Patents by Inventor Patrick Adam Barry

Patrick Adam Barry 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).

  • Process for distributed production and peer-to-peer consolidation of subjective ratings across Ad-Hoc networks
    Patent number: 7885962
    Abstract: A rating program on a mobile computing device communicates with other mobile devices regarding collected ratings. A user enters ratings and requests for information; the mobile computing device will then operate in the background, actively scanning for other users with the same type of short-range communications and a ratings program. The devices are able to exchange and save ratings, providing a mobile, socially-relevant means of collecting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Adam Barry, Heather Jean Hartman, Joshua Howard Levy, Shelley Saxena
  • Method and Apparatus for Scaling a User Interface Adaptively to an Object Discovery/Display System with Policy Driven Filtering
    Publication number: 20090019144
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus and computer instructions for scaling a user interface adaptively to an object discovery or display system with policy driven filtering. A number of filters are defined by the user in an initial setup. The filter includes a target number of discovered objects and a metric for filtering discovered objects. Once the initial setup is complete, the present invention automatically triggers or deactivates the filters and dynamically applies one or more filters based on the number of discovered objects and rules defined by the user. Resulting discovered objects are displayed in the user interface to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Adam Barry, Heather Jean Hartman, Joshua Howard Levy, Shelley Saxena
  • Method and Apparatus for Scaling a User Interface Adaptively to an Object Discovery/Display System with Policy Driven Filtering
    Publication number: 20090013276
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus and computer instructions for scaling a user interface adaptively to an object discovery or display system with policy driven filtering. A number of filters are defined by the user in an initial setup. The filter includes a target number of discovered objects and a metric for filtering discovered objects. Once the initial setup is complete, the present invention automatically triggers or deactivates the filters and dynamically applies one or more filters based on the number of discovered objects and rules defined by the user. Resulting discovered objects are displayed in the user interface to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Adam Barry, Heather Jean Hartman, Joshua Howard Levy, Shelley Saxena
  • Method and apparatus for scaling a user interface adaptively to an object discovery/display system with policy driven filtering
    Patent number: 7472185
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for scaling a user interface adaptively to an object discovery or display system with policy driven filtering. A number of filters are defined by the user in an initial setup. The filter includes a target number of discovered objects and a metric for filtering discovered objects. Once the initial setup is complete, the present invention automatically triggers or deactivates the filters and dynamically applies one or more filters based on the number of discovered objects and rules defined by the user. Resulting discovered objects are displayed in the user interface to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Adam Barry, Heather Jean Hartman, Joshua Howard Levy, Shelley Saxena
  • Process for Distributed Production and Peer-To-Peer Consolidation of Subjective Ratings Across Ad-Hoc Networks
    Publication number: 20080208884
    Abstract: A rating program on a mobile computing device communicates with other mobile devices regarding collected ratings. A user enters ratings and requests for information; the mobile computing device will then operate in the background, actively scanning for other users with the same type of short-range communications and a ratings program. The devices are able to exchange and save ratings, providing a mobile, socially-relevant means of collecting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Adam Barry, Heather Jean Hartman, Joshua Howard Levy, Shelley Saxena
  • Process for Distributed Production and Peer-To-Peer Consolidation of Subjective Ratings Across Ad-Hoc Networks
    Publication number: 20080183732
    Abstract: A rating program on a mobile computing device communicates with other mobile devices regarding collected ratings. A user enters ratings and requests for information; the mobile computing device will then operate in the background, actively scanning for other users with the same type of short-range communications and a ratings program. The devices are able to exchange and save ratings, providing a mobile, socially-relevant means of collecting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Adam Barry, Heather Jean Hartman, Joshua Howard Levy, Shelley Saxena
  • Process for distributed production and peer-to-peer consolidation of subjective ratings across ad-hoc networks
    Patent number: 7389285
    Abstract: A rating program on a mobile computing device communicates with other mobile devices regarding collected ratings. A user enters ratings and requests for information; the mobile computing device will then operate in the background, actively scanning for other users with the same type of short-range communications and a ratings program. The devices are able to exchange and save ratings, providing a mobile, socially-relevant means of collecting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Adam Barry, Heather Jean Hartman, Joshua Howard Levy, Shelley Saxena
  • Process for distributed production and peer-to-peer consolidation of subjective ratings across ad-hoc networks
    Publication number: 20050165832
    Abstract: A rating program on a mobile computing device communicates with other mobile devices regarding collected ratings. A user enters ratings and requests for information; the mobile computing device will then operate in the background, actively scanning for other users with the same type of short-range communications and a ratings program. The devices are able to exchange and save ratings, providing a mobile, socially-relevant means of collecting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Adam Barry, Heather Hartman, Joshua Howard Levy, Shelley Saxena