Patents by Inventor Michael J. Dockter
Michael J. Dockter 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: 9778940Abstract: A technique for executing applets is provided. Initially, a webtop applet is loaded into, for example, a browser window. The webtop applet displays the list of applets available to a user. The user selects one or more applets from the list received by the webtop applet. The webtop applet generates a separate JInternal frame for each selected applet, and each JInternal frame executes its associated applet within a separate window. The windows assume different configurations such as being resized, repositioned, cascaded, tiled, windowed, minimized, maximized, or overlapped with one or more other windows within a fixed-size view space of the browser window. Each window is manipulated by the user separately from the other windows which are contained within the fixed sized view space.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Timothy A. Best, Michael J. Dockter, Stephan Grell, Ronald W. Lynn
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Patent number: 9043076Abstract: An approach is provided to automate predictive vehicle maintenance. In the approach, a vehicle's information handling system receives vehicle data transmissions from a number of other vehicles in geographic proximity to the vehicle. Both the vehicle and the other vehicles correspond to various vehicle types that are used to identify those other vehicles that are similar to the vehicle. The sets of received vehicle data transmissions that are received to similar vehicles are analyzed with respect to a plurality of vehicle maintenance data corresponding to the vehicle. The analysis of the vehicle data transmissions resulting in predictive vehicle maintenance recommendations pertaining to the first vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Akram Bou-Ghannam, Michael J. Dockter
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Publication number: 20140336869Abstract: An approach is provided to automate predictive vehicle maintenance. In the approach, a vehicle's information handling system receives vehicle data transmissions from a number of other vehicles in geographic proximity to the vehicle. Both the vehicle and the other vehicles correspond to various vehicle types that are used to identify those other vehicles that are similar to the vehicle. The sets of received vehicle data transmissions that are received to similar vehicles are analyzed with respect to a plurality of vehicle maintenance data corresponding to the vehicle. The analysis of the vehicle data transmissions resulting in predictive vehicle maintenance recommendations pertaining to the first vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Akram Bou-Ghannam, Michael J. Dockter
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Patent number: 8639546Abstract: Provided are techniques for defining a fulfillment path solution (FPS) comprising items undergoing an operational fulfillment process (OFP); wherein the FPS is associated with milestones to be fulfilled by the items as the items travel the OFP. Each milestone exerts a resistive force on each item. Calculating a plurality of sums, each sum corresponding to a particular item and each sum a total of all resistive forces exerted on the corresponding item by each of the milestones, wherein an item with a deadline closer to the current time is set to a higher resistive force than an item with a deadline farther from the current time; and increasing each resistive force on each item as a corresponding deadline approaches each item; wherein a higher sum indicates a need for more immediate attention.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Akram Bou-Ghannam, Michael J. Dockter
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Publication number: 20140006087Abstract: Provided are techniques for defining a fulfillment path solution (FPS) comprising items undergoing an operational fulfillment process (OFP); wherein the FPS is associated with milestones to be fulfilled by the items as the items travel the OFP. Each milestone exerts a resistive force on each item. Calculating a plurality of sums, each sum corresponding to a particular item and each sum a total of all resistive forces exerted on the corresponding item by each of the milestones, wherein an item with a deadline closer to the current time is set to a higher resistive force than an item with a deadline farther from the current time; and increasing each resistive force on each item as a corresponding deadline approaches each item; wherein a higher sum indicates a need for more immediate attention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Akram Bou-Ghannam, Michael J. Dockter
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Publication number: 20140006091Abstract: Provided are techniques for defining a fulfillment path solution (FPS) comprising items undergoing an operational fulfillment process (OFP); wherein the FPS is associated with milestones to be fulfilled by the items as the items travel the OFP. Each milestone exerts a resistive force on each item. Calculating a plurality of sums, each sum corresponding to a particular item and each sum a total of all resistive forces exerted on the corresponding item by each of the milestones, wherein an item with a deadline closer to the current time is set to a higher resistive force than an item with a deadline farther from the current time; and increasing each resistive force on each item as a corresponding deadline approaches each item; wherein a higher sum indicates a need for more immediate attention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Akram Bou-Ghannam, Michael J. Dockter
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Publication number: 20120278703Abstract: A technique for executing applets is provided. Initially, a webtop applet is loaded into, for example, a browser window. The webtop applet displays the list of applets available to a user. The user selects one or more applets from the list received by the webtop applet. The webtop applet generates a separate JInternal frame for each selected applet, and each JInternal frame executes its associated applet within a separate window. The windows assume different configurations such as being resized, repositioned, cascaded, tiled, windowed, minimized, maximized, or overlapped with one or more other windows within a fixed-size view space of the browser window. Each window is manipulated by the user separately from the other windows which are contained within the fixed sized view space.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy A. Best, Michael J. Dockter, Stephan Grell, Ronald W. Lynn
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Patent number: 8255809Abstract: A technique for executing applets is provided. Initially, a webtop applet is loaded into, for example, a browser window. The webtop applet displays the list of applets available to a user. The user selects one or more applets from the list received by the webtop applet. The webtop applet generates a separate JInternal frame for each selected applet, and each JInternal frame executes its associated applet within a separate window. The windows assume different configurations such as being resized, repositioned, cascaded, tiled, windowed, minimized, maximized, or overlapped with one or more other windows within a fixed-size view space of the browser window. Each window is manipulated by the user separately from the other windows which are contained within the fixed sized view space.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Timothy A. Best, Michael J. Dockter, Stephan Grell, Ronald W. Lynn
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Patent number: 7328208Abstract: A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user's request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2005Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael J. Dockter, Jochen F. Doerre, Ronald W. Lynn, Joseph A. Munoz, Randal J. Richardt, Roland Seiffert
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Patent number: 7054882Abstract: A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user's request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael J. Dockter, Jochen F. Doerre, Ronald W. Lynn, Joseph A. Munoz, Randal J. Richardt, Roland Seiffert
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Patent number: 6999974Abstract: A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user's request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael J. Dockter, Jochen F. Doerre, Ronald W. Lynn, Joseph A. Munoz, Randal J. Richardt, Roland Seiffert
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Patent number: 6691107Abstract: A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user's request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2000Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael J. Dockter, Jochen F. Doerre, Ronald W. Lynn, Joseph A. Munoz, Randal J. Richardt, Roland Seiffert
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Patent number: 6611845Abstract: A system and method for storing and managing sets of objects is disclosed. The method and system comprises providing a plurality of set nodes based upon a defined set of data objects; and associating a plurality of constraint nodes with the plurality of set nodes. The method and system includes providing a plurality of object nodes based upon the objects; and obtaining object metadata from the plurality of object nodes. The method and system further includes associating at least one of the plurality of object nodes with at least one of the plurality of set nodes based upon a criteria and detecting that at least one of the plurality of set nodes has been modified and delivering a notification to at least one constraint node of a plurality of constraint nodes. Each of the plurality of constraint nodes provides constraints on at least one set node. Accordingly, a method and system in accordance with the present invention unifies the storing and managing of sets in order to simplify overall system behavior.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2000Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael J. Dockter, Ronald W. Lynn, Randal J. Richardt, Roland Seiffert
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Publication number: 20030135828Abstract: A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user's request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2003Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael J. Dockter, Jochen F. Doerre, Ronald W. Lynn, Joseph A. Munoz, Randal J. Richardt, Roland Seiffert
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Patent number: 6591276Abstract: A method and system for managing object types for objects which are defined externally to a system is disclosed. In a first aspect, the method and system comprises recording a relationship of an object to an object class within the system and then recording a system-defined super-class of the object class. A plurality of tables are utilized to record the relationship and the system defined super-class. In a second aspect, a method and system for receiving an externally generated object comprises determining that the externally generated object is represented as an object class in one of a base table and a derived table. The method and system further including obtaining a system-defined super-class of the object. The method and system further includes inserting an object class of the object into the derived table with an identifier of the system-defined super-class and a derived table identifier to create a relationship of a system-defined super-class to a user-defined subclass.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2000Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael J. Dockter, Randal J. Richardt
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Publication number: 20030120645Abstract: A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user's request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2003Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael J. Dockter, Jochen F. Doerre, Ronald W. Lynn, Joseph A. Munoz, Randal J. Richardt, Roland Seiffert
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Publication number: 20010043235Abstract: A technique for executing applets is provided. Initially, a webtop applet is loaded into, for example, a browser window. The webtop applet displays the list of applets available to a user. The user selects one or more applets from the list received by the webtop applet. The webtop applet generates a separate JInternal frame for each selected applet, and each JInternal frame executes its associated applet within a separate window. The windows assume different configurations such as being resized, repositioned, cascaded, tiled, windowed, minimized, maximized, or overlapped with one or more other windows within a fixed-size view space of the browser window. Each window is manipulated by the user separately from the other windows which are contained within the fixed sized view space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2000Publication date: November 22, 2001Inventors: Timothy A. Best, Michael J. Dockter, Stephan Grell, Ronald W. Lynn
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Patent number: 6208989Abstract: A system to intelligently link a computer user to enormous databases of multi-media information. The system provides an automated facility to determine the value of information based on each user's subjective preferences. An execution is created by comparing these preferences with prior characterizations of information objects. Once the comparisons are made, an ordered list is compiled. The list provides a set of data sources starting with the most relevant and ending with the least relevant. By selecting and reviewing only the most significant references, the probability of locating a pertinent reference is increased dramatically while increasing the effectiveness of time spent reviewing results.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1997Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael J. Dockter, Joel F. Farber, Kevin D. Seppi
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Patent number: 5854923Abstract: A system to intelligently link a computer user to enormous databases of multi-media information. The system provides an automated facility to determine the value of information based on each user's subjective preferences. An execution is created by comparing these preferences with prior characterizations of information objects. Once the comparisons are made, an ordered list is compiled. The list provides a set of data sources starting with the most relevant and ending with the least relevant. By selecting and reviewing only the most significant references, the probability of locating a pertinent reference is increased dramatically while increasing the effectiveness of time spent reviewing results.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1994Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.Inventors: Michael J. Dockter, Joel F. Farber, Kevin D. Seppi
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Patent number: 5745895Abstract: A coherent method for the creating, capturing, and retrieving of ideas, concepts, data, and/or multi-media information The system establishes a framework in which knowledge can be represented. The system is a computer-based system which utilizes multimedia, databases, and mass storage to implement this framework. It has an architecture and an open-ended-set of functional elements that combine to support knowledge processing. Knowledge is created by uniquely identifying and interrelating heterogeneous datasets located locally on a user's workstation or dispersed across computer networks. By uniquely identifying and storing the created interrelationships, the datasets themselves need not be locally stored. Datasets may therefore be located, interrelated and accessed across computer networks. In addition, an almost unlimited number of relationships can be created and stored as knowledge to be selectively filtered and collected by the end user.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1994Date of Patent: April 28, 1998Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald E. Bingham, Harry R. Campbell, Michael J. Dockter, Joel F. Farber, Kevin D. Seppi