Patents by Inventor Stephen Renwick

Stephen Renwick 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: 9077637
    Abstract: Determining the physical location of a mobile wireless device. A computer receives 1-hop and 2-hop neighbor information from a mobile wireless device for neighbor devices of the mobile wireless device responding to a discovery request transmitted by the mobile wireless device in an ad hoc wireless communications protocol. The computer determines a physical location of the mobile wireless device based in part on stored fixed physical locations of responding devices; an area in which the mobile wireless device is in range of responding 1-hop neighbors associated with a fixed physical location; and an area in which the mobile wireless device is in range of responding 1-hop neighbors not associated with a fixed physical location, which are in the range of 2-hop neighbors associated with fixed physical locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kieran G. A. Boland, Telemaque Ndizihiwe, Stephen Renwick, Mark E. Wallace
  • Patent number: 8953471
    Abstract: An approach is provided to detect a spam message transmitted over a packetized, network-based telephony system. A request to initiate a first voice communication session is received from a requestor. A voice communications session is established with the requestor over the computer network. An audible ringing tone is sent to the requestor over the established voice communications session. While the audible ringing tone is being sent, audio data that is received from the requestor is analyzed. If the analysis detects an audible message in the audio data, then the requestor is identified as a possible spam source. On the other hand, if the analysis fails to detect the audible message in the audio data then the established voice communications session is handled as a non-spam event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kieran Gerard Anthony Boland, Telemaque Ndizihiwe, Stephen Renwick, Mark E. Wallace
  • Patent number: 8755331
    Abstract: Determining the physical location of a mobile wireless device. A computer receives 1-hop and 2-hop neighbor information from a mobile wireless device for neighbor devices of the mobile wireless device responding to a discovery request transmitted by the mobile wireless device in an ad hoc wireless communications protocol. The computer determines a physical location of the mobile wireless device based in part on stored fixed physical locations of responding devices; an area in which the mobile wireless device is in range of responding 1-hop neighbors associated with a fixed physical location; and an area in which the mobile wireless device is in range of responding 1-hop neighbors not associated with a fixed physical location, which are in the range of 2-hop neighbors associated with fixed physical locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kieran G. A. Boland, Telemaque Ndizihiwe, Stephen Renwick, Mark E. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20140126419
    Abstract: Determining the physical location of a mobile wireless device. A computer receives 1-hop and 2-hop neighbor information from a mobile wireless device for neighbor devices of the mobile wireless device responding to a discovery request transmitted by the mobile wireless device in an ad hoc wireless communications protocol. The computer determines a physical location of the mobile wireless device based in part on stored fixed physical locations of responding devices; an area in which the mobile wireless device is in range of responding 1-hop neighbors associated with a fixed physical location; and an area in which the mobile wireless device is in range of responding 1-hop neighbors not associated with a fixed physical location, which are in the range of 2-hop neighbors associated with fixed physical locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kieran G. A. Boland, Telemaque Ndizihiwe, Stephen Renwick, Mark E. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20130176865
    Abstract: An approach is provided to detect a spam message transmitted over a packetized, network-based telephony system. A request to initiate a first voice communication session is received from a requestor. A voice communications session is established with the requestor over the computer network. An audible ringing tone is sent to the requestor over the established voice communications session. While the audible ringing tone is being sent, audio data that is received from the requestor is analyzed. If the analysis detects an audible message in the audio data, then the requestor is identified as a possible spam source. On the other hand, if the analysis fails to detect the audible message in the audio data then the established voice communications session is handled as a non-spam event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kieran Gerard Anthony Boland, Telemaque Ndizihiwe, Stephen Renwick, Mark E. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20130148573
    Abstract: A computer to identify wireless enabled neighbors while connected to a network via an Ethernet or wireless infrastructure mode communications protocol. The computer switches to a first ad hoc wireless protocol and performs a discovery operation, then switches to a second ad hoc wireless protocol and performs a discovery operation. The computer switches back to the Ethernet or wireless infrastructure mode communications protocol and transmits the neighbor information to a storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kieran G. A. Boland, Telemaque Ndizihiwe, Stephen Renwick, Mark E. Wallace
  • Patent number: 8448060
    Abstract: A method, system and software tool for processing an electronic form, represented by a form template including data and user interface elements, are provided. The form is rendered in accordance with the data and user interface elements of the loaded form template. A form viewer provides one or more graphic objects representing form controls. A composite template is created by adding, to the form template, an action element associated with each form control for which a graphic object is provided by the form viewer. The form is then processed according to the composite template and displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Desmond, Maire Kehoe, Stephen Renwick, Mark E. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20060224948
    Abstract: A method, system and software tool for processing an electronic form, represented by a form template including data and user interface elements, are provided. The form is rendered in accordance with the data and user interface elements of the loaded form template. A form viewer provides one or more graphic objects representing form controls. A composite template is created by adding, to the form template, an action element associated with each form control for which a graphic object is provided by the form viewer. The form is then processed according to the composite template and displayed to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Desmond, Maire Kehoe, Stephen Renwick, Mark Wallace