Patents by Inventor Kelley L. ANDERS
Kelley L. ANDERS 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: 11620353Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for indicating a hyperlink record is provided. The present invention may include receiving a hyperlink. The present invention may also include searching a data structure including a repository of a plurality of hyperlinks stored in at least one user system, where each hyperlink in the repository of the plurality of hyperlinks includes a hyperlink record having at least one reference to the at least one user system. The present invention may then include identifying a record of the received hyperlink in the searched data structure. The present invention may further include, in response to identifying the record of the received hyperlink within the searched data structure, modifying the received hyperlink to indicate the at least one reference to the at least one user system.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Christian B. Compton, Jeremy R. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Patent number: 11175716Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for tracking scheduled and unscheduled tasks of devices in case of an electrical power outage is provided. The method includes providing a hub connected to an electrically powered device, where the hub is powered by an uninterruptible power source. The method further includes continually recording data regarding the operational state of the electrically powered device using one or more sensors attached to the electrically powered device. The method further includes tracking progress of tasks associated with the electrically powered device, based on the continual recording of data regarding the operational state of the electrically powered device. The method further includes, upon detecting a power outage followed by a restore of power, identifying an expected activity to resume a task associated with the electrically powered device, based on the tracked progress of the task prior to the power outage.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Jonathan Dunne, Jeremy R. Fox, Liam S. Harpur
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Patent number: 11178098Abstract: Systems and methods for communication inversion for online communities are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: detecting, by a computing device, that an online community has a low vitality; determining, by the computing device and based on the detecting that the online community has a low vitality, a related community is associated with the online community; detecting, by the computing device, a participant communication within the related community; and redirecting, by the computing device, the participant communication to the online community.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Paul R. Bastide, Jonathan Dunne, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Patent number: 11093858Abstract: A set of components is computed from performing NLP on a question in an input. An actual answer is computed corresponding to the question by a cognitive system. the actual answer corresponds to an actual subset of the set of components, and an expected answer corresponds to an expected subset of the subset of components. The actual answer is mapped to an actual category in a hierarchy of answer categories. A distance between the expected answer and the actual answer is computed where the distance is a function of a path in the hierarchy from the actual category to the expected category, and a degree of correctness of the actual answer is another function of the distance. A self-learning operation in the cognitive system causes a revised actual answer on the question being at a shorter distance from the expected answer.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Paul K. Bullis, Geoffrey M. Hambrick
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Patent number: 11093859Abstract: A set of components is computed from performing NLP on a question in an input. An actual answer is computed corresponding to the question by a cognitive system. the actual answer corresponds to an actual subset of the set of components, and an expected answer corresponds to an expected subset of the subset of components. The actual answer is mapped to an actual category in a hierarchy of answer categories. A distance between the expected answer and the actual answer is computed where the distance is a function of a path in the hierarchy from the actual category to the expected category, and a degree of correctness of the actual answer is another function of the distance. A self-learning operation in the cognitive system causes a revised actual answer on the question being at a shorter distance from the expected answer.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Paul K. Bullis, Geoffrey M. Hambrick
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Patent number: 11074395Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic contribution mapping of digital works are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method, comprises: capturing, by a computing device, an IP address of a user signing into a content management system through a user computer device; determining, by the computing device, that the IP address of the user does or does not match existing user profile data in a user profile database; determining, by the computing device, that the user is modifying a portion of a digital work; determining, by the computing device, an engagement context of the user's modification of the digital work using natural language processing; determining, by the computing device, an engagement type of the user based on the engagement context; and mapping, by the computing device, the user profile data of the user and the engagement type with the portion of the digital work.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Robert H. Grant, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Patent number: 11047690Abstract: A method and system for automatically detecting a location is provided. The method includes receiving by a vehicle, data describing a specified geographical area of a collapsed structure. A received control signal enables control of the vehicle such that the vehicle initiates motion and navigates in a specified direction towards the specified geographical area and upon arriving at the specified geographical area, a size and a magnitude of the collapsed structure is determined via sensors of the vehicle. A center location of the collapsed structure is determined and the vehicle hovers above the center location. Geographical coordinates of the location above the center location are transmitted to a search and rescue system and the center location is scanned via ground penetrating radar. Open spaces within the collapsed structure are determined and scanned to locate living entities within the open spaces.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Jeremy R. Fox, Grant D. Miller
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Patent number: 11019019Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system includes a processor(s) obtaining a hashtag and analyzing the hashtag to identify components comprising the hashtag. The processor(s) generate sub-hashtags, where each of the sub-hashtags includes at least one component. The processor(s) obtain, over an Internet connection, via a user interface of a social media platform displayed on a first computing resource, an entry by a user comprising text and the hashtag. The processor(s) obtains from a second computing resource, a request from a second user to access the entry that includes parameters of the second user on the platform. The processor(s) determine that a sub-hashtag is most relevant to the second user. The processor(s) configure instructions to display a customized entry, where the customized entry includes the text and the relevant sub-hashtag for the second user. The processor(s) instruct the second computing resource to display the customized entry in its user interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Jonathan Dunne, Robert H. Grant, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Patent number: 10834089Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic filtering of content posted to a social network are disclosed. In aspects, a method of the system includes generating, by a computing device, a user profile list for a user of a social network, the user profile list including data regarding the user's preferences with respect to undesirable content; monitoring, by the computing device, a content post on the social network to determine if the content post includes the undesirable content, the content post being displayed to the user through a social network interface; determining, by the computing device, that the content post includes the undesirable content; and effecting a change in the display of the content post in accordance with one or more predetermined display rules based on the determining that the content post includes the undesirable content.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Stacy M. Cannon, Trudy L. Hewitt, Meenakshi Nagarajan
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Patent number: 10726268Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method include a wireless network hub configured to forward received sensor readings to a sensor analysis system. One or more sensor units coupled to the wireless network hub and affixed to a structure are configured to wirelessly transmit data to the wireless network hub at a first time frequency, and, in response to a detected danger to the structure, wirelessly transmit sensor readings to the wireless network hub at a second time frequency greater than the first time frequency.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Jeremy R. Fox, Grant D. Miller
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Patent number: 10657327Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for clarifying homophone usage in natural language content. The mechanisms analyze natural language content to identify a homophone instance in the natural language content, the homophone instance being a first term having a first definition and a first pronunciation for which there is a second term having the first pronunciation and a second definition different from the first definition. The mechanisms, in response to identifying the homophone instance, analyze the natural language content to identify a third term that is a synonym for the second term. The third term has a third definition that is nearly the same as the second definition. The mechanisms, in response to the natural language content comprising the third term, perform a clarifying operation to modify the natural language content to clarify the homophone instance and generate a modified natural language content.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Paul R. Bastide, Stacy M. Cannon, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Patent number: 10606937Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic contribution mapping of digital works are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method, comprises: capturing, by a computing device, an IP address of a user signing into a content management system through a user computer device; determining, by the computing device, that the IP address of the user does or does not match existing user profile data in a user profile database; determining, by the computing device, that the user is modifying a portion of a digital work; determining, by the computing device, an engagement context of the user's modification of the digital work using natural language processing; determining, by the computing device, an engagement type of the user based on the engagement context; and mapping, by the computing device, the user profile data of the user and the engagement type with the portion of the digital work.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Robert H. Grant, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Publication number: 20200099650Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system includes a processor(s) obtaining a hashtag and analyzing the hashtag to identify components comprising the hashtag. The processor(s) generate sub-hashtags, where each of the sub-hashtags includes at least one component. The processor(s) obtain, over an Internet connection, via a user interface of a social media platform displayed on a first computing resource, an entry by a user comprising text and the hashtag. The processor(s) obtains from a second computing resource, a request from a second user to access the entry that includes parameters of the second user on the platform. The processor(s) determine that a sub-hashtag is most relevant to the second user. The processor(s) configure instructions to display a customized entry, where the customized entry includes the text and the relevant sub-hashtag for the second user. The processor(s) instruct the second computing resource to display the customized entry in its user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Kelley L. Anders, Jonathan Dunne, Robert H. Grant, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Publication number: 20200072614Abstract: A method and system for automatically detecting a location is provided. The method includes receiving by a vehicle, data describing a specified geographical area of a collapsed structure. A received control signal enables control of the vehicle such that the vehicle initiates motion and navigates in a specified direction towards the specified geographical area and upon arriving at the specified geographical area, a size and a magnitude of the collapsed structure is determined via sensors of the vehicle. A center location of the collapsed structure is determined and the vehicle hovers above the center location. Geographical coordinates of the location above the center location are transmitted to a search and rescue system and the center location is scanned via ground penetrating radar. Open spaces within the collapsed structure are determined and scanned to locate living entities within the open spaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Kelley L. Anders, Jeremy R. Fox, Grant D. Miller
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Patent number: 10554613Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system includes a processor(s) obtaining a hashtag and analyzing the hashtag to identify components comprising the hashtag. The processor(s) generate sub-hashtags, where each of the sub-hashtags includes at least one component. The processor(s) obtain, over an Internet connection, via a user interface of a social media platform displayed on a first computing resource, an entry by a user comprising text and the hashtag. The processor(s) obtains from a second computing resource, a request from a second user to access the entry that includes parameters of the second user on the platform. The processor(s) determine that a sub-hashtag is most relevant to the second user. The processor(s) configure instructions to display a customized entry, where the customized entry includes the text and the relevant sub-hashtag for the second user. The processor(s) instruct the second computing resource to display the customized entry in its user interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Jonathan Dunne, Robert H. Grant, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Publication number: 20200034893Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for recommending a media content is provided. The present invention may include detecting a user post on a social network platform. The present invention may also include extracting a tag from the user post, wherein the extracted tag is representative of a topic in the user post. The present invention may then include identifying a data content in a repository related to the extracted tag. The present invention may include sending the identified data content to a user for inclusion in the user post upon a user approval. The present invention may include, in response to receiving the user approval, modifying the user post by appending the identified data content to the user post. The present invention may then include transmitting the modified user post to the social network platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Kelley L. Anders, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Jeremy R. Fox, Jeremy A. Greenberger
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Patent number: 10533858Abstract: A method and system for automatically detecting a location is provided. The method includes receiving by a vehicle, data describing a specified geographical area of a collapsed structure. A received control signal enables control of the vehicle such that the vehicle initiates motion and navigates in a specified direction towards the specified geographical area and upon arriving at the specified geographical area, a size and a magnitude of the collapsed structure is determined via sensors of the vehicle. A center location of the collapsed structure is determined and the vehicle hovers above the center location. Geographical coordinates of the location above the center location are transmitted to a search and rescue system and the center location is scanned via ground penetrating radar. Open spaces within the collapsed structure are determined and scanned to locate living entities within the open spaces.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Jeremy R. Fox, Grant D. Miller
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Publication number: 20200005043Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method include a wireless network hub configured to forward received sensor readings to a sensor analysis system. One or more sensor units coupled to the wireless network hub and affixed to a structure are configured to wirelessly transmit data to the wireless network hub at a first time frequency, and, in response to a detected danger to the structure, wirelessly transmit sensor readings to the wireless network hub at a second time frequency greater than the first time frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Kelley L. Anders, Jeremy R. Fox, Grant D. Miller
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Publication number: 20190392029Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic contribution mapping of digital works are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method, comprises: capturing, by a computing device, an IP address of a user signing into a content management system through a user computer device; determining, by the computing device, that the IP address of the user does or does not match existing user profile data in a user profile database; determining, by the computing device, that the user is modifying a portion of a digital work; determining, by the computing device, an engagement context of the user's modification of the digital work using natural language processing; determining, by the computing device, an engagement type of the user based on the engagement context; and mapping, by the computing device, the user profile data of the user and the engagement type with the portion of the digital work.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Kelley L. ANDERS, Robert H. GRANT, Trudy L. HEWITT
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Publication number: 20190377829Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for indicating a hyperlink record is provided. The present invention may include receiving a hyperlink. The present invention may also include searching a data structure including a repository of a plurality of hyperlinks stored in at least one user system, where each hyperlink in the repository of the plurality of hyperlinks includes a hyperlink record having at least one reference to the at least one user system. The present invention may then include identifying a record of the received hyperlink in the searched data structure. The present invention may further include, in response to identifying the record of the received hyperlink within the searched data structure, modifying the received hyperlink to indicate the at least one reference to the at least one user system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Kelley L. Anders, Christian B. Compton, Jeremy R. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt