Patents by Inventor Simon E. Burns

Simon E. Burns 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: 8912926
    Abstract: A method for identifying a potential vehicle incident within a communication black spot. It is identified when a vehicle has entered a communication black spot. It is further identified when the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within a determined time period. It is then determined whether it is likely that the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within the determined time period due to being involved in an incident (or whether there is another reasonable explanation for a vehicle's failure to exit). If it is determined that it is likely that the vehicle has been involved in an incident within the communication black spot, a third party can be alerted (by a service provider) to the potential that an incident has occurred within the communication black spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Simon E. Burns, Nicholas C. Maynard, Alasdair Nottingham
  • Patent number: 8692692
    Abstract: A system and computer program product for identifying a potential vehicle incident within a communication black spot. It is identified when a vehicle has entered a communication black spot. It is further identified when the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within a determined time period. It is then determined whether it is likely that the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within the determined time period due to being involved in an incident (or whether there is another reasonable explanation for a vehicle's failure to exit). If it is determined that it is likely that the vehicle has been involved in an incident within the communication black spot, a third party can be alerted (by a service provider) to the potential that an incident has occurred within the communication black spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Simon E. Burns, Nicholas C. Maynard, Alasdair Nottingham
  • Publication number: 20140033172
    Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product configures widgets in a mashup environment. The mashup environment comprises a first widget having a first configuration. In response to an addition of a second widget to the mashup environment, where the second widget has a second configuration, a determination is made as to whether the first widget is related to the second widget by examining interaction relationship information between the first configuration and the second configuration. The first configuration to the second configuration are compared, and in response to determining that the first widget is related to the second widget and that the first configuration and the second configuration are different, the first configuration and/or the second configuration are updated in order to make them match one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew A. ARMSTRONG, Simon E. BURNS, Jonathan C. MACE
  • Publication number: 20120154179
    Abstract: A method for identifying a potential vehicle incident within a communication black spot. It is identified when a vehicle has entered a communication black spot. It is further identified when the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within a determined time period. It is then determined whether it is likely that the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within the determined time period due to being involved in an incident (or whether there is another reasonable explanation for a vehicle's failure to exit). If it is determined that it is likely that the vehicle has been involved in an incident within the communication black spot, a third party can be alerted (by a service provider) to the potential that an incident has occurred within the communication black spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Simon E. Burns, Nicholas C. Maynard, Alasdair Nottingham
  • Publication number: 20120126999
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for identifying a potential vehicle incident within a communication black spot. It is identified when a vehicle has entered a communication black spot. It is further identified when the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within a determined time period. It is then determined whether it is likely that the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within the determined time period due to being involved in an incident (or whether there is another reasonable explanation for a vehicle's failure to exit). If it is determined that it is likely that the vehicle has been involved in an incident within the communication black spot, a third party can be alerted (by a service provider) to the potential that an incident has occurred within the communication black spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Simon E. Burns, Nicholas C. Maynard, Alasdair Nottingham