Joan E Mitchell

US Patent:

6757439, Jun 29, 2004

Filed:

Dec 15, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/736444

Inventors:

Neil M. Leeder - Apex NC
Joan L. Mitchell - Longmont CO
Nenad Rijavec - Longmont CO

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06K 936

US Classification:

382246, 382247, 382250, 341 67

Abstract:

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) images are encoded and decoded as fast as possible for a variety of disparate applications. A novel structure stores the 8Ã8 Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) blocks after entropy decoding in a JPEG decoder or after the Forward Discrete Cosine Transform (FDCT) in the JPEG encoder to use as an intermediate format between transform processes. The format was chosen to speed up the entropy decode and encode processes and is based on the information needed for the JPEG Huffman entropy coding, but lends itself to fast execution of other DCT based transforms, including arithmetic entropy coding.

US Patent:

7783662, Aug 24, 2010

Filed:

Nov 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/935497

Inventors:

Sandra K. Johnson - Cary NC, US
Joan LaVerne Mitchell - Longmont CO, US
David Ward - Broomfield CO, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707781

Abstract:

A method for management of federated information in associated knowledge systems. The method includes maintaining a data structure, the data structure including associative metadata that correlates a plurality of substantive knowledge entities from a plurality of disparate knowledge bases; monitoring the substantive knowledge entities for an access-limiting event; determining the access-limiting event on at least one of the substantive knowledge entities; and responsive to determining the access-limiting event, adding to the associative metadata a persistent audit enhancement indicative of the access-limiting event, the persistent audit enhancement including a timestamp. The access-limiting event may include deletion of a substantive knowledge entity, enacting more restrictive access permissions for a substantive knowledge entity, and copying of a substantive knowledge entity to a more restrictive access area.

US Patent:

7945598, May 17, 2011

Filed:

Oct 28, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/259680

Inventors:

Sandra K. Johnson - Cary NC, US
Joan LaVerne Mitchell - Longmont CO, US
David Ward - Broomfield CO, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707803, 707791

Abstract:

A mechanism for automatically managing process information stored in federated repositories. When practice requirements are collected for a multi-step process, a process metadata data structure comprising process information conforming to the practice requirements is created in a metadata repository. The structure is created by creating a template document for each task in the multi-step process and populating the template documents with the procedure information in the practice requirements. Hierarchical and horizontal associations are created among the template documents based on the execution order of the tasks in the procedure information. Process documents for each task in the multi-step process are created and populated with information about the tasks. The task information, procedure information, and association information for each task is then stored as metadata in the process metadata structure.

US Patent:

8001100, Aug 16, 2011

Filed:

Jul 15, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/173668

Inventors:

Sampath K. Chilukuri - Karnataka, IN
Sandra K. Johnson - Cary NC, US
Darbha V. Kumar - Karnataka, IN
Garadi Shashidhar Hemanth Kumar - Karnataka, IN
Sharad Mishra - Portland OR, US
Joan L. Mitchell - Longmont CO, US
Sanjay Mundergi - Fremont CA, US
Benjamin J. Stoor - Bolingbrook IL, US
Anil Kumar Thiramdas - Andhara Pradesh, IN
David Ward - Broomfield CO, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707705, 707769, 707770, 706 45, 706 50

Abstract:

A mechanism for locating information about a target entity in disparate multilevel hierarchical knowledge repositories. Upon occurrence of an event associated with a target entity comprising an information technology solution, disparate multilevel hierarchical knowledge repositories are searched for metadata about the target entity. A determination is made from the metadata about the target entity whether the repositories comprise entities related to the target entity. If so, links in the metadata are used to search the repositories to locate the related entities. Upon locating a resolution to the event in the repositories, a link to the resolution is stored in the metadata. The repositories are also searched to determine owners of the target entity and related entities, and these owners are then notified of the event and the resolution to the event.

US Patent:

8140578, Mar 20, 2012

Filed:

Jul 15, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/173689

Inventors:

Sandra K. Johnson - Cary NC, US
Grant Douglas Miller - Superior CO, US
Joan LaVerne Mitchell - Longmont CO, US
David Ward - Broomfield CO, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707791, 707802, 717124

Abstract:

A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for managing multilevel hierarchical structured information in disparate knowledge repositories. An association data structure is created for an entity as metadata in a metadata repository. The association data structure is populated with association information about the entity. A process data structure is created for the entity as metadata in the metadata repository. The process data structure is populated with process information about the entity. Information about a multi-phased process is then collected by extracting process information from each entity of the multi-phased process across the disparate knowledge repositories. The collected information comprising information about the multi-phased process is then stored in the process data structure in the metadata repository.

US Patent:

20100031229, Feb 4, 2010

Filed:

Jul 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/182328

Inventors:

Donna N Eng Dillenberger - Yorktwown Heights NY, US
Sandra K. Johnson - Cary NC, US
Sharad Mishra - Portland OR, US
Joan L. Mitchell - Longmont CO, US
Benjamin J. Stoor - Bolingbrook IL, US
David Ward - Broomfield CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717105

Abstract:

The present invention relates to the visualization of a complex system such as a software offering using a set of buildings. A method for generating a visualization of a complex system using a set of buildings in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: representing each of a plurality of complex systems using a respective set of buildings in a virtual city environment. The set of buildings in the virtual city environment is displayed.

US Patent:

20160026440, Jan 28, 2016

Filed:

Oct 6, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/876186

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Sandra Kay Johnson - Cary NC, US
Joan Mitchell - Las Vegas NV, US
David Ward - Broomfield CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/44
G06T 11/20
G06T 11/00
G06F 3/048

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to the visualization of complex information using a set of navigable landmasses. A method for generating a visualization of a programming code base using a set of navigable landmasses in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: representing each of a plurality of different code components using a respective landmass; adjusting a size of each landmass based on a number of lines of code in the code component corresponding to the landmass; and displaying the landmasses.

US Patent:

20140325478, Oct 30, 2014

Filed:

Jul 10, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/327884

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Sandra K. Johnson - Cary NC, US
Sharad Mishra - Portland OR, US
Joan L. Mitchell - Longmont CO, US
Benjamin J. Stoor - Bolingbrook IL, US
David Ward - Broomfield CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717120

Abstract:

Provided herein are approaches for generating a visualization of software code using a set of buildings. Specifically, one approach comprises: representing software code using a set of buildings in a virtual city environment, wherein each building of the set of buildings represent a software solution; displaying the set of buildings in the virtual city environment; and displaying a plurality of floors and a plurality of rooms within each of the plurality of floors of the set of buildings, wherein each of the plurality of floors of a building of the set of buildings represents a software component of the software solution represented by the building, and wherein each of the plurality of rooms within each floor of the building represents a different version of the software component represented by the floor of the building.