Robert P Farrell

US Patent:

8275384, Sep 25, 2012

Filed:

Mar 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/728205

Inventors:

Rajarshi Das - New Rochelle NY, US
Robert George Farrell - Cornwall NY, US
Nitendra Rajput - New Delhi, IN

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H04W 72/00

US Classification:

4554521, 455450

Abstract:

Techniques for organizing information in a user-interactive system based on user interest are provided. In one aspect, a method for operating a system having a plurality of resources through which a user can navigate is provided. The method includes the following steps. When the user accesses the system, the resources are presented to the user in a particular order. Interests of the user in the resources presented are determined. The interests of the user are compared to interests of other users to find one or more subsets of users to which the user belongs by virtue of having similar interests. Upon one or more subsequent accesses to the system by the user, the order in which the resources are presented to the user is based on interests common to the one or more subsets of users to which the user belongs.

US Patent:

20110142071, Jun 16, 2011

Filed:

Dec 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/634795

Inventors:

Robert G. Farrell - Hawthorne NY, US
Peter K. Malkin - Hawthorne NY, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H04J 3/24

US Classification:

370473

Abstract:

Consolidating duplicate messages, in one aspect, may receive a transmission, and compute the difference between the transmission and a previous transmission. The previous transmission may be modified to include an indication of the difference.

US Patent:

20110219018, Sep 8, 2011

Filed:

Mar 5, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/718041

Inventors:

Mark Bailey - Hawthorne NY, US
James E. Christensen - Hawthorne NY, US
Catalina M. Danis - Hawthorne NY, US
Jason B. Ellis - Hawthorne NY, US
Thomas D. Erickson - S. Minneapolis MN, US
Robert G. Farrell - Hawthorne NY, US
Wendy A. Kellogg - Hawthorne NY, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707769, 707802, 707E17044, 707E17014

Abstract:

A voice tagging system includes a client computing device that includes a media object capture device and a voice capture device and runs a client application that associates media objects to voice samples. The system also includes a communications network coupled to the client computing device, a voice tagging system coupled to the communications network and receiving at least one association between a first media object and a first voice sample, and a database coupled to the voice tagging system, the database including one or more voice tags, each voice tag being coupled to one or more voice samples.

US Patent:

20110219055, Sep 8, 2011

Filed:

Mar 2, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/715921

Inventors:

Mark Bailey - Hawthorne NY, US
James E. Christensen - Hawthorne NY, US
Jason B. Ellis - Hawthorne NY, US
Thomas D. Erickson - South Minneapolis MN, US
Robert G. Farrell - Hawthorne NY, US
Wendy A. Kellogg - Hawthorne NY, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709202, 709203

Abstract:

A service includes a server for operating system that supports parametric personalized social (PPS) bookmarks. The server includes a PPS bookmark creator configured to determine information gathered at a point in an automated dialog after a request to create a PPS bookmark is received. The server also includes a PPS bookmark executer configured to, upon receipt of a PPS bookmark identifier, return to the point in the automated dialog and recreate at least a part of the information gathered.

US Patent:

20130253969, Sep 26, 2013

Filed:

Mar 20, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/424964

Inventors:

Rajarshi Das - Armonk NY, US
Jason Benjamin Ellis - New York NY, US
Robert George Farrell - Cornwall NY, US
Wendy Anne Kellogg - Yorktown Heights NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02
G06Q 10/06

US Classification:

705 713

Abstract:

A method for a provider to generate incentives for users to perform tasks includes the following steps. The tasks are assigned to the users to obtain a matrix of task assignments in which each of the users is assigned to at least one of the tasks and each of the tasks is assigned to at least one of the users, wherein each of the task assignments has a value and a cost to the provider, wherein for a given one of the task assignments the value less the cost to the provider is an economic utility to the provider, and wherein the step of assigning the tasks to the users is done so as to maximize a net benefit to the provider which is a sum of the economic utility for all of the task assignments. Incentives are offered to the users to perform the task assignments.

US Patent:

42821762, Aug 4, 1981

Filed:

Sep 24, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/078560

Inventors:

Robert E. Farrell - Springfield MA

Assignee:

Package Machinery Company - East Longmeadow MA

International Classification:

B29F 106

US Classification:

26432813

Abstract:

An injection molding machine having a ram for injecting a settable material into an associated mold includes a hydraulic actuator formed by a piston and cylinder assembly which displaces the ram during the injection operation. The piston is an unbalanced area piston which permits the ram to be displaced in both a regenerative and a nonregenerative feed mode. Fluid controls for operating the piston and cylinder assembly include a regeneration valve in fluid communication through the cylinder with opposite sides of the unbalanced piston to permit regenerative feed of the piston and ram in one valve position or to permit nonregenerative feed in another valve position. Displacing the ram in the regenerative or nonregenerative modes of operation allows the mold to be filled at different rates or pressures.

US Patent:

40884325, May 9, 1978

Filed:

Mar 1, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/773300

Inventors:

Robert E. Farrell - Springfield MA

Assignee:

Package Machinery Company - East Longmeadow MA

International Classification:

B29F 100
B30B 116
B29C 306

US Classification:

4254516

Abstract:

An injection molding machine has two stationary platens interconnected by tie bars and an immediate third platen which is movable on the tie bars. Separable mold portions are mounted respectively on one of the stationary platens and the third platen so that reciprocating movement of the third platen along the tie bars opens and closes the mold portions. A pair of toggle linkage mechanisms positioned at opposite sides of the machine and connecting with the movable third platen and one of the other platens are used to lockup the mold portions when the linkages assume their toggle positions. To move the toggle mechanisms into the toggle positions, a crosshead on slide rods connects with the mechanisms and is pushed away from the third platen at lockup by two piston and cylinder assemblies extending between the platen and the crosshead. The positioning of the cylinders and crosshead minimizes the overall length of the molding machine and permits mold lockup to be triggered more accurately.

US Patent:

43011004, Nov 17, 1981

Filed:

May 23, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/152616

Inventors:

Robert E. Farrell - Springfield MA

Assignee:

Package Machinery Company - East Longmeadow MA

International Classification:

B29F 106

US Classification:

264 405

Abstract:

The clamping preload in a molding machine or the like is set by adjusting the length of tie bars which support two die plates for opening and closing movement and a thrust plate. A clamping mechanism of given stroke is positioned between the thrust plate and one of the disc plates, and operates to close the die plates at one limit of the clamping stroke. With the clamping mechanism set at its limit and the tie bars set to establish a slight spacing between the die plates, the length of the tie bars is adjusted by means of a drive motor until the die plates are in contact without substantial preload. The clamping mechanism then opens the die plates and the drive motor is further energized to adjust the length of the tie bars and bring the die plates closer to one another by an amount corresponding to a preselected preload. The adjustment is measured from a high ratio mechanical drive connecting the drive motor to the adjustable tie bars, and the measured adjustment is compared with a desired adjustment corresponding to the preselected preload to deenergize the drive motor when the desired adjustment is reached.