Patents by Inventor Peter F. Weller

Peter F. Weller 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: 8984157
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed to a method and system for discovering business content transfer paths in a network using file transfer information, and for calculating business risk per network component in a network. A method according to an embodiment includes: obtaining file transfer information for a plurality of file transfers between a plurality of nodes within a network; generating a confidence of correlation for each pair of file transfers in the plurality of file transfers; determining interdependencies between the plurality of file transfers based on the confidence of correlation for each pair of file transfers; and determining a business content transfer path based on the interdependencies between the plurality of file transfers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vedika Dalmia, Thomas I. Lewin, James W. Smith, Peter F. Weller
  • Publication number: 20140025840
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed to a method and system for discovering business content transfer paths in a network using file transfer information, and for calculating business risk per network component in a network. A method according to an embodiment includes: obtaining file transfer information for a plurality of file transfers between a plurality of nodes within a network; generating a confidence of correlation for each pair of file transfers in the plurality of file transfers; determining interdependencies between the plurality of file transfers based on the confidence of correlation for each pair of file transfers; and determining a business content transfer path based on the interdependencies between the plurality of file transfers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vedika Dalmia, Thomas I. Lewin, James W. Smith, Peter F. Weller
  • Patent number: 6264948
    Abstract: A method of suppressing tumor cell growth, comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof an amount of an inhibitor of eosinophilia sufficient to result in suppression of tumor cell growth is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. W. Wong, Peter F. Weller
  • Patent number: 6001357
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of enhancing wound healing, comprising administering an inhibitor of eosinophil influx into a wound site sufficient to result in healing of the wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Shering-Plough
    Inventors: David T. W. Wong, Peter F. Weller
  • Patent number: 5837548
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating a lipid body-mediated condition, such as inflammation or cancer, in an vertebrate by administering to the vertebrate a sufficient amount of an agent which inhibits the formation of lipid bodies in cells involved in inflammation. The agent can inhibit lipid body formation by inhibiting any biological activity necessary for lipid body formation.Another embodiment of the present invention is a method or assay for assessing the ability of a compound to inhibit lipid body formation in cells in vitro. The method comprises the steps of priming the cells for lipid body formation, contacting the cells with the compound under study, and comparing lipid body numbers in the cells with lipid body numbers in primed cells not contacted with the compound of interest. This method can be automated, yielding an efficient high-throughput assay for the efficient and rapid screening of large numbers of potential anti-inflammatory drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Beth Israel Hospital
    Inventors: Peter F. Weller, Ann M. Dvorak, Patricia T. Bozza