Patents by Inventor Tomas Libal
Tomas Libal 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: 10572931Abstract: Approving a group purchase request for a group of articles. A sub-group of articles is selected, wherein a unique article approval index is assigned to each of the articles and a highest article approval index is determined among the unique article approval indexes of the articles of the group, wherein the article of the group is selected into the sub-group if the article of the group complies with at least one of following article selection criteria: the unique article approval index of the article of the group is above a predetermined approval index threshold and the unique approval index of the article of the group is equal to the highest article approval index; approving the group purchase request for the group if the group purchase request for the sub-group is approved; and rejecting the group purchase request for the group if the group purchase request for the sub-group is rejected.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Victor Rafael Escobar Olmos, Jakob C. Lang, Tomas Libal, Angel Nunez Mencias, Fabian Romanowski, Sven Sterbling
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Publication number: 20180101891Abstract: Approving a group purchase request for a group of articles. A sub-group of articles is selected, wherein a unique article approval index is assigned to each of the articles and a highest article approval index is determined among the unique article approval indexes of the articles of the group, wherein the article of the group is selected into the sub-group if the article of the group complies with at least one of following article selection criteria: the unique article approval index of the article of the group is above a predetermined approval index threshold and the unique approval index of the article of the group is equal to the highest article approval index; approving the group purchase request for the group if the group purchase request for the sub-group is approved; and rejecting the group purchase request for the group if the group purchase request for the sub-group is rejected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Victor Rafael Escobar Olmos, Jakob C. Lang, Tomas Libal, Angel Nunez Mencias, Fabian Romanowski, Sven Sterbling
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Patent number: 9852466Abstract: Approving a group purchase request for a group of articles. A sub-group of articles is selected, wherein a unique article approval index is assigned to each of the articles and a highest article approval index is determined among the unique article approval indexes of the articles of the group, wherein the article of the group is selected into the sub-group if the article of the group complies with at least one of following article selection criteria: the unique article approval index of the article of the group is above a predetermined approval index threshold and the unique approval index of the article of the group is equal to the highest article approval index; approving the group purchase request for the group if the group purchase request for the sub-group is approved; and rejecting the group purchase request for the group if the group purchase request for the sub-group is rejected.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Victor Rafael Escobar Olmos, Jakob C. Lang, Tomas Libal, Angel Nunez Mencias, Fabian Romanowski, Sven Sterbling
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Patent number: 9494988Abstract: Remotely awakening an electronic device, in which an apparatus includes a power supply to supply external power; a receiver for an electromagnetic signal; a capacitor connected to the receiver; a switching circuit connected to the capacitor; a controller, being part of the electronic device, connected to receive power from the switching circuit and to provide a keep awake signal to the switching circuit. The switching circuit to connect the controller with the capacitor when the capacitor is loaded with a predefined amount of power via the receiver, and responsive to the keep awake signal to disconnect the controller from the capacitor and to connect the controller with the power supply afterwards. The controller performs an initialization phase in response to receiving power and enables the keep awake signal after completing the initialization phase.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Victor Rafael Escobar Olmos, Jakob C. Lang, Tomas Libal, Angel Nunez Mencias, Fabian Romanowski, Sven Sterbling
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Patent number: 9201640Abstract: A license management system is provided for computer program applications, which includes an exchange network connecting a plurality of peer-to-peer network servers, wherein at least one network server of the plurality of peer-to-peer network servers acts as a provider server and at least one network server acts as a user server, and each peer-to-peer network server is configured to perform a method, which includes: controlling program installations according to respective license regulations; storing executable program codes to be distributed to requesting servers; generating, storing, and dispatching a metafile including at least license information on licensing conditions for a corresponding executable program code; sending a request for transmission of the metafile for a corresponding executable program code; downloading and storing a metafile; and downloading, installing, and executing the executable program code under the controlling of program installations according to the respective license regulatioType: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Victor Rafael Escobar-Olmos, Jakob Christopher Lang, Tomas Libal, Angel Nunez-Mencias, Fabian Romanowski, Sven Sterbling
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Publication number: 20140344603Abstract: Remotely awakening an electronic device, in which an apparatus includes a power supply to supply external power; a receiver for an electromagnetic signal; a capacitor connected to the receiver; a switching circuit connected to the capacitor; a controller, being part of the electronic device, connected to receive power from the switching circuit and to provide a keep awake signal to the switching circuit. The switching circuit to connect the controller with the capacitor when the capacitor is loaded with a predefined amount of power via the receiver, and responsive to the keep awake signal to disconnect the controller from the capacitor and to connect the controller with the power supply afterwards. The controller performs an initialization phase in response to receiving power and enables the keep awake signal after completing the initialization phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Victor Rafael Escobar Olmos, Jakob C. Lang, Tomas Libal, Angel Nunez Mencias, Fabian Romanowski, Sven Sterbling
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Publication number: 20140165053Abstract: A license management system is provided for computer program applications, which includes an exchange network connecting a plurality of peer-to-peer network servers, wherein at least one network server of the plurality of peer-to-peer network servers acts as a provider server and at least one network server acts as a user server, and each peer-to-peer network server is configured to perform a method, which includes: controlling program installations according to respective license regulations; storing executable program codes to be distributed to requesting servers; generating, storing, and dispatching a metafile including at least license information on licensing conditions for a corresponding executable program code; sending a request for transmission of the metafile for a corresponding executable program code; downloading and storing a metafile; and downloading, installing, and executing the executable program code under the controlling of program installations according to the respective license regulatioType: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Victor Rafael ESCOBAR-OLMOS, Jakob Christopher LANG, Tomas LIBAL, Angel NUNEZ-MENCIAS, Fabian ROMANOWSKI, Sven STERBLING
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Publication number: 20140164189Abstract: Approving a group purchase request for a group of articles. A sub-group of articles is selected, wherein a unique article approval index is assigned to each of the articles and a highest article approval index is determined among the unique article approval indexes of the articles of the group, wherein the article of the group is selected into the sub-group if the article of the group complies with at least one of following article selection criteria: the unique article approval index of the article of the group is above a predetermined approval index threshold and the unique approval index of the article of the group is equal to the highest article approval index; approving the group purchase request for the group if the group purchase request for the sub-group is approved; and rejecting the group purchase request for the group if the group purchase request for the sub-group is rejected.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Victor Rafael Escobar Olmos, Jakob C. Lang, Tomas Libal, Angel Nunez Mencias, Fabian Romanowski, Sven Sterbling