Patents by Inventor Walter L. Tucker

Walter L. Tucker 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: 11017118
    Abstract: While managing private data in cognitive surveys, a method, system, and computer program product may deploy a set of gather agents. Access credentials for a plurality of participants may be obtained from an encrypted data store and verified. The set of gather agents may gather a set of target data associated with the plurality of participants, and the set of target data may be collected according to a set of policy criteria. It may be determined whether one or more participants of the plurality of participants has requested to review a subset of the target data, and those participants may be prompted to review the subset of target data. It may be determined whether the one or more participants rejected the subset of target data. The subset of target data may be filtered, and the filtered subset of target data may be posted to a results database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John D. Curtis, Sheela Shetty, Charlotte C. Dye, Derek V. Duoba, Anup M. Patil, Walter L. Tucker
  • Publication number: 20200175204
    Abstract: While managing private data in cognitive surveys, a method, system, and computer program product may deploy a set of gather agents. Access credentials for a plurality of participants may be obtained from an encrypted data store and verified. The set of gather agents may gather a set of target data associated with the plurality of participants, and the set of target data may be collected according to a set of policy criteria. It may be determined whether one or more participants of the plurality of participants has requested to review a subset of the target data, and those participants may be prompted to review the subset of target data. It may be determined whether the one or more participants rejected the subset of target data. The subset of target data may be filtered, and the filtered subset of target data may be posted to a results database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: John D. Curtis, Sheela Shetty, Charlotte C. Dye, Derek V. Duoba, Anup M. Patil, Walter L. Tucker
  • Patent number: 4733796
    Abstract: A cigarette package includes an open topped container for holding a plurality of cigarettes and a cover hinged to the back wall of the container for selectively closing the open top of the container. The top edge of the front wall of the container is lower than the top edge of the back wall of the container and each of the container side walls are notched such that the top edge of the container side walls defining the notch extend from the top edge of the container back wall to the top edge of the container front wall. The cover has a top wall, a front wall, and two side walls. Each of the cover side walls are notched in a complementary shape to the notched portion of the container side walls. The cover is releasably held in a closed position closing the open top of the container by interlocking latches and strikers. The latch is formed in the cover and the striker is formed in the container. The package is fabricated of an impact resistant flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventors: Dale A. Halverstadt, Walter L. Tucker, Josef F. Klingler, James L. Meier