Patents by Inventor Paul D. Hulseberg

Paul D. Hulseberg 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).

  • Using spheres-of-influence to characterize network relationships
    Patent number: 9740753
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for using spheres-of-influence to characterize network relationships, where a graph depicts stronger relationships as being closer to an entity than more tenuous relationships. That is, while an entity may have many first-degree relationships, some relationships are closer than others. Thus, relationships where one entity may have a greater degree of influence over another are characterized as being closer to an entity in a graph. Similarly, a tenuous first-degree relationship may be characterized as being at a greater “depth” from the entity in the graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Jonas, Paul D. Hulseberg
  • USING SPHERES-OF-INFLUENCE TO CHARACTERIZE NETWORK RELATIONSHIPS
    Publication number: 20100161662
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for using spheres-of-influence to characterize network relationships, where a graph depicts stronger relationships as being closer to an entity than more tenuous relationships. That is, while an entity may have many first-degree relationships, some relationships are closer than others. Thus, relationships where one entity may have a greater degree of influence over another are characterized as being closer to an entity in a graph. Similarly, a tenuous first-degree relationship may be characterized as being at a greater “depth” from the entity in the graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Jonas, Paul D. Hulseberg