Patents by Inventor Timothy M. Lynar
Timothy M. Lynar 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).
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Patent number: 10762460Abstract: Methods and systems for predicting injury risk include generating state sequences that precede a hazard event based on information regarding a user's state. A cognitive suite of workplace hygiene and injury predictors (WHIP) is generated based on the state sequences using a processor, wherein the cognitive WHIP predicts a degree of risk correlated with each particular user state sequence. A risk heat map of a workplace is generated based on the cognitive WHIP that encodes regions of greater and lesser risk. An ameliorative action is triggered when a user moves into an area of high risk based on the heat map.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Rahil Garnavi, James R. Kozloski, Timothy M. Lynar, John M. Wagner
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Patent number: 10735284Abstract: A system, method and program product for managing a moving peer-to-peer network. A system is provided that a node tracking system that collects tracking information of nodes in a moving P2P network including position, connection status and computation capability; a network representation system that stores the tracking information in a dynamic graph that specifies nodes and connections between the nodes; a task manager for receiving a task submitted by a requesting node for a service implemented by a provider node; and a network allocation system that determines and allocates an optimal path back and forth between the requesting node and the provider node, wherein the optimal path is selected to minimize an overall wall-time, and wherein the network allocation system estimates future positions of moving nodes for determining the optimal path.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Fatemeh Jalali, Ramachandra Rao Kolluri, Timothy M. Lynar, Frank Suits
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Patent number: 10719075Abstract: The present invention provides a method, a system, and a computer program product of directive controlled vehicles. In an exemplary embodiment, the system includes a plurality of computing systems comprising at least two vehicles, a directive source to transmit a directive to at least one of the plurality of computing systems, and a command source to issue at least one command to at least one vehicle of the at least two vehicles, wherein the at least one command controls a movement pattern and an operation of the at least one vehicle of the at least two vehicles based on the directive.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Stefan von Cavallar, Timothy M. Lynar
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Publication number: 20200211355Abstract: A method of avoiding harmful chemical emission concentration levels, the method comprising implementing a cognitive suite of workplace hygiene and injury predictors (WHIP) that has learned to identify chemical emission sources and indicators of harmful chemical emission concentration levels, detecting an indicator, and implementing a corrective action by at least one of altering the operation of a chemical emissions source, modifying a time of a scheduled task, or changing prescribed personal protective equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Adam H.E. Eberbach, James R. Kozloski, Timothy M. Lynar, John M. Wagner
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Patent number: 10693793Abstract: Mitigating network saturation includes detecting reconnection of device to a network after a period of disconnection. A set of applications residing on the device is queried for estimated data associated with the application awaiting transfer. A response is received from a first application of the set of applications including a first estimated data awaiting transfer from the first application. Responsive to determining that a response has not been received from a second application, a second estimated data awaiting transfer from the second application is determined based upon a learned data usage model for the application. A total expected data transfer amount is determined based upon the first estimated data and the second estimated data. Responsive to the determining that the total expected data transfer amount is not less than a threshold value, A priority of the data transfer for the first application and the second application is determined.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew J. Bernoth, Adam Eberbach, Timothy M. Lynar
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Patent number: 10692013Abstract: Solar irradiation may be predicted based on input terrestrial sky images comprising cloud images, the terrestrial sky images taken from a plurality of geographic locations by a plurality of devices; for example, wherein the terrestrial sky images are crowd sourced from the plurality of devices. A model may be generated that predicts solar irradiation in a geographic area based on the input terrestrial sky images and the geographic locations from where the terrestrial sky images were taken. A signal representing the solar irradiation predicted by the model is output.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mani Abedini, Rahil Garnavi, Timothy M. Lynar, Christopher I. E. Mesiku, John M. Wagner
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Patent number: 10653120Abstract: A method of positioning an aquaculture pen includes retrieving data about the aquaculture pen disposed in a water environment, determining a forecasted location of the aquaculture pen, forecasting at least one factor of interest based on the data about the aquaculture pen for a time period of interest, predicting a factor of interest within a feasible range of movement for the aquaculture pen, determining a potential new location within the feasible range of movement using the data about the aquaculture pen, the feasible range of movement and the factor of interest within the feasible range of movement for the aquaculture pen, and moving the aquaculture pen to the potential new location.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roslyn I. Hickson, Timothy M. Lynar, Olivia J. Smith, Annalisa Swan, John M. Wagner
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Patent number: 10645911Abstract: A method of positioning an aquaculture pen includes retrieving data about the aquaculture pen disposed in a water environment, determining a forecasted location of the aquaculture pen, forecasting at least one factor of interest based on the data about the aquaculture pen for a time period of interest, predicting a factor of interest within a feasible range of movement for the aquaculture pen, determining a potential new location within the feasible range of movement using the data about the aquaculture pen, the feasible range of movement and the factor of interest within the feasible range of movement for the aquaculture pen, and moving the aquaculture pen to the potential new location.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roslyn I. Hickson, Timothy M. Lynar, Olivia J. Smith, Annalisa Swan, John M. Wagner
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Patent number: 10643447Abstract: A method of avoiding harmful chemical emission concentration levels, the method comprising implementing a cognitive suite of workplace hygiene and injury predictors (WHIP) that has learned to identify chemical emission sources and indicators of harmful chemical emission concentration levels, detecting an indicator, and implementing a corrective action by at least one of altering the operation of a chemical emissions source, modifying a time of a scheduled task, or changing prescribed personal protective equipment.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Adam H. E. Eberbach, James R. Kozloski, Timothy M. Lynar, John M. Wagner
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Publication number: 20200108840Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of collecting a set of driving data, estimating, from the set of driving data, one or more states that are predictive of an elevated driving risk of an adverse event endangering at least one of a driver, a vehicle's occupants or a vehicle's cargo, determining, from the one or more estimated states, an existence of an elevated driving risk, and alerting at least one of the vehicle, driver or the vehicle's occupants to the existence of the elevated driving risk.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Josh Andres, John Wagner, Timothy M. Lynar
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Patent number: 10614479Abstract: Technical solutions are described for verifying attendance at an alarm event. An example method includes receiving a registration of the alarm event, where the registration identifies an alarm device associated with the alarm event, and a location of the alarm event. The method also includes in response to the occurrence of the alarm, sending an alarm message to a user apparatus, where the user apparatus is within a predetermined vicinity of the location. The method also includes, in response to receiving an attendance message from the user apparatus, validating the attendance message based on predetermined conditions, where the predetermined conditions verify that the attendance message was transmitted within a predetermined expiration time and sending a reward message in response to the attendance message being valid.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jasbir K. Dhaliwal, Timothy M. Lynar, John M. Wagner
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Patent number: 10608436Abstract: A system for optimal aggregation of small-scale energy storage capacity includes a processor operatively coupled to memory. The processor is configured to implement the steps of: generating predicted energy consumption data based on a model of expected energy usage within a given electrical network; generating predicted energy generation data based on a model of expected energy generation for the given electrical network; generating dispatchable energy storage capacity for one or more energy storing devices having a small-scale energy storage capacity for the given electrical network; determining a set of energy storage devices that need to be dispatched for the given electrical network; comparing the predicted energy consumption data with the predicted energy generation data; and dispatching the set of energy storage devices for the given electrical network.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Julian de Hoog, Arun Vishwanath, Timothy M. Lynar, Adam Eberbach
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Patent number: 10601679Abstract: A method of migrating a container includes: monitoring, by a processor, a plurality of applications executing on a system to generate monitored data, where each application includes at least one container; building, by the processor, a behavior model using the monitored data; selecting, by the processor, a destination data-center among a plurality of available data-centers and one of the containers to migrate to the selected data-center based on data of the behavior model; and migrating, by the processor, the selected container from a source data-center among the available data-centers to the destination data-center.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy M. Lynar, Suraj Pandey, Gandhi Sivakumar, John Wagner
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Publication number: 20200089900Abstract: Segmentation and classification of documents in a mixed security environment includes receiving a document including a plurality of subcomponents. A security classification level of each of the plurality of subcomponents is determined using a first classification model. The security classification level of each subcomponent includes one of a first classification level and a second classification level. A first subcomponent having the first classification level is routed to a first environment having a first security level. A second subcomponent having the second classification level is routed to a second environment having a second security level. A pointer for the second subcomponent is determined in which the pointer references a portion of the first subcomponent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Christopher John Butler, Timothy M. Lynar, Adam Joseph Makarucha
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Publication number: 20200084151Abstract: Mitigating network saturation includes detecting reconnection of device to a network after a period of disconnection. A set of applications residing on the device is queried for estimated data associated with the application awaiting transfer. A response is received from a first application of the set of applications including a first estimated data awaiting transfer from the first application. Responsive to determining that a response has not been received from a second application, a second estimated data awaiting transfer from the second application is determined based upon a learned data usage model for the application. A total expected data transfer amount is determined based upon the first estimated data and the second estimated data. Responsive to the determining that the total expected data transfer amount is not less than a threshold value, A priority of the data transfer for the first application and the second application is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew J Bernoth, Adam Eberbach, Timothy M. Lynar
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Publication number: 20200067316Abstract: A hardware processor may be coupled to a communication network and receive charging requests and discharging requests from a plurality of prosumer facilities via the communication network. One or more energy storage systems may be coupled to an energy grid and able to charge from and discharge to the energy grid, and may communicate with the hardware processor via the communication network. Based on the charging requests and discharging requests, an energy schedule may be generated. The energy schedule may include a first set of the prosumer facilities from which charge requests are accepted, and a second set of prosumer facilities from which discharge requests are accepted. One or several energy storage systems may be controlled or triggered to charge or discharge repeatedly via the energy grid according to an updated energy schedule (e.g., regularly updated).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Julian de Hoog, Arun Vishwanath, Timothy M. Lynar
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Publication number: 20200065499Abstract: A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s), obtains pre-recorded visual data from a given location, captured by an image capture device at a visual input location at the given location. The processor(s) determines a position of the image capture device utilized to capture the visual data. The processor(s) obtains known landmarks from data related to the given location. The processor(s) analyzes the visual data to identify a portion of the known landmarks in the visual data, where the analyzing generates matched landmarks. The processor(s) determines a spatial orientation and positioning of the visual input location with respect to the matched landmarks, at the given location. The processor(s) generates an encryption key, utilizing the spatial orientation and the positioning of the visual input location with respect to the matched landmarks. The processor(s) encrypts a message with the encryption key, generating an encrypted message.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Mark Carl Hampton, Timothy M. Lynar, John M. Wagner, Stefan von Cavallar
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Patent number: 10554046Abstract: A hardware processor may be coupled to a communication network and receive charging requests and discharging requests from a plurality of prosumer facilities via the communication network. One or more energy storage systems may be coupled to an energy grid and able to charge from and discharge to the energy grid, and may communicate with the hardware processor via the communication network. Based on the charging requests and discharging requests, an energy schedule may be generated. The energy schedule may include a first set of the prosumer facilities from which charge requests are accepted, and a second set of prosumer facilities from which discharge requests are accepted. One or several energy storage systems may be controlled or triggered to charge or discharge repeatedly via the energy grid according to an updated energy schedule (e.g., regularly updated).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Julian de Hoog, Arun Vishwanath, Timothy M. Lynar
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Publication number: 20200036784Abstract: A computer-implemented method for implementing an overlay network on peer-to-peer network to enable resource allocation that accounts for attributes and statuses of one or more nodes therein is provided. The computer-implemented method includes registering one or more nodes with the overlay network and executing overlay registration routing of the one or more nodes by building a routing table to cause node types to know about each other. Overlay sorting is executed between the node types based on corresponding characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Timothy M. Lynar, Olivia J. Smith, Ramachandra R. Kolluri
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Patent number: 10525882Abstract: A monitoring area may be defined for a monitoring device attached to a first object, wherein the monitoring area moves with the monitoring device. The monitoring device may detect a second object in the monitoring area. A collision awareness factor may be determined in relation to the monitoring area, and a warning zone may be defined in relation to the monitoring area based on the collision awareness factor. A warning may be generated based on detecting the second object within the warning zone and based on the collision awareness factor.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yaniv Bernstein, Timothy M. Lynar