Patents by Inventor Michael Edward Ortman

Michael Edward Ortman 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: 20170132928
    Abstract: Instrumentalities to receive, with respect to a structure, an indication of two distinct problem types that specifies unused space(s), thereby forming a problem space, and responsively presenting second unused space(s) to a mobile device without the specified unused space(s). The second unused space(s) are presented in order, shortest distance to longest distance. Next, instrumentalities present a second mobile device with unused spaces that exclude the specified unused space(s). Order remains, shortest distance to longest distance, with respect to a current user location, which may be fixed by reference to a location of at least one access point to each respective unused space. The at least one access point can be one of several access points that serve the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Justin Kai-Yuen Hong, Hari Haranath Madduri, Michael Edward Ortman, Neda Samani
  • Patent number: 9635115
    Abstract: Instrumentalities are effective to at least provide a user interface to a mobile device of the user for finding an unused space, among a plurality of spaces, according to a user-selected criteria, wherein the user interface is transmitted via a wireless protocol agreed during the wireless handshake; and in response, presenting the mobile device with first unused spaces meeting the user-selected criteria. Further, an access point may receive a problem space indication from the user concerning at least one of the unused spaces which associates a problem to the at least one of the unused spaces, thereby forming a problem space, and in response, second presenting a second at least one unused space to the mobile device without the problem space, wherein the second unused spaces are presented in order of nearness to a current user location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Kai-Yuen Hong, Hari Haranath Madduri, Michael Edward Ortman, Neda Samani
  • Publication number: 20150256630
    Abstract: Instrumentalities are effective to at least provide a user interface to a mobile device of the user for finding an unused space, among a plurality of spaces, according to a user-selected criteria, wherein the user interface is transmitted via a wireless protocol agreed during the wireless handshake; and in response, presenting the mobile device with first unused spaces meeting the user-selected criteria. Further, an access point may receive a problem space indication from the user concerning at least one of the unused spaces which associates a problem to the at least one of the unused spaces, thereby forming a problem space, and in response, second presenting a second at least one unused space to the mobile device without the problem space, wherein the second unused spaces are presented in order of nearness to a current user location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Kai-Yuen Hong, Hari Haranath Madduri, Michael Edward Ortman, Neda Samani