Patents by Inventor Sean Allen Johnson

Sean Allen Johnson 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).

  • STRATIFICATION-BASED AND CATEGORIZATION-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARNESSING COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE TO PREDICT SPORTS OUTCOMES
    Publication number: 20110208328
    Abstract: A system and method for stratifying and categorizing individuals based on their ability to predict the outcome of sporting events and crowd sourcing the individual's sporting event predictions according to the system and method to generate improved prediction regarding specific sporting events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher Scott Cairns, Sean Allen Johnson
  • Use of federation services and transformation services to perform extract, transform, and load (ETL) of unstructured information and associated metadata
    Patent number: 7774301
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for transforming unstructured information into content in a uniform context. The unstructured information and metadata associated with the unstructured information are extracted from one or more source content repositories. One or more custom transformations are performed on at least one of the unstructured information and the metadata. At least one of the transformed, unstructured information and the metadata are loaded into one or more target content repositories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Allen Johnson, Amisha Parikh, Angela Fagundes Reese, Ravishankar Sathyam, Clifford J. Vars, IV, Jedd Samuel Weise, Anderson Edward Wolfe
  • USE OF FEDERATION SERVICES AND TRANSFORMATION SERVICES TO PERFORM EXTRACT, TRANSFORM, AND LOAD (ETL) OF UNSTRUCTURED INFORMATION AND ASSOCIATED METADATA
    Publication number: 20080154927
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for transforming unstructured information into content in a uniform context. The unstructured information and metadata associated with the unstructured information are extracted from one or more source content repositories. One or more custom transformations are performed on at least one of the unstructured information and the metadata. At least one of the transformed, unstructured information and the metadata are loaded into one or more target content repositories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean Allen JOHNSON, Amisha PARIKH, Angela Fagundes REESE, Ravishankar SATHYAM, Clifford J. VARS, Jedd Samuel WEISE, Anderson Edward WOLFE
  • System for providing access to multiple disparate content repositories with a single consistent interface
    Publication number: 20020152210
    Abstract: A system for providing access to a plurality of disparate content repositories comprising a client application program interface (API) that is configured to generate a user request to access content and metadata properties in a plurality of content repositories having a plurality of proprietary program interfaces, a plurality of bridges that translate the user request into a format understandable by the proprietary program interfaces of the plurality of content repositories, and a view services component that processes and converts results content from the plurality of content repositories into a format understandable by said client API. The system further includes an access services component that relays the user request from said client API to said plurality of bridges, and an exchange services server that enables import and export of content and metadata properties in the plurality of content repositories in an XML format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Venetica Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Allen Johnson, Jeffrey Boyd Rayfield, Marc Horer Andrews