plurality of disparate user metrics received within the network do not match a predetermined metric pattern includes comparing the plurality of disparate user metrics with a plurality of metrics associated with the predetermined metric pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2003Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050108366Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a method for administering devices. Such embodiments include creating, in a first domain, a domain state object, and transmitting the domain state object from the first domain to a second domain. In many exemplary embodiments, creating, in a first domain, a domain state object includes creating a current device state object, and associating the current device state object with the domain state object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2003Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050108429Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include methods for improving the devices in a domain. Such exemplary embodiments often include receiving, within a network, a plurality of device effectiveness records for a first user created in a first domain, storing the plurality of device effectiveness records, identifying an effective device ID for the first user in dependence upon the plurality of device effectiveness records, and notifying a second user in a second domain of the effective device ID. In some embodiments, an effective device ID identifies a new device for the user. In other embodiments, an effective device ID identifies an upgrade for an existing device for the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2003Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050102120Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include methods for evaluating a test action for a user. Such methods include creating, within a network, a user metric vector in dependence upon a plurality of disparate user metrics, selecting a test action in dependence upon the user metric vector, executing the test action within the network, and determining a user reaction. Many embodiments also include adding the test action to a user's action list in dependence upon the user reaction. Other embodiments often include deleting the test action from an test action list in dependence upon the user reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2003Publication date: May 12, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050091384Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a method for administering devices in a network. The method includes creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate user metrics, creating a user metric space comprising a plurality of metric ranges and determining whether the user metric vector is outside the user metric space. If the user metric vector is outside a user metric space, identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector the method includes determining whether the action is allowed. If the action is allowed, the method includes executing the action. Many embodiments include receiving an allowed action list, such as for example, receiving an allowed action list from a moderator DML.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2003Publication date: April 28, 2005Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050080710Abstract: A method of providing trading market information, including (a) receiving substantially real time trade data for a trade; (b) adding the quantity of the received trade data to generate bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes for the price of the trade; (c) determining whether the price signifies a change in price direction in a series; (d) selectively displaying the generated bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes in a row of a column, the row corresponding to the price of the trade and the column corresponding to a series of trades. If a change in price direction in a series is determined in step (c), the bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes are displayed as a new series in a new column. The steps are repeated with new trade data. Price deltas consisting of ask trade volumes minus bid trade volumes for each price are continuously generated and selectively displayed. A total delta comprising the sum of the price deltas is also displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2003Publication date: April 14, 2005Inventors: Richard Malato, Trevor Harnett, Michael Burkhart
-
Publication number: 20050071463Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a method for administering devices within a network. Such embodiments typically include receiving, within the network, at least one user metric for a user, and receiving, from a device within the network, device content metadata. Such embodiments also typically include identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric and the device content metadata, and executing the action within the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2003Publication date: March 31, 2005Applicant: IBM CORPORATIONInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson
-
Publication number: 20050071462Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a method for creating a user metric pattern. Such embodiments typically include receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics, saving the plurality of disparate user metrics, identifying a subset of the saved disparate user metrics that comprise a user metric pattern, and storing the subset of the saved disparate user metrics as a user metric pattern. In many examples of the present invention, receiving, within the network, a plurality of disparate user metrics includes receiving a plurality of disparate user metrics from a metric sensor worn by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2003Publication date: March 31, 2005Applicant: IBM CorporationInventors: William Bodin, Michael Burkhart, Daniel Eisenhauer, Daniel Schumacher, Thomas Watson