Patents by Inventor Peter C. Bahrs

Peter C. Bahrs 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).

  • Patent number: 11113626
    Abstract: A problem context is computed from an input at an application. The problem context includes a set of problem factors, the input including a problem to be solved using a cognitive system. A user context is computed from the input at the application, the user context including a set of user factors. A type of media is determined corresponding to a complexity of a cognitive solution received from the cognitive system, where the cognitive solution is in response to the problem. Using a problem factor from the set of problem factors, using a user factor in the set of user factors, and the complexity, a mode of communication is determined. A communication apparatus is adjusted to cause a data communication to occur and deliver the cognitive solution in the type of media using the mode of communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Paul K. Bullis, Geoffrey M. Hambrick
  • Patent number: 11113628
    Abstract: A problem context is computed from an input at an application. The problem context includes a set of problem factors, the input including a problem to be solved using a cognitive system. A user context is computed from the input at the application, the user context including a set of user factors. A type of media is determined corresponding to a complexity of a cognitive solution received from the cognitive system, where the cognitive solution is in response to the problem. Using a problem factor from the set of problem factors, using a user factor in the set of user factors, and the complexity, a mode of communication is determined. A communication apparatus is adjusted to cause a data communication to occur and deliver the cognitive solution in the type of media using the mode of communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Paul K. Bullis, Geoffrey M. Hambrick
  • Patent number: 10944790
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for deterring scams including: monitoring by a cognitive engine agent incoming messages for scam messages; receiving by a messaging server an incoming message having a sender of the incoming message; identifying by the cognitive engine agent the incoming message as a scam message; and replying by the cognitive engine agent in cooperation with the message server to the scam message by initiating a message conversation with the sender of the scam message, the message conversation including one or more reply messages to the sender of the scam message replying to the scam message and any subsequent scam messages from the sender of the scam message with each reply message being an intelligent, interactive message using natural unscripted language to appear as if the one or more reply messages was written by a human and is responsive to a content of a scam embodied in the scam message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, David E. Blyler, Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo
  • Patent number: 10430600
    Abstract: A method for preventing the divulging information to an unauthorized requestor includes: receiving a request to view a data set, the receiving from a requestor; obtaining a policy associated with the data set; and determining a context for the requestor to view the data, the context including at least one of: information about the requestor, information about the data set, and conditions related to viewing the data set. The method further includes: applying the policy to the context; determining whether the context agrees with the policy; presenting the data set to the requestor based on the context agreeing with the policy; and preventing the data set from being presented to the requestor based on the context not agreeing with the policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Marc Fiammante
  • Publication number: 20190149575
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for deterring scams including: monitoring by a cognitive engine agent incoming messages for scam messages; receiving by a messaging server an incoming message having a sender of the incoming message; identifying by the cognitive engine agent the incoming message as a scam message; and replying by the cognitive engine agent in cooperation with the message server to the scam message by initiating a message conversation with the sender of the scam message, the message conversation including one or more reply messages to the sender of the scam message replying to the scam message and any subsequent scam messages from the sender of the scam message with each reply message being an intelligent, interactive message using natural unscripted language to appear as if the one or more reply messages was written by a human and is responsive to a content of a scam embodied in the scam message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, David E. Blyler, Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo
  • Publication number: 20190138945
    Abstract: A problem context is computed from an input at an application. The problem context includes a set of problem factors, the input including a problem to be solved using a cognitive system. A user context is computed from the input at the application, the user context including a set of user factors. A type of media is determined corresponding to a complexity of a cognitive solution received from the cognitive system, where the cognitive solution is in response to the problem. Using a problem factor from the set of problem factors, using a user factor in the set of user factors, and the complexity, a mode of communication is determined. A communication apparatus is adjusted to cause a data communication to occur and deliver the cognitive solution in the type of media using the mode of communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Paul K. Bullis, Geoffrey M. Hambrick
  • Publication number: 20190138937
    Abstract: A problem context is computed from an input at an application. The problem context includes a set of problem factors, the input including a problem to be solved using a cognitive system. A user context is computed from the input at the application, the user context including a set of user factors. A type of media is determined corresponding to a complexity of a cognitive solution received from the cognitive system, where the cognitive solution is in response to the problem. Using a problem factor from the set of problem factors, using a user factor in the set of user factors, and the complexity, a mode of communication is determined. A communication apparatus is adjusted to cause a data communication to occur and deliver the cognitive solution in the type of media using the mode of communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Paul K. Bullis, Geoffrey M. Hambrick
  • Patent number: 9939955
    Abstract: A system may comprise a registration device configured to register patterns for users; a recording device configured to record a received pattern, as an electronic pattern, wherein the recording device recognizes the received pattern as one of the registered patterns; a receiving device configured to observe human movement patterns with a camera, transform the observed human movement patterns to an electronic signal, and receive the recognized registered pattern from the recording device by a first wireless transmission; a forwarding device configured to transmit the electronic signal, and the received recognized registered pattern to an alert service by a second wireless transmission; and an alert service, configured to receive the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern from the forwarding device and configured to transmit the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern to a second electronic device by a third wireless transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Peter H. Burton, Donna K. Byron, Sangeeta Gautam, Manvendra Gupta, Anne Kline
  • Publication number: 20180011594
    Abstract: A system may comprise a registration device configured to register patterns for users; a recording device configured to record a received pattern, as an electronic pattern, wherein the recording device recognizes the received pattern as one of the registered patterns; a receiving device configured to observe human movement patterns with a camera, transform the observed human movement patterns to an electronic signal, and receive the recognized registered pattern from the recording device by a first wireless transmission; a forwarding device configured to transmit the electronic signal, and the received recognized registered pattern to an alert service by a second wireless transmission; and an alert service, configured to receive the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern from the forwarding device and configured to transmit the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern to a second electronic device by a third wireless transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: PETER C. BAHRS, PETER H. BURTON, DONNA K. BYRON, SANGEETA GAUTAM, MANVENDRA GUPTA, ANNE KLINE
  • Patent number: 9811203
    Abstract: A system may comprise a registration device configured to register patterns for users; a recording device configured to record a received pattern, as an electronic pattern, wherein the recording device recognizes the received pattern as one of the registered patterns; a receiving device configured to observe human movement patterns with a camera, transform the observed human movement patterns to an electronic signal, and receive the recognized registered pattern from the recording device by a first wireless transmission; a forwarding device configured to transmit the electronic signal, and the received recognized registered pattern to an alert service by a second wireless transmission; and an alert service, configured to receive the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern from the forwarding device and configured to transmit the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern to a second electronic device by a third wireless transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Peter H. Burton, Donna K. Byron, Sangeeta Gautam, Manvendra Gupta, Anne Kline
  • Patent number: 9800476
    Abstract: In service level agreement enforcement, a segmentation module intercepts a request for a current runtime environment, extracts request data from the request, and passes request data to a risk assessment component. The risk assessment component finds a request history profile matching the request data, determines a request impact on runtime environment resources from the request history profile, and obtains the current state of the current runtime environment. The risk assessment module determines the risk to the service level agreement associated with the request or any other request currently executing if the request is serviced in the current runtime environment, based on the request impact and the current state of the current runtime environment, and outputs the risk assessment to the segmentation module. When the risk assessment indicates a risk, the segmentation module passes the request to an isolated runtime environment. Otherwise, the request is passed to the current runtime environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Kyle G. Brown, Samir A. Nasser
  • Publication number: 20170293390
    Abstract: A system may comprise a registration device configured to register patterns for users; a recording device configured to record a received pattern, as an electronic pattern, wherein the recording device recognizes the received pattern as one of the registered patterns; a receiving device configured to observe human movement patterns with a camera, transform the observed human movement patterns to an electronic signal, and receive the recognized registered pattern from the recording device by a first wireless transmission; a forwarding device configured to transmit the electronic signal, and the received recognized registered pattern to an alert service by a second wireless transmission; and an alert service, configured to receive the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern from the forwarding device and configured to transmit the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern to a second electronic device by a third wireless transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: PETER C. BAHRS, PETER H. BURTON, DONNA K. BYRON, SANGEETA GAUTAM, MANVENDRA GUPTA, ANNE KLINE
  • Publication number: 20170206370
    Abstract: A method for preventing the divulging information to an unauthorized requestor includes: receiving a request to view a data set, the receiving from a requestor; obtaining a policy associated with the data set; and determining a context for the requestor to view the data, the context including at least one of: information about the requestor, information about the data set, and conditions related to viewing the data set. The method further includes: applying the policy to the context; determining whether the context agrees with the policy; presenting the data set to the requestor based on the context agreeing with the policy; and preventing the data set from being presented to the requestor based on the context not agreeing with the policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Marc Fiammante
  • Patent number: 9684822
    Abstract: A system may comprise a registration device configured to register patterns for users; a recording device configured to record a received pattern, as an electronic pattern, wherein the recording device recognizes the received pattern as one of the registered patterns; a receiving device configured to observe human movement patterns with a camera, transform the observed human movement patterns to an electronic signal, and receive the recognized registered pattern from the recording device by a first wireless transmission; a forwarding device configured to transmit the electronic signal, and the received recognized registered pattern to an alert service by a second wireless transmission; and an alert service, configured to receive the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern from the forwarding device and configured to transmit the electronic signal and the received recognized registered pattern to a second electronic device by a third wireless transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Peter H. Burton, Donna K. Byron, Sangeeta Gautam, Manvendra Gupta, Anne Kline
  • Publication number: 20160232193
    Abstract: In service level agreement enforcement, a segmentation module intercepts a request for a current runtime environment, extracts request data from the request, and passes request data to a risk assessment component. The risk assessment component finds a request history profile matching the request data, determines a request impact on runtime environment resources from the request history profile, and obtains the current state of the current runtime environment. The risk assessment module determines the risk to the service level agreement associated with the request or any other request currently executing if the request is serviced in the current runtime environment, based on the request impact and the current state of the current runtime environment, and outputs the risk assessment to the segmentation module. When the risk assessment indicates a risk, the segmentation module passes the request to an isolated runtime environment. Otherwise, the request is passed to the current runtime environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Peter C. BAHRS, Kyle G. BROWN, Samir A. NASSER
  • Patent number: 8676902
    Abstract: A system to facilitate a service oriented email client application. The system includes a service registry, a service address book coupled to an email client, and an email composer coupled to the service address book. The service registry includes service information. The service information describes how to invoke a web service. The service address book includes a web service entry linked to the service information for the web service in the service registry. The email composer generates a user input form with a custom input field corresponding to the service information for the web service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Roland Barcia, Gang Chen
  • Patent number: 8260642
    Abstract: A method and system for scoring and ranking a plurality of component links in a social technical system having a plurality of components representing people and objects are provided. In one aspect, a degree of consistency relative to two or more people working on one or more objects and dependencies between the objects is determined to derive scores for the component links. The method and system identifies gaps in the link and determines the impact of filling the gaps. In another aspect, component links may be ranked and scores aggregated to provide system level quantifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Murray R. Cantor, Sunita Chulani, Kate Ehrlich, Mary E. Helander, Sarah C. McAllister, Giuseppe Valetto, Mark N. Wegman, Clay E. Williams
  • Patent number: 8099711
    Abstract: A system and method for multi-level security filtering of model representations. Elements of an architecture and systems engineering model have associated security characteristics identifying the required level of security that a user must have in order to be able to obtain access to information about that element of the model. Based on these security characteristics and the security level of a user attempting to access the model, the content of the model is modified such that elements that are not accessible by a user having that security level are obscured or not visible to the user. The other elements of the model which are accessible by the user based on his/her security level are modified in the modified model so as to not provide information that would disclose the nature, character, or in some cases even the presence, of the elements that are not accessible by the user based on his/her security level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Bahrs, Peter C. Bahrs, Kevin J. Cornell, Steven V. Hovater, Enrique V. Kortright, Fred M. Mervine
  • Patent number: 7962516
    Abstract: A system and method for adding multi-level security to federated asset repositories is provided. A multi-level security (MLS) manager receives normalized taxonomies from repository managers, which manage repositories that include assets assigned various security levels. In turn, the MLS manager integrates the taxonomies into a composite taxonomy. When a portal receives a request from a user, the portal sends a taxonomy request to the MLS manager that includes the user's user identifier. The MLS manager retrieves the composite taxonomy, identifies the user's security level, filters the composite taxonomy based upon the user's security level, and provides the filtered composite taxonomy to the portal. In turn, the portal generates a user interface view based upon the filtered composite taxonomy and provides the user interface view to the user, which utilizes the user interface view to request and receive access to assets from one or more federated repositories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Michael Jon Dockter, Enrique Vicente Kortright, Gregory Bruce Yarbrough
  • Publication number: 20090198698
    Abstract: A system and method for adding multi-level security to federated asset repositories is provided. A multi-level security (MLS) manager receives normalized taxonomies from repository managers, which manage repositories that include assets assigned various security levels. In turn, the MLS manager integrates the taxonomies into a composite taxonomy. When a portal receives a request from a user, the portal sends a taxonomy request to the MLS manager that includes the user's user identifier. The MLS manager retrieves the composite taxonomy, identifies the user's security level, filters the composite taxonomy based upon the user's security level, and provides the filtered composite taxonomy to the portal. In turn, the portal generates a user interface view based upon the filtered composite taxonomy and provides the user interface view to the user, which utilizes the user interface view to request and receive access to assets from one or more federated repositories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Peter C. Bahrs, Michael Jon Dockter, Enrique Vicente Kortright, Gregory Bruce Yarbrough