Patents by Inventor Tom O. Rojahn
Tom O. Rojahn 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: 10733640Abstract: A method and system for using a graphical user interface for display and navigation of a three-dimensional navigational cube to assess vendors for meeting requirements of a service provider for deploying a selected service. A three-dimensional navigational cube configured to be navigated is generated and displayed. Mutually orthogonal axes of the navigational cube comprise subservices that the service provider must have to implement the selected service, vendors able to implement at least one of the subservices, and requirements stipulated by the service provider that are to be met for implementing the subservices. Selections sequentially received from a user include: one or more planar sections of the navigational cube, a vector of co-linear subcubes within one of the planar sections, and a single subcube within the selected vector which selects a vendor able to meet requirements for implementing the subservice for the selected single subcube.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Tom O. Rojahn
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Publication number: 20180341994Abstract: A method and system for using a graphical user interface for display and navigation of a three-dimensional navigational cube to assess vendors for meeting requirements of a service provider for deploying a selected service. A three-dimensional navigational cube configured to be navigated is generated and displayed. Mutually orthogonal axes of the navigational cube comprise subservices that the service provider must have to implement the selected service, vendors able to implement at least one of the subservices, and requirements stipulated by the service provider that are to be met for implementing the subservices. Selections sequentially received from a user include: one or more planar sections of the navigational cube, a vector of co-linear subcubes within one of the planar sections, and a single subcube within the selected vector which selects a vendor able to meet requirements for implementing the subservice for the selected single subcube.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Tom O. Rojahn
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Patent number: 9053180Abstract: An approach is provided for identifying a solution to a problem where the problem and solution are in different disciplines. First data elements in common between first and second ontologies are determined and second data elements in common between first and third ontologies are determined. Based on the number of first data elements exceeding a threshold value and the number of second data elements not exceeding the threshold value, a bridged ontology is generated that merges the first and second ontologies but not the first and third ontologies. A relationship is identified between a subject, predicate and object extracted from a first data object which specifies the problem and, respectively, a subject, predicate, and object of a second data object included in the bridged ontology. Based on the relationship, the solution is identified as being the second data object.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Tom O. Rojahn
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Patent number: 8918472Abstract: A method and system for managing email between a sender and a recipient wherein the method and system provide the recipient with control over routing an email message, wherein the control includes predefining directions to be performed upon the receipt of an email message, and wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message. The recipient may enable or disable the control at any time.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ciaran A. DellaFera, Tom O. Rojahn
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Patent number: 8898154Abstract: A method, process, and associated systems for ranking elements of an answer set retrieved by a conceptual search engine in response to a set of queried concepts submitted as a conceptual query. A processor of a computer system orders by relevance the semantic schemas that make up the retrieved answer set by first identifying a weight of each concept in a retrieved schema as a function of relationships among the concepts in that schema, then by identifying a semantic value of each queried concept in the retrieved schema as a function of the weights, and finally by identifying a semantic value of the query in the schema as a function of the semantic values of all queried concepts. The relative relevance of each schema may then be identified as a function of the semantic value of the query in that schema.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Freddy Lorge, Tom O. Rojahn
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Patent number: 8892548Abstract: A method, process, and associated systems for ranking elements of an answer set retrieved by a conceptual search engine in response to a set of queried concepts submitted as a conceptual query. A processor of a computer system orders by relevance the semantic schemas that make up the retrieved answer set by first identifying a weight of each concept in a retrieved schema as a function of relationships among the concepts in that schema, then by identifying a semantic value of each queried concept in the retrieved schema as a function of the weights, and finally by identifying a semantic value of the query in the schema as a function of the semantic values of all queried concepts. The relative relevance of each schema may then be identified as a function of the semantic value of the query in that schema.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Freddy Lorge, Tom O. Rojahn
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Publication number: 20140330871Abstract: An approach is provided for identifying a solution to a problem where the problem and solution are in different disciplines. First data elements in common between first and second ontologies are determined and second data elements in common between first and third ontologies are determined. Based on the number of first data elements exceeding a threshold value and the number of second data elements not exceeding the threshold value, a bridged ontology is generated that merges the first and second ontologies but not the first and third ontologies. A relationship is identified between a subject, predicate and object extracted from a first data object which specifies the problem and, respectively, a subject, predicate, and object of a second data object included in the bridged ontology. Based on the relationship, the solution is identified as being the second data object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventor: Tom O. Rojahn
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Patent number: 8799330Abstract: An approach is presented for determining a value of an association between first and second ontologies, S1 and S2. A first bridge of S1 with S2 is generated. A schema S? is created from sub-schema S extracted from the first bridge by removing common concepts and relationships to the common concepts, and for each common concept to which first and second concepts have immediate links in S, by creating a new immediate link in S? between the first and second concepts. Based on an intrinsic value of S? and a strength of the bridge of S1 with S, a value of the first bridge is determined. Similarly, a value of a second bridge of S2 with S1 is determined. A value of the association between S1 and S2 is determined based on a sum of the values of the first and second bridges.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Patrick Haim, Freddy Lorge, Matthew A. Pantland, Tom O. Rojahn, Aruna Yedavilli
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Publication number: 20140214787Abstract: A method, process, and associated systems for ranking elements of an answer set retrieved by a conceptual search engine in response to a set of queried concepts submitted as a conceptual query. A processor of a computer system orders by relevance the semantic schemas that make up the retrieved answer set by first identifying a weight of each concept in a retrieved schema as a function of relationships among the concepts in that schema, then by identifying a semantic value of each queried concept in the retrieved schema as a function of the weights, and finally by identifying a semantic value of the query in the schema as a function of the semantic values of all queried concepts. The relative relevance of each schema may then be identified as a function of the semantic value of the query in that schema.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Freddy Lorge, Tom O. Rojahn
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Publication number: 20140081958Abstract: A method, process, and associated systems for ranking elements of an answer set retrieved by a conceptual search engine in response to a set of queried concepts submitted as a conceptual query. A processor of a computer system orders by relevance the semantic schemas that make up the retrieved answer set by first identifying a weight of each concept in a retrieved schema as a function of relationships among the concepts in that schema, then by identifying a semantic value of each queried concept in the retrieved schema as a function of the weights, and finally by identifying a semantic value of the query in the schema as a function of the semantic values of all queried concepts. The relative relevance of each schema may then be identified as a function of the semantic value of the query in that schema.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Freddy Lorge, Tom O. Rojahn
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Publication number: 20140052759Abstract: An approach is presented for determining a value of an association between first and second ontologies, S1 and S2. A first bridge of S1 with S2 is generated. A schema S? is created from sub-schema S extracted from the first bridge by removing common concepts and relationships to the common concepts, and for each common concept to which first and second concepts have immediate links in S, by creating a new immediate link in S? between the first and second concepts. Based on an intrinsic value of S? and a strength of the bridge of S1 with S, a value of the first bridge is determined. Similarly, a value of a second bridge of S2 with S1 is determined. A value of the association between S1 and S2 is determined based on a sum of the values of the first and second bridges.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Patrick Haim, Freddy Lorge, Matthew A. Pantland, Tom O. Rojahn, Aruna Yedavilli
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Patent number: 8559460Abstract: A dynamic bandwidth manager for determining the bandwidth available to an IP connected client device, the IP connected client device requesting access to multimedia resources from a service provider, the dynamic bandwidth manager comprising: a receiving component for receiving an IP address of an IP connected client requesting access to a resource; a requesting component for locating a nearest managed device to the IP connected client and requesting a current network management data set pertaining to the IP connected client from the located managed device; a calculation component for retrieving a previously stored set of network management data pertaining to the IP connected client and for analysing the network management data sets, in dependence on the current network management data set and the previously stored network management data sets, to calculate the available bandwidth capacity of the IP connected client.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Tom O. Rojahn
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Patent number: 8539001Abstract: An approach is presented for determining a value of a bridge of a first ontology schema (S1) with a second ontology schema (S2). A bridge of S1 with S2 is generated. A sub-schema S is extracted from the bridge of S1 with S2. A schema S? is created from S by removing common concepts and relationships to the common concepts, and for each common concept to which first and second concepts have immediate links in S, by creating a new immediate link in S? between the first and second concepts. An intrinsic value of S? and a strength of a bridge of S1 with S are determined. Based on the intrinsic value of S? and the strength of the bridge of S1 with S, the value of the bridge of S1 with S2 is determined.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Patrick Haim, Freddy Lorge, Matthew A. Pantland, Tom O. Rojahn, Aruna Yedavilli
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Publication number: 20120297000Abstract: A method and system for managing email between a sender and a recipient wherein the method and system provide the recipient with control over routing an email message, wherein the control includes predefining directions to be performed upon the receipt of an email message, and wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message. The recipient may enable or disable the control at any time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ciaran A. DellaFera, Tom O. Rojahn
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Patent number: 8280965Abstract: A method and system for managing email between a sender and a recipient wherein the method and system provide the recipient with control over routing an email message, wherein the control includes predefining directions to be executed upon the receipt of an email message, and wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message. The recipient may enable or disable the control at any time.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ciaran A. DellaFera, Tom O. Rojahn
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Patent number: 8270296Abstract: A dynamic bandwidth manager for determining the bandwidth available to an IP connected client device, the IP connected client device requesting access to multimedia resources from a service provider, the dynamic bandwidth manager comprising: a receiving component for receiving an IP address of an IP connected client requesting access to a resource; a requesting component for locating a nearest managed device to the IP connected client and requesting a current network management data set pertaining to the IP connected client from the located managed device; a calculation component for retrieving a previously stored set of network management data pertaining to the IP connected client and for analysing the network management data sets, in dependence on the current network management data set and the previously stored network management data sets, to calculate the available bandwidth capacity of the IP connected client.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Tom O. Rojahn
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Publication number: 20120226805Abstract: A dynamic bandwidth manager for determining the bandwidth available to an IP connected client device, the IP connected client device requesting access to multimedia resources from a service provider, the dynamic bandwidth manager comprising: a receiving component for receiving an IP address of an IP connected client requesting access to a resource; a requesting component for locating a nearest managed device to the IP connected client and requesting a current network management data set pertaining to the IP connected client from the located managed device; a calculation component for retrieving a previously stored set of network management data pertaining to the IP connected client and for analysing the network management data sets, in dependence on the current network management data set and the previously stored network management data sets, to calculate the available bandwidth capacity of the IP connected client.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Tom O. Rojahn
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Publication number: 20100146059Abstract: A method and system for managing email between a sender and a recipient wherein the method and system provide the recipient with control over routing an email message, wherein the control includes predefining directions to be executed upon the receipt of an email message, and wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message. The recipient may enable or disable the control at any time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ciaran A. DellaFera, Tom O. Rojahn