Patents by Inventor Robert A. Flavin

Robert A. Flavin 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).

  • Publication number: 20240399023
    Abstract: A polymer composite alloy for orthopedic implants includes a magnesium alloy coated with a polymer composite. The polymer composite can be polydioxanone. Alternatively, the polymer composite can be polyglyconate. Implants manufactured from the alloy composite are also provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the implant includes at least one through passage from one side of the implant to a distal side of implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventor: Robert A. Flavin
  • Publication number: 20240389994
    Abstract: A bone anchor for rotator cuff repair, comprising a solid cylinder extending in a proximal to distal direction and defining a longitudinal axis (L-L); a thread on the solid cylinder encircling the solid cylinder at least twice; a connection, at the proximal end of the solid cylinder, for connecting to a tool to drive the thread into bone; an unthreaded endpiece, extending from the distal end of the solid cylinder, having a distal end; and a tunnel across the unthreaded endpiece, wherein the thread is configured to define at least two straight longitudinal passageways from the distal end of the solid cylinder to the proximal end of the solid cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Robert A. FLAVIN, Ivana IVANKOVIC
  • Patent number: 10789204
    Abstract: Access is obtained to a plurality of intermediately transformed electronic documents (with a plurality of sections and subsections) which have been transformed, by topical analysis and text summarization techniques, from a plurality of original electronic documents comprising at least some unstructured electronic documents. Audit and retrieval agent code is appended to the sections and subsections to create a plurality of finally transformed electronic documents. Users are allowed to access the finally transformed electronic documents. The users are provided with accountability reminders contemporaneous with the access. The access of the users to the sections and subsections of the finally transformed electronic documents is logged. An audit report is provided based on the logging. Also provided is a cloud service for enterprise-level sensitive data protection with variable data granularity, using one or more one guest virtual machine images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Bergman, Kumar Bhaskaran, Winnie W. Cheng, Robert A. Flavin, Milton H. Hernandez, Hai Huang, Ravi B. Konuru, Yaoping Ruan, Sambit Sahu
  • Patent number: 10606927
    Abstract: Access is obtained to a hierarchically structured document having a plurality of hierarchical levels. For each of the hierarchical levels, a word list with a word count for each word included therein is obtained. For each of the hierarchical levels, a tag cloud based on a corresponding one of the word counts is created. At least one of the tag clouds is displayed in association with a label for a corresponding one of the hierarchical levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Bergman, Robert A. Flavin, Ravindranath Konuru
  • Patent number: 10394936
    Abstract: Access is obtained to a hierarchically structured document having a plurality of hierarchical levels. For each of the hierarchical levels, a word list with a word count for each word included therein is obtained. For each of the hierarchical levels, a tag cloud based on a corresponding one of the word counts is created. At least one of the tag clouds is displayed in association with a label for a corresponding one of the hierarchical levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Bergman, Robert A. Flavin, Ravindranath Konuru
  • Publication number: 20180246884
    Abstract: Access is obtained to a plurality of intermediately transformed electronic documents (with a plurality of sections and subsections) which have been transformed, by topical analysis and text summarization techniques, from a plurality of original electronic documents comprising at least some unstructured electronic documents. Audit and retrieval agent code is appended to the sections and subsections to create a plurality of finally transformed electronic documents. Users are allowed to access the finally transformed electronic documents. The users are provided with accountability reminders contemporaneous with the access. The access of the users to the sections and subsections of the finally transformed electronic documents is logged. An audit report is provided based on the logging. Also provided is a cloud service for enterprise-level sensitive data protection with variable data granularity, using one or more one guest virtual machine images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Bergman, Kumar Bhaskaran, Winnie W. Cheng, Robert A. Flavin, Milton H. Hernandez, Hai Huang, Ravi B. Konuru, Yaoping Ruan, Sambit Sahu
  • Patent number: 9959273
    Abstract: Access is obtained to a plurality of intermediately transformed electronic documents (with a plurality of sections and subsections) which have been transformed, by topical analysis and text summarization techniques, from a plurality of original electronic documents comprising at least some unstructured electronic documents. Audit and retrieval agent code is appended to the sections and subsections to create a plurality of finally transformed electronic documents. Users are allowed to access the finally transformed electronic documents. The users are provided with accountability reminders contemporaneous with the access. The access of the users to the sections and subsections of the finally transformed electronic documents is logged. An audit report is provided based on the logging. Also provided is a cloud service for enterprise-level sensitive data protection with variable data granularity, using one or more one guest virtual machine images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Bergman, Kumar Bhaskaran, Winnie W. Cheng, Robert A. Flavin, Milton H. Hernandez, Hai Huang, Ravi B. Konuru, Yaoping Ruan, Sambit Sahu
  • Patent number: 9811687
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing authorizations to access personal data of a user is disclosed. A computer retrieves a set of authorizations for a plurality of web based applications, wherein an authorization enables an application of the plurality of web based applications to access at least a portion of the personal data of the user. The computer presents the set of authorizations on a graphical user interface. The computer receives a user input indicating a change to a particular authorization in the set of authorizations for a particular web based application in the plurality of web based applications. Responsive to receiving the user input indicating the change to the particular authorization in the set of authorizations, the computer then stores the change to the particular authorization in the set of authorizations for the plurality of web based applications to access the personal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Flavin, David G. Robinson, Andrew B. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140283023
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing authorizations to access personal data of a user is disclosed. A computer retrieves a set of authorizations for a plurality of web based applications, wherein an authorization enables an application of the plurality of web based applications to access at least a portion of the personal data of the user. The computer presents the set of authorizations on a graphical user interface. The computer receives a user input indicating a change to a particular authorization in the set of authorizations for a particular web based application in the plurality of web based applications. Responsive to receiving the user input indicating the change to the particular authorization in the set of authorizations, the computer then stores the change to the particular authorization in the set of authorizations for the plurality of web based applications to access the personal data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert A. Flavin, David G. Robinson, Andrew B. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140129921
    Abstract: Access is obtained to a hierarchically structured document having a plurality of hierarchical levels. For each of the hierarchical levels, a word list with a word count for each word included therein is obtained. For each of the hierarchical levels, a tag cloud based on a corresponding one of the word counts is created. At least one of the tag clouds is displayed in association with a label for a corresponding one of the hierarchical levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Bergman, Robert A. Flavin, Ravindranath Konuru
  • Publication number: 20140129918
    Abstract: Access is obtained to a hierarchically structured document having a plurality of hierarchical levels. For each of the hierarchical levels, a word list with a word count for each word included therein is obtained. For each of the hierarchical levels, a tag cloud based on a corresponding one of the word counts is created. At least one of the tag clouds is displayed in association with a label for a corresponding one of the hierarchical levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Bergman, Robert A. Flavin, Ravindranath Konuru
  • Publication number: 20130291127
    Abstract: Access is obtained to a plurality of intermediately transformed electronic documents (with a plurality of sections and subsections) which have been transformed, by topical analysis and text summarization techniques, from a plurality of original electronic documents comprising at least some unstructured electronic documents. Audit and retrieval agent code is appended to the sections and subsections to create a plurality of finally transformed electronic documents. Users are allowed to access the finally transformed electronic documents. The users are provided with accountability reminders contemporaneous with the access. The access of the users to the sections and subsections of the finally transformed electronic documents is logged. An audit report is provided based on the logging. Also provided is a cloud service for enterprise-level sensitive data protection with variable data granularity, using one or more one guest virtual machine images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Bergman, Kumar Bhaskaran, Winnie W. Cheng, Robert A. Flavin, Milton H. Hernandez, Hai Huang, Ravi B. Konuru, Yaoping Ruan, Sambit Sahu
  • Patent number: 8375086
    Abstract: A shared state manager (SSM) for collaboration includes an updating module for updating a shared state of data based on a request to edit the data made by a client, and a notifying module for, upon the updating the shared state, notifying another client of the updated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Robert A. Flavin
  • Publication number: 20080301228
    Abstract: A shared state manager (SSM) for collaboration includes an updating module for updating a shared state of data based on a request to edit the data made by a client, and a notifying module for, upon the updating the shared state, notifying another client of the updated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Robert A. Flavin
  • Publication number: 20080270406
    Abstract: A method for modifying knowledge documents, includes: retrieving an authored document per a client request; wiki-fying a copy of the retrieved authored document; accepting client comments into the wiki-fied authored document, while maintaining the integrity of the authored documents; notifying one or more authors of the authored document of the client comments in the wiki-fied copy of the authored document; modifying the authored document based on the determination of the one or more authors to the validity of the client comments; and replacing the authored document with the modified authored document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert A. Flavin, Ryan K. Gunderson, Jonathan Lenchner, Laura Z. Luan, William L. Luken