Brian P O'Connell

US Patent:

7956747, Jun 7, 2011

Filed:

Dec 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/329168

Inventors:

Gregory J. Boss - Saginaw MI, US
Peter G. Finn - Brampton CA, US
Brian M. O'Connell - Cary NC, US
James W. Seaman - Falls Church VA, US
Keith R. Walker - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G08B 13/14

US Classification:

3405721, 3405724

Abstract:

A system, method, and program product that manages the power state of a portable electrical device located within a monitored region about a vehicle. Information about the portable electrical device such as the power state of the portable electrical device is obtained and used to identify an action for the portable electrical device. Suitable actions include, but are not limited to, transitioning the power state of the portable electrical device and/or providing a notification about the portable electrical device. Other information such as the state of the ignition of the vehicle and/or the proximity of the driver and/or a passenger(s) with respect to the vehicle may additionally or alternatively be used to determine the action.

US Patent:

8014914, Sep 6, 2011

Filed:

Dec 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/328883

Inventors:

Gregory J. Boss - Saginaw MI, US
Brian M. O'Connell - Cary NC, US
Clifford A. Pickover - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Keith R. Walker - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G01C 21/32
G06F 19/00

US Classification:

701 22, 701209, 701213, 701202, 701123, 701112, 701117, 701210, 705317

Abstract:

Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for vehicle route planning as a function of vehicle type. A plurality of different routes for travel by a vehicle from a trip origin to a destination is determined, and the vehicle identified as either an internal combustion engine vehicle type or a hybrid vehicle type. A programmable device is caused to recommend a route of the determined plurality of routes to an operator of the identified vehicle as a function of the identified vehicle type, wherein a route recommended to the identified internal combustion engine vehicle type is different from a route recommended to the identified hybrid vehicle type. In some examples, identifying the vehicle as configured to generate operative energy through a regenerative braking energy component results in recommending a route will cause more breaking over a faster route.

US Patent:

8219281, Jul 10, 2012

Filed:

Dec 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/329118

Inventors:

Gregory J. Boss - Saginaw MI, US
Peter G. Finn - Brampton CA, US
Brian M. O'Connell - Cary NC, US
James W. Seaman - Falls Church VA, US
Keith R. Walker - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00
G06F 19/00

US Classification:

701 36, 701 63, 180287

Abstract:

A system, method, and program product controls an operation of a vehicle based on the presence of one or more foreign objects within one or more monitored zones about the vehicle. One or more transceivers receive information about the one or more foreign objects. Based on the received information and the one or more corresponding zones, one or more controllers identify a response, which may include notifying the user about the foreign object and/or generating a signal that inhibits the ignition from turning on. The system, method, and program product also control an operation of a vehicle based on the absence of an object of the vehicle. Likewise, the one or more controllers identify a response, which may include notifying the user about the missing object and/or generating a signal that inhibits the ignition from turning on.

US Patent:

8285574, Oct 9, 2012

Filed:

Mar 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/721706

Inventors:

Gregory J. Boss - Saginaw MI, US
Julianne F. Haugh - Austin TX, US
Brian M. O'Connell - Research Triangle Park NC, US
Anne R. Sand - Peyton CO, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 711, 705 742

Abstract:

Implementation of resource management services is provided. A method includes setting a price, per unit of a resource, for a defined time period and based upon a collective projected resource demand corresponding to resource consumption entities (RCEs). For the duration of the time period, the method includes iteratively performing: monitoring actual usage of the resource for each of the RCEs. If, in response to the monitoring, it is determined that a projected shortage exists for an RCE and a projected surplus exists for another RCE, the method includes re-allocating a number of projected surplus units of the resource from the RCE having the projected surplus to the other RCE having the projected shortage. If, in response to the monitoring, it is determined that a projected shortage exists for an RCE and no projected surplus exists for any of the other RCEs, the method includes acquiring additional units of the resource.

US Patent:

8364344, Jan 29, 2013

Filed:

Mar 19, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/423677

Inventors:

Gregory J. Boss - Saginaw MI, US
Peter G. Finn - Brampton, CA
Brian M. O'Connell - Cary NC, US
James W. Seaman - Falls Church VA, US
Keith R. Walker - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00
G06F 19/00

US Classification:

701 36, 701 63, 180287

Abstract:

Operation of a vehicle is controlled based on the presence of or absence of one or more identified foreign objects within one or more monitored zones about the vehicle. One or more transceivers receive information about the one or more foreign objects. Based on the received information and the one or more corresponding zones, one or more controllers identify a response, which may include notifying the user about the foreign object and/or generating a signal that inhibits the ignition from turning on. Controllers identify a response, which may include notifying a user about a present or absent object or generating a signal that inhibits the ignition from turning on.

US Patent:

8645847, Feb 4, 2014

Filed:

Jun 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/172947

Inventors:

Gregory J. Boss - Saginaw MI, US
Neil A. Katz - Parkland FL, US
Brian M. O'Connell - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715757, 715751, 715753, 715848, 715850, 715852

Abstract:

In some example embodiments, a method includes defining a tracking area for a first avatar in an online immersive environment, wherein the tracking area encompasses the first avatar and some defined area beyond the first avatar. The first avatar represents a first person who is a guardian of a second person in the real world and external to the online immersive environment. A second avatar represents the second person in the online immersive environment. The method includes tracking a path through the online immersive environment of the tracking area for the first avatar. The method includes marking a region in the online immersive environment as a safe zone for the second avatar, after the path of the tracking area for the first avatar has traversed the region. The method includes authorizing access to the region marked as the safe zone for the second avatar in the online immersive environment.

US Patent:

20130041989, Feb 14, 2013

Filed:

Aug 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/204910

Inventors:

Gregory J. Boss - Saginaw MI, US
Christopher J. Dawson - Arlington VA, US
Brian M. O'Connell - RTP NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709223

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for dynamically relocating a set of workloads among geographic regions of a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment) based on infrastructure/computing resource needs. In a typical embodiment, it is determined whether a first geographic region of the networked computing environment has a first set of computing resources with an available capacity that meets a needed capacity for handling a set of workloads that is initially associated with the first geographic region. If not, a second geographic region of the networked computing environment having a second set of computing resources with the needed capacity is identified. In general, this determination can be made based upon multiple factors such as: a set of performance requirements, stored in at least one computer data structure, needed to handle the set of workloads; a set of environmental parameters, stored in the at least one computer data structure, having a potential to affect the handling of the set of workloads; and/or a set of cost parameters, stored in the at least one computer data structure, associated with handling the set of workloads. Once the second geographic region has been identified, the set of workloads can be associated with and handled thereby.

US Patent:

20130042004, Feb 14, 2013

Filed:

Aug 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/204892

Inventors:

Gregory J. Boss - Saginaw MI, US
Christopher J. Dawson - Arlington VA, US
Brian M. O'Connell - RTP NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709226

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for dynamically acquiring computing resources in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment) based on infrastructure/computing resource needs. In a typical embodiment, a set of computing resources (needed to process a set of workloads) external to a first portion of a networked computing environment is identified. Once identified, electronic negotiations with at least one provider of the set of computing resources may be held for utilizing the provider's set of computing resources to process the set of workloads. In general, the negotiations are based on at least one resource registration (setting forth terms for utilizing the set of computing resources such as usage rates, usage limitations, etc.) associated with the at least one provider stored in at least one computer data structure. Responsive to successful completion of the negotiations, the set of computing resources will be associated with the first portion. Such association can occur through various methods such as utilizing computing resources in public cloud environments, expanding the first portion to include the set of computing resources, etc.