Patents by Inventor Christina L. Wetli
Christina L. Wetli 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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Patent number: 11153713Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for initiating actions among devices are described. A relative position of at least one device to at least one other device is determined, and one or more rules specifying at least one action to initiate based at least in part on the relative position of the at least one device to the at least one other device are obtained. The one or more rules can differ based on the relative position of the devices. The at least one action is initiated using a processor of the at least one device.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Trudy Leigh Hewitt, Christina L. Wetli, Francesco Carmine Schembari
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Patent number: 10203796Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
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Patent number: 10162456Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
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Patent number: 10067596Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
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Patent number: 10038873Abstract: A method for managing temporary images. The method comprises a computer system. The computer system identifies a context for an image for a user generating the image. The computer system determines whether the image is a temporary image based on the context of the image for the user. The computer system preforms a group of alternate actions on the image when the image is the temporary image.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Francesco C. Schembari, Merrilee F. Tomlinson, Christina L. Wetli
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Publication number: 20180191991Abstract: A method for managing temporary images. The method comprises a computer system. The computer system identifies a context for an image for a user generating the image. The computer system determines whether the image is a temporary image based on the context of the image for the user. The computer system preforms a group of alternate actions on the image when the image is the temporary image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Francesco C. Schembari, Merrilee F. Tomlinson, Christina L. Wetli
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Publication number: 20170374519Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for initiating actions among devices are described. A relative position of at least one device to at least one other device is determined, and one or more rules specifying at least one action to initiate based at least in part on the relative position of the at least one device to the at least one other device are obtained. The one or more rules can differ based on the relative position of the devices. The at least one action is initiated using a processor of the at least one device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Trudy Leigh Hewitt, Christina L. Wetli, Francesco Carmine Schembari
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Patent number: 9820098Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for initiating actions among devices are described. A relative position of at least one device to at least one other device is determined, and one or more rules specifying at least one action to initiate based at least in part on the relative position of the at least one device to the at least one other device are obtained. The one or more rules can differ based on the relative position of the devices. The at least one action is initiated using a processor of the at least one device.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Trudy Leigh Hewitt, Christina L. Wetli, Francesco Carmine Schembari
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Publication number: 20160306519Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
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Publication number: 20160306493Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
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Publication number: 20160306520Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
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Publication number: 20160306494Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
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Patent number: 9406025Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
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Patent number: 9405399Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
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Publication number: 20160103555Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
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Publication number: 20150355772Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
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Publication number: 20150022482Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for processing multiple touches on a display of a touch screen device. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for processing multiple touches on a display of a touch screen device includes detecting a touch to a location of a touch screen display of a computing device. The method also includes determining (1) whether or not the detected touch has occurred within a pre-determined period of time from a previously detected touch to the touch screen display (2) at a location proximate to the location of the detected touch and (3) at a time when a refreshing of a user interface of the computing device lags beyond a threshold the detection of the touch. If so, the detected touch is disregarded.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Francesco C. Schembari, Christina L. Wetli
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Publication number: 20140325053Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for initiating actions among devices are described. A relative position of at least one device to at least one other device is determined, and one or more rules specifying at least one action to initiate based at least in part on the relative position of the at least one device to the at least one other device are obtained. The one or more rules can differ based on the relative position of the devices. The at least one action is initiated using a processor of the at least one device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Trudy Leigh HEWITT, Christina L. Wetli, Francesco Carmine Schembari