Patents by Inventor Caroline Church

Caroline Church 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).

  • Patent number: 11016659
    Abstract: A tap associated with an active area on a user interface of a touchscreen device is received at a first time. The active area is associated with an origination time. It is determined that a period of time between the origination time and the first time is within a specified period of time. In response to the determining, an action associated with the active area is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Caroline Church, Mark P. Frost, Dominic J. Storey, John F. Wesley, Lakshman S. B. Yatawara
  • Patent number: 10552035
    Abstract: A tap associated with an active area on a user interface of a touchscreen device is received at a first time. The active area is associated with an origination time. It is determined that a period of time between the origination time and the first time is within a specified period of time. In response to the determining, an action associated with the active area is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Caroline Church, Mark P. Frost, Dominic J. Storey, John F. Wesley, Lakshman S. B. Yatawara
  • Publication number: 20200034035
    Abstract: A tap associated with an active area on a user interface of a touchscreen device is received at a first time. The active area is associated with an origination time. It is determined that a period of time between the origination time and the first time is within a specified period of time. In response to the determining, an action associated with the active area is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Caroline Church, Mark P. Frost, Dominic J. Storey, John F. Wesley, Lakshman S.B. Yatawara
  • Publication number: 20180292986
    Abstract: A tap associated with an active area on a user interface of a touchscreen device is received at a first time. The active area is associated with an origination time. It is determined that a period of time between the origination time and the first time is within a specified period of time. In response to the determining, an action associated with the active area is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Caroline Church, Mark P. Frost, Dominic J. Storey, John F. Wesley, Lakshman S. B. Yatawara
  • Patent number: 10025497
    Abstract: A tap associated with an active area on a user interface of a touchscreen device is received at a first time. The active area is associated with an origination time. It is determined that a period of time between the origination time and the first time is within a specified period of time. In response to the determining, an action associated with the active area is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Caroline Church, Mark P. Frost, Dominic J. Storey, John F. Wesley, Lakshman S. B. Yatawara
  • Publication number: 20180189656
    Abstract: Managing questions is provided. A question is sent to a subject matter expert corresponding to a selected subject matter expert class via a network. A response is received from the subject matter expert via the network indicating whether the subject matter expert is able to answer the question. It is determined whether the response indicates that the subject matter expert is able to answer the question. In response to determining that the response indicates that the subject matter expert is able to answer the question, a state of a data structure corresponding to the selected subject matter expert class is transformed by adding text of the question to the selected subject matter expert class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Caroline Church, Mark P. Frost, Allan C. Hurworth, Dominic J. Storey
  • Publication number: 20160224237
    Abstract: A tap associated with an active area on a user interface of a touchscreen device is received at a first time. The active area is associated with an origination time. It is determined that a period of time between the origination time and the first time is within a specified period of time. In response to the determining, an action associated with the active area is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Caroline Church, Mark P. Frost, Dominic J. Storey, John F. Wesley, Lakshman S.B. Yatawara
  • Patent number: 9348457
    Abstract: A tap associated with an active area on a user interface of a touchscreen device is received at a first time. The active area is associated with an origination time. It is determined that a period of time between the origination time and the first time is within a specified period of time. In response to the determining, an action associated with the active area is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Caroline Church, Mark P. Frost, Dominic J. Storey, John F. Wesley, Lakshman S. B. Yatawara
  • Publication number: 20160048257
    Abstract: A tap associated with an active area on a user interface of a touchscreen device is received at a first time. The active area is associated with an origination time. It is determined that a period of time between the origination time and the first time is within a specified period of time. In response to the determining, an action associated with the active area is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Caroline Church, Mark P. Frost, Dominic J. Storey, John F. Wesley, Lakshman S. B. Yatawara
  • Patent number: 8689055
    Abstract: A tool for detecting potential impairment in an electronic device. The tool classifies the user input into various categories and determines some measurement, typically a rate of input per user or per time, for determining average use statistics of the electronic device. The tool then determines if a calculated measurement based on user inputs deviates from the average use statistics past some threshold level of deviation. In response to surpassing the threshold level of deviation, the tool identifies the electronic device as potentially impaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Caroline Church, Mark Peter Frost, Dominic John Storey, John Frederick Wesley, Lakshman Sarathchandra Bandara Yatawara
  • Publication number: 20130031422
    Abstract: A tool for detecting potential impairment in an electronic device. The tool classifies the user input into various categories and determines some measurement, typically a rate of input per user or per time, for determining average use statistics of the electronic device. The tool then determines if a calculated measurement based on user inputs deviates from the average use statistics past some threshold level of deviation. In response to surpassing the threshold level of deviation, the tool identifies the electronic device as potentially impaired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Caroline Church, Mark P. Frost, Dominic J. Storey, John F. Wesley, Lakshman S. B. Yatawara