Patents by Inventor Robert R. Wentworth
Robert R. Wentworth 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).
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Patent number: 9750041Abstract: A configurable wireless switched network includes a wireless access point. The wireless access point includes an application that is executable thereon. The application is configured to set, by a user via an input component, a first port of a plurality of ports as a command channel. The command channel provides a first point of contact between the wireless access point and client devices. The application is also configured to receive configuration parameters from the user. The configuration parameters include port allocation instructions for the ports and identifiers of the client devices. The application is further configured to monitor bandwidth utilization on a network; receive, at the command channel, a request from one of the client devices to access the network; and assign one of the ports to the client device based on the port allocation instructions, the bandwidth utilization, and an identifier of the client device.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: John E. Moore, Jr., Jeffrey K. Price, Robert R. Wentworth, Stanley C. Wood
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Patent number: 9726610Abstract: A cable identification system is provided. The cable identification system includes a cable sleeve with some predetermined unique properties. The cable sleeve is adapted to receive a cable therein. The cable includes one or more electrical conductors therein. The cable identification system further includes a portable measuring device configured to detect the predetermined unique properties of the cable sleeve when positioned adjacent the cable at any point along the cable.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, John E. Moore, Rajeshkumar N. Singi, Robert R. Wentworth
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Patent number: 9705884Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, system, and computer program product for intelligent access control. A computer detects a new user or modifications made to an existing user in an access control list. The computer determines which other users share an attribute with the newly added or modified employee and then determines which asset(s) are associated with the determined group(s). The computer determines the correlation value between the group(s) and the asset. Based on the determined correlation value, the computer determines whether the newly added or modified employee should have access to the asset.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Jonathan M. Barney, Carlos A. Hoyos, Robert R. Wentworth
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Publication number: 20170123480Abstract: In an approach to managing racks in a MAID system, a first rack of a data center is identified. The data center comprises a plurality of racks. The first rack corresponds to a request. The request is one of (i) a request to change a power status of a storage device of the first rack or (ii) a request to service the first rack. An optimal placement of the plurality of racks is calculated to satisfy a condition of the request. One or more of the racks are moved from a first location to a second location, based on the calculated optimal placement of the one or more racks.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: John E. Moore, JR., Jeffrey K. Price, Robert R. Wentworth, Stanley C. Wood
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Publication number: 20170093871Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, system, and computer program product for intelligent access control. A computer detects a new user or modifications made to an existing user in an access control list. The computer determines which other users share an attribute with the newly added or modified employee and then determines which asset(s) are associated with the determined group(s). The computer determines the correlation value between the group(s) and the asset. Based on the determined correlation value, the computer determines whether the newly added or modified employee should have access to the asset.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Jonathan M. Barney, Carlos A. Hoyos, Robert R. Wentworth
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Publication number: 20160381020Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, system, and computer program product for a combined key security program. A computer receives an access request from a resource (or a device associated with the resource) which includes a combined key detailing factors corresponding to users and resources involved in the request. The computer references an access policy of the resource to which access is requested and determines whether the access policy requires state keys necessary to indicate a time, place, or other current state information. If a state key is necessary, the computer retrieves the required state key and adds it to the combined key. The computer then determines whether the combined key satisfies the referenced access policy, and if so, grants the access request, else the access request is denied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: John E. Moore, JR., Jeffrey K. Price, Robert R. Wentworth, Stanley C. Wood
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Publication number: 20160354621Abstract: Receiving machine-readable information about an anchor point, analyzing that information to determine if connecting a load to the anchor point would be safe, and reporting the results of this analysis to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: John E. Moore, JR., Jeffrey K. Price, Robert R. Wentworth, Stanley C. Wood
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Patent number: 9511245Abstract: Receiving machine-readable information about an anchor point, analyzing that information to determine if connecting a load to the anchor point would be safe, and reporting the results of this analysis to a user.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John E. Moore, Jr., Jeffrey K. Price, Robert R. Wentworth, Stanley C. Wood
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Publication number: 20160217482Abstract: A computer system identifies a ranking, and a fee for a user of a game. A computer system determines an amount to adjust the fee for the user of the game based upon the ranking of the user. Responsive to determining the amount to adjust the fee, a computer system updates the fee for the user of the game.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: John E. Moore, JR., Jeffrey K. Price, Robert R. Wentworth, Stanley C. Wood
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Publication number: 20160202906Abstract: A method and system. A first computer device receives a selection of a form field in a web page from a second computer device that is displaying a virtual keyboard on a display screen in the second computer device. The first and second computer devices are different computer devices. The first computer device determines one or more candidate character keys. The first computer device removes one or more matching character keys from the one or more candidate character keys that match keys in the virtual keyboard. The first computer device determines one or more supplement character keys. The first computer device communicates the one or more supplement character keys to the second computer device. The first computer device causes the second computer device to simultaneously display, on the display screen in the second computer device, the virtual keyboard and the one or more supplement character keys.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, John E. Moore, Rajeshkumar N. Singi, Robert R. Wentworth
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Publication number: 20160192380Abstract: A configurable wireless switched network includes a wireless access point. The wireless access point includes an application that is executable thereon. The application is configured to set, by a user via an input component, a first port of a plurality of ports as a command channel. The command channel provides a first point of contact between the wireless access point and client devices. The application is also configured to receive configuration parameters from the user. The configuration parameters include port allocation instructions for the ports and identifiers of the client devices. The application is further configured to monitor bandwidth utilization on a network; receive, at the command channel, a request from one of the client devices to access the network; and assign one of the ports to the client device based on the port allocation instructions, the bandwidth utilization, and an identifier of the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: John E. Moore, JR., Jeffrey K. Price, Robert R. Wentworth, Stanley C. Wood
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Patent number: 9329778Abstract: Supplementing a virtual input keyboard is provided. A form and a virtual input keyboard are displayed in a display of a data processing system. An input is received selecting a particular field within the form. One or more character key sets are retrieved corresponding to previous data entries of the particular field selected. A delta set of character keys is determined based on character keys in the one or more character key sets that do not match displayed character keys on the virtual input keyboard. A set of delta character supplemental virtual input keyboards is generated based on the delta set of character keys. Then, the set of delta character supplemental virtual input keyboards are displayed in the display.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, John E. Moore, Jr., Rajeshkumar N. Singi, Robert R. Wentworth
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Publication number: 20160078248Abstract: Access control list entries are managed as a function of access control list entry metadata for the object and the requesting user, and of an access control list rule applicable to the requesting user and the requested object. The access control list entry metadata for the object and the user is updated in response to request authorizations and denials. The access control list entry metadata for the object and the user is linked to the object and the user. Updating of the access control list entry metadata for the object and the user does not overwrite metadata for another access control list entry that is associated with the object and with another user that is different from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: JEFFREY K. PRICE, PRABHAT K. SUR, ROBERT R. WENTWORTH, STANLEY C. WOOD
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Patent number: 9250870Abstract: A computing device determines a first set of functions in a first file having a first bit length. The computing device performs a first test, which includes executing a first test program capable of testing each function in the first set of functions. The computing device determines whether the first test was successful, and based on determining that the first test was successful, creates a shim program based on the first set of functions. The computing device creates a second file based on the first set of functions, the second file having a second bit length. The computing device performs a second test, which includes executing a second test program capable of testing each function in the second file. The computing device determines whether the second test was successful, and based on determining that the second test was successful, publishes one or more of the shim program and second file.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John E. Moore, Jr., Jeffrey K. Price, Robert R. Wentworth, Stanley C. Wood
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Patent number: 9235918Abstract: An audio media visualization method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing processor, mood description data describing different human emotions/moods. The computer processor an audio file comprising audio data and generates a mood descriptor file comprising portions of the audio data associated with specified descriptions of the mood description data. The computer processor receives a mood tag library file comprising mood tags mapped to animated and/or still objects representing various emotions/moods and associates each animated and/or still object with an associated description. The computer processor synchronizes the animated and/or still objects with the portions of said audio data and presents the animated and/or still objects synchronized with the portions of said audio data.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, John E. Moore, Jr., Rajeshkumar N. Singi, Robert R. Wentworth
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Publication number: 20160004500Abstract: An audio media visualization method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing processor, mood description data describing different human emotions/moods. The computer processor an audio file comprising audio data and generates a mood descriptor file comprising portions of the audio data associated with specified descriptions of the mood description data. The computer processor receives a mood tag library file comprising mood tags mapped to animated and/or still objects representing various emotions/moods and associates each animated and/or still object with an associated description. The computer processor synchronizes the animated and/or still objects with the portions of said audio data and presents the animated and/or still objects synchronized with the portions of said audio data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, John E. Moore, JR., Rajeshkumar N. Singi, Robert R. Wentworth
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Patent number: 9230131Abstract: Access control list entries are managed as a function of access control list entry metadata for the object and the requesting user, and of an access control list rule applicable to the requesting user and the requested object. The access control list entry metadata for the object and the user is updated in response to request authorizations and denials. The access control list entry metadata for the object and the user is linked to the object and the user. Updating of the access control list entry metadata for the object and the user does not overwrite metadata for another access control list entry that is associated with the object and with another user that is different from the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey K. Price, Prabhat K. Sur, Robert R. Wentworth, Stanley C. Wood
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Patent number: 9196073Abstract: An audio media visualization method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing processor, mood description data describing different human emotions/moods. The computer processor an audio file comprising audio data and generates a mood descriptor file comprising portions of the audio data associated with specified descriptions of the mood description data. The computer processor receives a mood tag library file comprising mood tags mapped to animated and/or still objects representing various emotions/moods and associates each animated and/or still object with an associated description. The computer processor synchronizes the animated and/or still objects with the portions of said audio data and presents the animated and/or still objects synchronized with the portions of said audio data.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, John E. Moore, Jr., Rajeshkumar N. Singi, Robert R. Wentworth
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Publication number: 20150332550Abstract: A computer system identifies a ranking, and a fee for a user of a game. A computer system determines an amount to adjust the fee for the user of the game based upon the ranking of the user. Responsive to determining the amount to adjust the fee, a computer system updates the fee for the user of the game.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John E. Moore, JR., Jeffrey K. Price, Robert R. Wentworth, Stanley C. Wood
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Publication number: 20150276521Abstract: Receiving machine-readable information about an anchor point, analyzing that information to determine if connecting a load to the anchor point would be safe, and reporting the results of this analysis to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John E. Moore, JR., Jeffrey K. Price, Robert R. Wentworth, Stanley C. Wood