Patents by Inventor William J. Scheid, III

William J. Scheid, III 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: 11163833
    Abstract: Aspects include a method for generating an initial ranking of a plurality of discovered keywords, in which the initial ranking is based on confidence levels. The method includes presenting the initial ranking to a user as a list that includes the plurality of discovered keywords. The method includes, in response to receiving a text string as a first input from the user, filtering the list of discovered keywords to generate a refined list of discovered keywords. The filtering includes searching the list of discovered keywords to rank keywords that match the input string using a fuzzy search. The method includes mapping a discovered keyword of the refined list to a business term using a fuzzy search. The method includes updating the initial ranking based on the mapping of the discovered keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Haumer, William J. Scheid, III, Stanislav Georgiev, Yan Luo, Tala El Hallak
  • Publication number: 20200082027
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and media for discovering and displaying business artifact and term relationships. An example method includes generating an initial ranking of a plurality of discovered keywords, in which the initial ranking is based on confidence levels. The method includes presenting the initial ranking to a user as a list comprising the plurality of discovered keywords. The method includes, in response to receiving a text string as a first input from the user, filtering the list of discovered keywords to generate a refined list of discovered keywords, in which the filtering includes searching the list of discovered keywords to rank keywords that match the input string using a fuzzy search. The method includes mapping a discovered keyword of the refined list to a business term using a fuzzy search. The method includes updating the initial ranking based on the mapping of the discovered keyword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Haumer, William J. Scheid, III, Stanislav Georgiev, Yan Luo, Tala El Hallak
  • Patent number: 7533181
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for data access management on a storage device connected to a storage area network. A client includes network connections to a first and second network, where the second network comprises a storage area network (SAN). The client also includes a storage management client and a storage agent. The storage agent is configured to minimize the amount of metadata processing that occurs on the client by sending the metadata or a copy thereof to a storage server to be stored in a centralized metadata database. The storage server also includes a storage manager that is configured to manage data access by the storage agent to the requested storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colin Scott Dawson, Erick Christian Kissel, David Michael Morton, William J. Scheid, III