Jeffrey D Amsterdam

7774488, Aug 10, 2010

Mar 12, 2008

12/046486

Jeffrey David Amsterdam - Marietta GA, US
Christopher Eythan Holladay - Marietta GA, US
Ryan Lynch Whitman - Sunny Side GA, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15/16

709231, 709221, 709230, 709233

A method and system for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. An environmental change in an environment within or adjacent to the client system is detected, resulting in executing a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream differing from the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.

7779140, Aug 17, 2010

Mar 14, 2008

12/048257

Jeffrey David Amsterdam - Marietta GA, US
Christopher Eythan Holladay - Marietta GA, US
Ryan Lynch Whitman - Sunny Side GA, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15/16

709231, 709221, 709230, 709233

A method and system for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. A command is received from a control system to execute a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream which has a different media stream bandwidth than the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.

7870074, Jan 11, 2011

May 14, 2008

12/120308

Jeffrey D. Amsterdam - Marietta GA, US
Brian M. O'Connell - Cary NC, US
Clifford A. Pickover - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Keith R. Walker - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 21/00

705 51, 705 26, 718104, 718105

Interruption and degradation of service within a virtual universe leads to an unsatisfactory experience for users of the virtual universe. Dissatisfaction with service of a virtual universe may lead users to see alternate universes providing higher levels of service. Functionality can be implemented to identify alternate virtual universes that meet a user's service requirements and dynamically move the user's avatar from one virtual universe to another.

8082487, Dec 20, 2011

May 25, 2007

11/753774

Jeffrey D. Amsterdam - Marietta GA, US
Stephen C. Hammer - Marietta GA, US
Samir Mahir - Decatur GA, US
Ryan L. Whitman - Sunny Side GA, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/00

715206, 713 2, 713178

An improved solution for accessing a web application is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling access to a web application includes: receiving a request for a first web page application, wherein the first web application is connected to a second web page application via a link at the second web page application; determining if the request is likely from a book marked link to the first web page application or from the link at the second web page application; and providing one of the second web page application and the first web page application based on the determining.

8214841, Jul 3, 2012

Oct 24, 2008

12/257584

Jeffrey D. Amsterdam - Marietta GA, US
Brian M. O'Connell - Cary NC, US
Clifford A. Pickover - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Keith R. Walker - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 9/46

718104

Methods, systems, services and program products are provided for implementing carbon offset computing. During performance of a specified computing task data concerning resource consumption regarding that specified computing task is gathered and stored. Upon completion of the specified computing task, the amount of carbon offset required to compensate for resource consumption associated with performance of the completed specified computing task is calculated based upon stored or known resource consumption data. The calculated amount of carbon offset information may be transmitted to a carbon offset function provider, and a carbon offset function provider implements the specified amount of carbon offset based upon the calculated amounts communicated for the completed specified computing task.

8230439, Jul 24, 2012

Aug 22, 2008

12/196498

Jeffrey D. Amsterdam - Marietta GA, US
Brian M. O'Connell - Cary NC, US
Clifford A. Pickover - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Keith R. Walker - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 9/46
G06F 9/455

718104, 718 1

Systems, methods, devices and program products are provided for enabling users of a computing system to measure and compare the green efficiency of a set of resources used in a computing task. With the use of this information, the user can select a desired set of resources to be employed in the computing task to minimize the environmental impact of computing tasks in relation to requirements. In some embodiments, the invention creates metrics for measuring the greenness of a computing task. The metrics are calculated through analysis of the resource computation, energy consumption, consequence of computation, and dimensional characteristics of a computing task. The metrics could be beneficial or other metrics that permit the user or a processing system to make scheduling and execution decisions.

8233530, Jul 31, 2012

Oct 28, 2008

12/259856

Jeffrey D. Amsterdam - Marietta GA, US
Gregory J. Boss - American Fork UT, US
Kulvir S. Bhogal - Pflugerville TX, US
Brian M. O'Connell - Cary NC, US
Keith R. Walker - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H04N 5/77

37524001, 345632, 386223

A method, system and computer program provide a mechanism for smoothing the transition back from a virtual (computer generated) scene to a related video stream. An event such as a user input or timeout is received triggering a return to display of the video stream from a virtual scene related to content of the video stream. A number of time points and/or camera angles are either presented to the user or are automatically searched for the best match. The list may be presented in order according to an automatically detected matching criteria. The virtual scene may a scene constructed locally within a computer or digital video recorder (DVR) and the matching performed locally based on angle and time information provided from a content provider such as a server, or the virtual scene generation and matching may be performed at a remote location such as the content server.

8234396, Jul 31, 2012

Jul 30, 2010

12/846867

Jeffrey David Amsterdam - Marietta GA, US
Christopher Eythan Holladay - Marietta GA, US
Ryan Lynch Whitman - Sunny Side GA, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 15/16

709231, 709221

A process for switching media streams of a video in a client system. The media streams are made available to the client system by a content providing system. A first media stream received from the content providing system is played in a SHOW mode in the client system. An environmental change in an environment within or adjacent to the client system is detected, resulting in executing a procedure for deciding whether to switch from playing the first media stream to playing a second media stream differing from the first media stream. The executed procedure decides to make the switch. The switch is made to playing the second media stream in the SHOW mode as the second media stream is being received from the content providing system in response having been requested from the content providing system. The switching preserves content continuity of the video.