Patents by Inventor Richard Mark Appleby

Richard Mark Appleby 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).

  • Generating an update status alert in a device
    Patent number: 8219666
    Abstract: A method for generating an update status alert at a receiving device, the receiving device operating in a network of participating devices, each participating device broadcasting status information about a monitored entity associated with a respective participating device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving broadcast status information from each of the participating devices; aggregating the received status information to derive a consensus of the status information received from each of the participating devices; comparing the derived consensus with the status of the monitored entity of the receiving device; detecting a difference between the derived consensus and the status of the monitored entity; and in dependence of a difference being determined, generating an update status alert at the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Mark Appleby, Bharat Veer Bedi, Martin Gale, Lucas William Partridge
  • Method for Generating an Updates Status Alert in a Device
    Publication number: 20080215665
    Abstract: A method for generating an update status alert at a receiving device, the receiving device operating in a network of participating devices, each participating device broadcasting status information about a monitored entity associated with a respective participating device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving broadcast status information from each of the participating devices; aggregating the received status information to derive a consensus of the status information received from each of the participating devices; comparing the derived consensus with the status of the monitored entity of the receiving device; detecting a difference between the derived consensus and the status of the monitored entity; and in dependence of a difference being determined, generating an update status alert at the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Mark Appleby, Bharat Veer Bedi, Martin Gale, Lucas William Partridge