Patents by Inventor Andrew L. Schirmer
Andrew L. Schirmer 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).
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Publication number: 20160092513Abstract: A system, method, and processor readable medium for processing data in a knowledge management system gathers information content and transmits a work request for the information content gathered. The information content may be registered with a K-map and assigned a unique document identifier. A work queue processes the work requests. The processed information may then be transmitted to another work queue for further processing. Further processing may include categorization, full-text indexing, metrics extraction or other process. Control messages may be transmitted to one or more users providing a status of the work request. The information may be analyzed and further indexed. A progress statistics report may be generated for each of the processes performed on the document. The progress statistics may be provided in a record. A shared access to a central data structure representing the metrics history and taxonomy may be provided for all work queues via a CORBA service.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: James P. Goodwin, Carl J. Kraenzel, Andrew L. Schirmer, Jeff Reagen, David L. Newbold
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Publication number: 20160077690Abstract: A contextual organization chart based on two selected individuals is constructed from a database of individual names, manager names, and profiles. Awareness data is provided for people in the organization, a people awareness indicator and a nesting control indicator are appended to names in the constructed view. A user may access profile data by selecting a name in the view, expand the view to show additional individuals by selecting a nesting control indicator, or initiate a communication with an individual by selecting an awareness indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Marijane M. Zeller, Michael D. Elder, Oliver Heinz, Andrew L. Schirmer
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Publication number: 20160072753Abstract: A method of suppressing content of a social network, the method comprising monitoring for a number of gestures of rejection of content on the social network from a number of users, generating suppression data based on the gestures of rejection, receiving input from a first user among the number of users indicating that the suppression data is to be leveraged, and suppressing content based on the suppression data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Josef Scherpa, Andrew L. Schirmer
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Patent number: 9230042Abstract: A contextual organization chart based on two selected individuals is constructed from a database of individual names, manager names, and profiles. Awareness data is provided for people in the organization, a people awareness indicator and a nesting control indicator are appended to names in the constructed view. A user may access profile data by selecting a name in the view, expand the view to show additional individuals by selecting a nesting control indicator, or initiate a communication with an individual by selecting an awareness indicator.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2002Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Marijane M. Zeller, Michael D. Elder, Oliver Heinz, Andrew L. Schirmer
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Patent number: 9224134Abstract: Arrangements disclosed herein relate to arranging a conversation among a plurality of participants. At least one user input related to a conversation intended by at least one user to take place can be identified. The desired conversation can include the plurality of participants. The conversation need not pre-scheduled. Contextual information of the plurality of participants can be monitored in real time to determine whether it is presently appropriate for the conversation to take place. When the contextual information of the plurality of participants indicates that it is presently appropriate for the conversation to take place, initiation of the conversation can be attempted.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: James E. Christensen, Andrew L. Schirmer, Tracee L. Wolf
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Patent number: 9159048Abstract: A system, method, and processor readable medium for processing data in a knowledge management system gathers information content and transmits a work request for the information content gathered. The information content may be registered with a K-map and assigned a unique document identifier. A work queue processes the work requests. The processed information may then be transmitted to another work queue for further processing. Further processing may include categorization, full-text indexing, metrics extraction or other process. Control messages may be transmitted to one or more users providing a status of the work request. The information may be analyzed and further indexed. A progress statistics report may be generated for each of the processes performed on the document. The progress statistics may be provided in a record. A shared access to a central data structure representing the metrics history and taxonomy may be provided for all work queues via a CORBA service.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2003Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: James P. Goodwin, Carl J. Kraenzel, Andrew L. Schirmer, Jeff Reagen, David L. Newbold
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Patent number: 9141692Abstract: A set of tags can be identified from a first set of tagged documents in a first repository. A set of tags can be identified from a second set of tagged documents in a second repository. Access to documents in the second repository can be more restrictive than access to documents in the first repository. For each of a subset tags in the first set and/or the second set, a number of steps can occur. A ratio can be determined of tag instances in the second repository compared to tag instances in the first repository. It can be determined whether the ratio exceeds a previously determined threshold. When the threshold is exceeded, an indicator of at least one tagged document associated with the tag can be changed to indicate that the tagged document is likely to contain sensitive content.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Muller, Tolga Oral, Andrew L. Schirmer
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Patent number: 9129025Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for automatically granting access to content referenced in a microblog. A microblog post having content referenced therein is received by a microblog server. The microblog post includes a special character (e.g., “@”) designating a user, group or community. Furthermore, the microblog post includes a special character (e.g., “!”) designating the content. In response to recognizing the special character designating the content, the microblog server grants access to the designated content to the user, group or community referenced in the microblog post. By including a special character in the microblog post to designate content to be made available to the user, group or community referenced in the microblog post, the user can now designate the content to be made available to the users, groups and/or communities that do not previously have rights to access the content in an easy and efficient manner.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ethan L. Perry, Josef Scherpa, Andrew L. Schirmer
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Patent number: 9124544Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to distribution list management for a collaborative object and provide a method, system and computer program product for detecting exceptions for collaborative object addressing in a collaborative computing environment. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for detecting exceptions for collaborative object addressing in a collaborative computing environment can be provided. The method can include retrieving a distribution list for a collaborative object in a collaborative computing environment, comparing addressees in the distribution list to addressees in a list of previously applied addressees, and providing a notification where an addressee in the distribution list does not appear as an addressee in the list of previously applied addresses.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Muller, Andrew L. Schirmer
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Patent number: 9116889Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for publishing activity tasks in a collaborative environment can include the step of publishing selected activity tasks for status viewing by other collaborators in the collaborative environment. In one aspect of the invention, the publishing step can include the step of publishing selected activity tasks for viewing by a subset of the collaborators in the collaborative environment. In another aspect of the invention, the publishing step can include the step of publishing selected activity tasks for viewing by the collaborators in the collaborative environment only for a specified duration. In yet another aspect of the invention, the publishing step can include both publishing selected activity tasks for viewing by the collaborators in the collaborative environment, and periodically updating a status for each of the selected activity tasks.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Muller, Andrew L. Schirmer, Charles Hill
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Patent number: 9084099Abstract: A computer receives a plurality of records each relevant to a relationship between a first person and a second person. The computer determines a communication score of a communication from the first person to the second person, wherein the score is based on at least one of the plurality of records. The computer compares the communication score to an established mediation threshold. Responsive to determining that the communication score violates the established mediation threshold, the computer passes the communication to a user device of the second person. Further, the computer prioritizes the plurality of records according to a set of priorities, and presents the plurality of records to the first person or to the second person.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William C. Barlow, Muhammed F. Bulut, James E. Christensen, David S. Marshak, Andrew L. Schirmer, Amy D. Travis
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Patent number: 9055420Abstract: A computer receives a plurality of records each relevant to a relationship between a first person and a second person. The computer determines a communication score of a communication from the first person to the second person, wherein the score is based on at least one of the plurality of records. The computer compares the communication score to an established mediation threshold. Responsive to determining that the communication score violates the established mediation threshold, the computer passes the communication to a user device of the second person. Further, the computer prioritizes the plurality of records according to a set of priorities, and presents the plurality of records to the first person or to the second person.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Muhammed Fatih Bulut, William C. Barlow, James E. Christensen, David S. Marshak, Andrew L. Schirmer, Amy D. Travis
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Publication number: 20150153938Abstract: Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to user interface control groups and provide a method, system and computer program product for rendering a set of user interface controls with dynamic content in a GUI. In one embodiment, the invention can include a data processing system including a set of user interface controls and control data including a set of cumulative selection metrics for each user interface control in the set. Each user interface control in the set, in turn, can include a label and an indicator of cumulative metrics for the user interface control. For instance, the set of user interface controls can include a set of radio buttons in a radio button control group. As another example, the set of user interface controls can include a set of check boxes in a check box control group.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Michael Muller, Andrew L. Schirmer
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Patent number: 9043388Abstract: A computer receives a first attempt at communication made via a first communication channel and stores a first attempt record corresponding to the first attempt at communication in an attempts file. The computer receives a second attempt at communication made through a second communication channel that is different from the first communication channel and stores a second attempt record corresponding to the second attempt at communication in the attempts file. The computer queues at least a portion of the first attempt record and at least a portion of the second attempt record. The computer determines that the first attempt at communication and the second attempt at communication were created by a common sender, determines a third communication channel for replying to the common sender, and transmits a third attempt at communication to the common sender via the third communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Muhammed Fatih Bulut, James E. Christensen, David S. Marshak, Andrew L. Schirmer, Amy D. Travis
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Publication number: 20150134655Abstract: Techniques for topic recommendation are described herein. The techniques include a method that topic recommendation includes identifying topics associated with events within a social network environment. A rank may be determined indicating interest for an identified topic within the social network environment. The method may include recommending a topic to a user for posting in the social network environment based on the rank.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: VLADIMIR GAMALEY, GILI NACHUM, ANDREW L. SCHIRMER, EITAN SHAPIRO
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Patent number: 9002855Abstract: A method of assessing the value of tags in a collaborative tagging system can include monitoring user interaction with each of a plurality of tags and/or artifacts associated with tags, wherein each of the plurality of tags has been previously associated with at least one artifact of the collaborative tagging system. For each of the plurality of tags, a measure of value for the tag can be determined according to user interaction with the tag. A list comprising at least one tag and an indication of the measure of value of the tag can be output.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2007Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David A. Brooks, Andrew L. Schirmer, Edmund B. Stanton
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Patent number: 8938462Abstract: Provided are techniques for assessing object relevance. One or more user usage patterns are retrieved. Object properties of one or more objects are retrieved. The one or more user usage patterns are compared against the object properties of the one or more objects to compute one or more interaction scores that represent a value of how an object interacts with a user based on a current context of the user. Object importance is assigned to each of the one or more objects based on the one or more interaction scores.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2012Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James P. Galvin, Jr., Andrew L. Schirmer
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Patent number: 8935634Abstract: Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to user interface control groups and provide a method, system and computer program product for rendering a set of user interface controls with dynamic content in a GUI. In one embodiment, the invention can include a data processing system including a set of user interface controls and control data including a set of cumulative selection metrics for each user interface control in the set. Each user interface control in the set, in turn, can include a label and an indicator of cumulative metrics for the user interface control. For instance, the set of user interface controls can include a set of radio buttons in a radio button control group. As another example, the set of user interface controls can include a set of check boxes in a check box control group.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Muller, Andrew L. Schirmer
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Patent number: 8929659Abstract: Provided are techniques for assessing object relevance. One or more user usage patterns are retrieved. Object properties of one or more objects are retrieved. The one or more user usage patterns are compared against the object properties of the one or more objects to compute one or more interaction scores that represent a value of how an object interacts with a user based on a current context of the user. Object importance is assigned to each of the one or more objects based on the one or more interaction scores.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James P. Galvin, Jr., Andrew L. Schirmer
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Publication number: 20140365920Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to queued requests to establish human-to-human collaborative sessions and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for managing queued requests to establish human-to-human collaborative sessions. In one embodiment, a human-to-human collaborative data processing system can be provided which can include a messenger configured for coupling to other messengers. The system further can include a queue of incoming session requests to establish respective human-to-human collaborative sessions with requestors associated with the other messengers. Finally, the system can include queue management logic enabled to order the session requests in the queue according to queue rules coupled to the queue management logic.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Fonda J. Daniels, Ruthie D. Lyle, Michael Muller, Andrew L. Schirmer