Patents by Inventor Steve Groeger

Steve Groeger 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: 10129111
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for watch list oriented processing of events in a multi-object event data processing system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for watch list oriented processing of events in a multi-object event data processing system, can include pre-processing a set of subscriptions against a pool of objects monitored for events in the data processing system to produce a watch list of objects. The method further can include receiving events in the data processing system corresponding to different ones of the objects in the pool of objects. The method yet further can include comparing the received events to the watch list to determine which events pertain to objects referenced in the watch list. Finally, for each one of the received events, a notification can be forwarded to one or more subscribers corresponding to an object in the watch list matching an object implicated by the one of the received events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mario E. De Armas, Steve Groeger, Andrew M. Leonard, Stephen Rea
  • Patent number: 10122598
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for watch list oriented processing of events in a multi-object event data processing system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for watch list oriented processing of events in a multi-object event data processing system, can include pre-processing a set of subscriptions against a pool of objects monitored for events in the data processing system to produce a watch list of objects. The method further can include receiving events in the data processing system corresponding to different ones of the objects in the pool of objects. The method yet further can include comparing the received events to the watch list to determine which events pertain to objects referenced in the watch list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mario E. De Armas, Steve Groeger, Andrew M. Leonard, Stephen Rea
  • Publication number: 20140032739
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for watch list oriented processing of events in a multi-object event data processing system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for watch list oriented processing of events in a multi-object event data processing system, can include pre-processing a set of subscriptions against a pool of objects monitored for events in the data processing system to produce a watch list of objects. The method further can include receiving events in the data processing system corresponding to different ones of the objects in the pool of objects. The method yet further can include comparing the received events to the watch list to determine which events pertain to objects referenced in the watch list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mario E. De Armas, Steve Groeger, Andrew M. Leonard, Stephen Rea
  • Publication number: 20140032745
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for watch list oriented processing of events in a multi-object event data processing system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for watch list oriented processing of events in a multi-object event data processing system, can include pre-processing a set of subscriptions against a pool of objects monitored for events in the data processing system to produce a watch list of objects. The method further can include receiving events in the data processing system corresponding to different ones of the objects in the pool of objects. The method yet further can include comparing the received events to the watch list to determine which events pertain to objects referenced in the watch list. Finally, for each one of the received events, a notification can be forwarded to one or more subscribers corresponding to an object in the watch list matching an object implicated by the one of the received events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Mario E. De Armas, Steve GROEGER, Andrew M. LEONARD, Stephen REA
  • Patent number: 8255221
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for generating a web podcast interview that allows a single user to create his own multi-voices interview from his computer. The method allows the user to enter a set of questions from a text file using a text editor. (Answers may also be entered from a text file although this is not the more preferred embodiment.) For each question, the user may select one particular interviewer voice among a plurality of predefined interviewer voices, and by using a text-to-speech module in a text-to-speech server, each question is converted into an audio question having the selected interviewer voice. Then, the user preferably records answers to each audio question using a telephone. And a questions/answers sequence in a podcast compliant format is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Groeger, Brian Heasman, Christopher von Koschembahr, Yuk-Lun Wong
  • Patent number: 7590689
    Abstract: Methods for associating multi-lingual audio recordings with visual objects in a presentation system accessed by the Internet network wherein a plurality of visual objects such as charts or slides controlled by a third party in a server can be accessed by any user of the network. Each visual object being associated with an audio recording in any language selected amongst several predetermined languages. In an example embodiment, the method comprises the steps of calling the third party server by the user in charge of the audio recording associated with a visual object via the Public Switched Network, prompting the user on his telephone to enter his user ID; and transmitting by the keypad of the telephone the user ID including a first part defining a first language to be used for recording the recording, whereby displaying the visual object will be automatically synchronized with the audio recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dave Draper, Steve Groeger, Brian Heasman, Benoît Löscher, Christopher Von Koschembahr, Steve Raspoet
  • Publication number: 20090144060
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for generating a web podcast interview that allows a single user to create his own multi-voices interview from his computer. The method allows the user to enter a set of questions from a text file using a text editor. (Answers may also be entered from a text file although this is not the more preferred embodiment.) For each question, the user may select one particular interviewer voice among a plurality of predefined interviewer voices, and by using a text-to-speech module in a text-to-speech server, each question is converted into an audio question having the selected interviewer voice. Then, the user preferably records answers to each audio question using a telephone. And a questions/answers sequence in a podcast compliant format is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steve Groeger, Brian Heasman, Christopher von Koschembahr, Yuk-Lun Wong
  • Publication number: 20030101220
    Abstract: Methods for associating multi-lingual audio recordings with visual objects in a presentation system accessed by the Internet network wherein a plurality of visual objects such as charts or slides controlled by a third party in a server can be accessed by any user of the network. Each visual object being associated with an audio recording in any language selected amongst several predetermined languages. In an example embodiment, the method comprises the steps of calling the third party server by the user in charge of the audio recording associated with a visual object via the Public Switched Network, prompting the user on his telephone to enter his user ID; and transmitting by the keypad of the telephone the user ID including a first part defining a first language to be used for recording the recording, whereby displaying the visual object will be automatically synchronized with the audio recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dave Draper, Steve Groeger, Brian Heasman, Benoit Loscher, Christopher Von Koschembahr, Steve Raspoet