Patents by Inventor RONALD E. VAN BUSKIRK, II

RONALD E. VAN BUSKIRK, II 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: 10977247
    Abstract: A cognitive meeting assistant facility is provided for assisting a moderator in an online meeting. The cognitive meeting assistant facility automatically categorizes chat questions of participants of the online meeting based on content into multiple categories of chat questions. One or more categories of chat questions of the multiple categories of chat questions include multiple questions of different participants of the online meeting. Further, the cognitive meeting assistant facility deploys the multiple categories of chat questions for display to the participants of the online meeting. The deploying includes, for each category of the at least one category of chat questions, providing a category-applicable answer for display to the participants of the online meeting in association with that category of chat questions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James C. Ground, Jr., David F. Hans, Kirsten B. McDonald, Ronald E. Van Buskirk, II
  • Publication number: 20180144235
    Abstract: A cognitive meeting assistant facility is provided for assisting a moderator in an online meeting. The cognitive meeting assistant facility automatically categorizes chat questions of participants of the online meeting based on content into multiple categories of chat questions. One or more categories of chat questions of the multiple categories of chat questions include multiple questions of different participants of the online meeting. Further, the cognitive meeting assistant facility deploys the multiple categories of chat questions for display to the participants of the online meeting. The deploying includes, for each category of the at least one category of chat questions, providing a category-applicable answer for display to the participants of the online meeting in association with that category of chat questions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: James C. GROUND, Jr., David F. HANS, Kirsten B. McDONALD, Ronald E. VAN BUSKIRK, II
  • Patent number: 9256613
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer program product for storing data to a storage network includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a computer to cause the computer to receive a plurality of data identifiers (IDs) from multiple data providers, each data ID being associated with one of a plurality of files, store the plurality of data IDs to a database, identify any duplicate data IDs in the database to determine if any of the plurality of files associated with the plurality of data IDs are non-confidential, receive one of the files having a duplicate data ID, and store the file having the duplicate data ID to a storage network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Van Buskirk, II, David L. Wright
  • Publication number: 20150248433
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer program product for storing data to a storage network includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a computer to cause the computer to receive a plurality of data identifiers (IDs) from multiple data providers, each data ID being associated with one of a plurality of files, store the plurality of data IDs to a database, identify any duplicate data IDs in the database to determine if any of the plurality of files associated with the plurality of data IDs are non-confidential, receive one of the files having a duplicate data ID, and store the file having the duplicate data ID to a storage network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald E. Van Buskirk, II, David L. Wright
  • Patent number: 9047303
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer program product for storing data to a storage network includes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code including computer readable program code configured to receive a plurality of data identifiers (IDs) from multiple data providers, each data ID being associated with one of a plurality of files, computer readable program code configured to store the plurality of data IDs to a database, computer readable program code configured to identify any duplicate data IDs in the database to determine if any of the plurality of files associated with the plurality of data IDs are non-confidential, computer readable program code configured to receive one of the files having a duplicate data ID, and computer readable program code configured to store the file having the duplicate data ID to a storage network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Van Buskirk, II, David L. Wright
  • Publication number: 20140046913
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer program product for storing data to a storage network includes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code including computer readable program code configured to receive a plurality of data identifiers (IDs) from multiple data providers, each data ID being associated with one of a plurality of files, computer readable program code configured to store the plurality of data IDs to a database, computer readable program code configured to identify any duplicate data IDs in the database to determine if any of the plurality of files associated with the plurality of data IDs are non-confidential, computer readable program code configured to receive one of the files having a duplicate data ID, and computer readable program code configured to store the file having the duplicate data ID to a storage network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Van Buskirk, II, David L. Wright
  • Patent number: 8612400
    Abstract: A method in one embodiment includes receiving a data identifier (ID) associated with each of a plurality of files from multiple data providers; storing the data ID associated with each of the plurality of files to a database; identifying any duplicate data IDs in the database to determine if any of the plurality of files associated with the data IDs are non-confidential; querying one of the data providers which provided the file having the duplicate data ID to determine; receiving a response from the data provider indicating whether or not to store the file having the duplicate data ID to the storage network; receiving one of the files having a duplicate data ID from the data provider; storing the file having the duplicate data ID to the storage network; and causing deletion of the file having the duplicate data ID that is stored to the storage network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Van Buskirk, II, David L. Wright
  • Patent number: 8515813
    Abstract: A technique for advertising in a virtual-world includes installing an advertising gesture in an inventory of a user that has an associated avatar. The user is credited with a predetermined payment when the associated avatar performs the advertising gesture and the associated avatar is viewable on-screen when the advertising gesture is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Van Buskirk, II, David L. Wright
  • Publication number: 20120239632
    Abstract: A method in one embodiment includes receiving a data identifier (ID) associated with each of a plurality of files from multiple data providers; storing the data ID associated with each of the plurality of files to a database; identifying any duplicate data IDs in the database to determine if any of the plurality of files associated with the data IDs are non-confidential; querying one of the data providers which provided the file having the duplicate data ID to determine; receiving a response from the data provider indicating whether or not to store the file having the duplicate data ID to the storage network; receiving one of the files having a duplicate data ID from the data provider; storing the file having the duplicate data ID to the storage network; and causing deletion of the file having the duplicate data ID that is stored to the storage network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Van Buskirk, II, David L. Wright
  • Publication number: 20120226722
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes logic adapted for: receiving data identifiers (IDs), each associated with a file, from multiple data providers, storing the data IDs to a database, identifying any duplicate data IDs in the database to determine if any of the files associated with the data IDs are non-confidential, querying the data providers which provided the file having the duplicate data ID to determine if the data provider wants to store the file to a storage network, such as a cloud storage network, receiving a response from the data provider indicating whether or not to store the file to the storage network, receiving the file from the data provider, storing the file to a storage network, and causing deletion of the file from a system of the data provider. In other embodiments, computer program products are presented for storing data to a storage network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Van Buskirk, II, David L. Wright
  • Publication number: 20110295698
    Abstract: A technique for advertising in a virtual-world includes installing an advertising gesture in an inventory of a user that has an associated avatar. The user is credited with a predetermined payment when the associated avatar performs the advertising gesture and the associated avatar is viewable on-screen when the advertising gesture is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: RONALD E. VAN BUSKIRK, II, DAVID L. WRIGHT