Patents by Inventor Theodore Robert Carraher

Theodore Robert Carraher 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: 8860551
    Abstract: Included are network devices, systems, methods, and computer readable medium. These may employ a microcontroller with access to computer readable memory and computer readable storage wherein the microcontroller operates at a first network component of a local area network. The microcontroller may be configured to spatially locate one or more fiducial network components of a local area network in which the microcontroller is a member. The spatial location may be determined by receiving a unique identifier for a first fiducial network component, receiving a wireless signal from the first fiducial network component, determining a physical distance between the first network component and the first fiducial network component, and updating a registry with the determined physical distance. In certain embodiments, the network component may be an RFID reader and the unique identifier may be an IP or MAC address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore Robert Carraher, Bruce Henry Hyre, David Kenneth Lavin
  • Publication number: 20100237994
    Abstract: Included are network devices, systems, methods, and computer readable medium. These may employ a microcontroller with access to computer readable memory and computer readable storage wherein the microcontroller operates at a first network component of a local area network. The microcontroller may be configured to spatially locate one or more fiducial network components of a local area network in which the microcontroller is a member. The spatial location may be determined by receiving a unique identifier for a first fiducial network component, receiving a wireless signal from a first fiducial network component, determining a physical distance between the first network component and the first fiducial network component, and updating a registry with the determined physical distance. In certain embodiments, the network component may be an RFID reader and the unique identifier may be an IP or MAC address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Theodore Robert Carraher, Bruce Henry Hyre, David Kenneth Lavin
  • Publication number: 20080040187
    Abstract: An invention is disclosed for a computerized system for relaying meeting activity in electronic calendar applications, which allows a meeting participant to automatically obtain desired information about activity taking place in a scheduled meeting or presentation to allow that participant to determine whether he or she should attend. The invention also integrates electronic meeting software scheduling and coordination functions to provide a dynamic “schedule enforcement agent” for conducting meetings involving use of electronic data transmission technology (“emeetings”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Theodore Robert Carraher, Gabriel Aaron Cohen, Jonathan Gellin, Ruthie D. Lyle