Patents by Inventor Stephen J. McConnell

Stephen J. McConnell 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: 10957215
    Abstract: Approaches for analyzing driver pattern deviations and reproducing the pattern deviations in a user interface or a driving simulator are provided. A computer-implemented method includes: collecting, by a server, data from plural vehicles; determining, by the server, a baseline for a driving action based on the data from the plural vehicles; identifying, by the server, a problem action for a driver based on the baseline; and generating, by the server, an interface to display the problem action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Bender, Gregory J. Boss, John E. Moore, Jr., Stephen J. McConnell
  • Publication number: 20190213902
    Abstract: Approaches for analyzing driver pattern deviations and reproducing the pattern deviations in a user interface or a driving simulator are provided. A computer-implemented method includes: collecting, by a server, data from plural vehicles; determining, by the server, a baseline for a driving action based on the data from the plural vehicles; identifying, by the server, a problem action for a driver based on the baseline; and generating, by the server, an interface to display the problem action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Bender, Gregory J. Boss, John E. Moore, JR., Stephen J. McConnell
  • Patent number: 10073959
    Abstract: A method for securely authenticating users of a device which uses pairings of a verbal passphrase and user interactions. The user interactions may be finger position on an interface of the device, number of taps on the interface of the device, or touching of the interface in a predefined area. Alternatively, the user can provide a verbal passphrase with inflection points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Diego Xirinachs Jimenez, Andrea del Pilar Macias Garcia, Stephen J. McConnell, Piotr Pierga, Stacey Ramos
  • Publication number: 20180204223
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, network communications information for a plurality of user devices during a presentation; determining, by the computing device, user device activity for each of the plurality of user devices based on the network communications information; determining, by the computing device, a respective audience interest score for each of the plurality of user devices based on the user device activity; generating, by the computing device, a report representing the audience interest scores; and displaying, by the computing device, the report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Andrea Macias Garcia, Stephen J. McConnell, Piotr Pierga, Stacey C. Ramos, Diego Xirinachs Jimenez
  • Patent number: 9858409
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a pre-authentication mechanism that allows a user to define a pre-authentication sequence that includes actions such as movement of the device, taps on the screen, key presses, etc., or any suitable combination of these. Correctly entering the pre-authentication sequence gives the user access to the main authentication screen for the device, while a failure to enter the pre-authentication sequence correctly keeps the device locked. Multiple pre-authentication sequences can be defined, each having a corresponding sleep time threshold. This requires the user to enter the appropriate authentication information corresponding to the time the device has been asleep. Multiple pre-authentication sequences can also be defined, each having corresponding authentication information. Thus, the authentication information the user needs to enter can be a function of the corresponding pre-authentication sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Andrea del Pilar Macias Garcia, Diego Xirinachs Jimenez, Stephen J. McConnell, Piotr Pierga, Stacey Ramos
  • Publication number: 20170284818
    Abstract: A method and system for sharing route information within a group of travelers is provided. The method includes a subscriber device requesting to join a route to a destination created by a master device. Once the subscriber device has joined the route, the subscriber device receives periodic updates to the route. At any point in time, the subscriber device can request to change roles with the master device, where the subscriber device takes on the role of the new master, and the former master device becomes a subscriber or follower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Andrea Macias Garcia, Stephen J. McConnell, Piotr Pierga, Stacey C. Ramos, Diego Xirinachs Jimenez
  • Publication number: 20170147809
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a pre-authentication mechanism that allows a user to define a pre-authentication sequence that includes actions such as movement of the device, taps on the screen, key presses, etc., or any suitable combination of these. Correctly entering the pre-authentication sequence gives the user access to the main authentication screen for the device, while a failure to enter the pre-authentication sequence correctly keeps the device locked. Multiple pre-authentication sequences can be defined, each having a corresponding sleep time threshold. This requires the user to enter the appropriate authentication information corresponding to the time the device has been asleep. Multiple pre-authentication sequences can also be defined, each having corresponding authentication information. Thus, the authentication information the user needs to enter can be a function of the corresponding pre-authentication sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Andrea del Pilar Macias Garcia, Diego Xirinachs Jimenez, Stephen J. McConnell, Piotr Pierga, Stacey Ramos
  • Publication number: 20160371477
    Abstract: A method for securely authenticating users of a device which uses pairings of a verbal passphrase and user interactions. The user interactions may be finger position on an interface of the device, number of taps on the interface of the device, or touching of the interface in a predefined area. Alternatively, the user can provide a verbal passphrase with inflection points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Diego Xirinachs Jimenez, Andrea del Pilar Macias Garcia, Stephen J. McConnell, Piotr Pierga, Stacey Ramos
  • Publication number: 20090264303
    Abstract: Novel polypeptides having functional domains of interest are described, along with DNA sequences that encode the same. A method of identifying these polypeptides by means of a sequence-independent (that is, independent of the primary sequence of the polypeptide sought), recognition unit-based functional screen is also disclosed. Various applications of the method and of the polypeptides identified are described, including their use in assay kits for drug discovery, modification, and refinement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew B. Sparks, Noah Hoffman, Brian K. Kay, Dana M. Fowlkes, Stephen J. McConnell
  • Patent number: 7223547
    Abstract: Novel polypeptides having functional domains of interest are described, along with DNA sequences that encode the same. A method of identifying these polypeptides by means of a sequence-independent (that is, independent of the primary sequence of the polypeptide sought), recognition unit-based functional screen is also disclosed. Various applications of the method and of the polypeptides identified are described, including their use in assay kits for drug discovery, modification, and refinement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignees: Cytogen Corporation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Andrew B. Sparks, Noah Hoffman, Brian K. Kay, Dana M. Fowlkes, Stephen J. McConnell
  • Publication number: 20040157216
    Abstract: Novel polypeptides having functional domains of interest are described, along with DNA sequences that encode the same. A method of identifying these polypeptides by means of a sequence-independent (that is, independent of the primary sequence of the polypeptide sought), recognition unit-based functional screen is also disclosed. Various applications of the method and of the polypeptides identified are described, including their use in assay kits for drug discovery, modification, and refinement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew B. Sparks, Noah Hoffman, Brian K. Kay, Dana M. Fowlkes, Stephen J. McConnell
  • Patent number: 6709821
    Abstract: Novel polypeptides having functional domains of interest are described, along with DNA sequences that encode the same. A method of identifying these polypeptides by means of a sequence-independent (that is, independent of the primary sequence of the polypeptide sought), recognition unit-based functional screen is also disclosed. Various applications of the method and of the polypeptides identified are described, including their use in assay kits for drug discovery, modification, and refinement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignees: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cytogen Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew B. Sparks, Noah Hoffman, Brian K. Kay, Dana M. Fowlkes, Stephen J. McConnell
  • Patent number: 6642353
    Abstract: Clones isolated from phage display libraries that bound to an erythropoietin (EPO) receptor probe are disclosed. Peptides encoded by sequences of those clones that bound to the EPO receptor are disclosed. A 12-mer amino acid consensus sequence, CXXGWVGXCXXW (where X represents one of many amino acids), common to the peptides that bound to the EPO receptor, but unrelated to the primary structure of EPO, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Stephen J. McConnell, Dominic G. Spinella
  • Publication number: 20020034755
    Abstract: Novel polypeptides having functional domains of interest are described, along with DNA sequences that encode the same. A method of identifying these polypeptides by means of a sequence-independent (that is, independent of the primary sequence of the polypeptide sought), recognition unit-based functional screen is also disclosed. Various applications of the method and of the polypeptides identified are described, including their use in assay kits for drug discovery, modification, and refinement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Andrew B. Sparks, Noah Hoffman, Brian K. Kay, Dana M. Fowlkes, Stephen J. McConnell
  • Patent number: 6309820
    Abstract: Novel polypeptides having functional domains of interest are described, along with DNA sequences that encode the same. A method of identifying these polypeptides by means of a sequence-independent (that is, independent of the primary sequence of the polypeptide sought), recognition unit-based functional screen is also disclosed. Various applications of the method and of the polypeptides identified are described, including their use in assay kits for drug discovery, modification, and refinement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignees: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cytogen Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew B. Sparks, Noah Hoffman, Brian K. Kay, Dana M. Fowlkes, Stephen J. McConnell