Patents by Inventor Laura Janet Rodriguez
Laura Janet Rodriguez 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: 11769015Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programming products for alleviating ambiguity amongst the terms and language displayed by the user interface of software products and services. The disclosed solutions catalog terms displayed by the UI of software and services and identify where overlapping terms with the same or substantially similar term names are presented by the UI but have different meanings than the software most familiar to the user. Natural language processing is leveraged to derive meanings of software terms using the context of the surrounding words and text elements within the UI, as well as product documentation, error messages, sentiment and other textual clues. Ambiguity among overlapping terms is alleviated by modifying the UI, highlighting differences in term definitions from the software or services a user is most familiar with using, and updating the UI in a manner that differentiates the overlapping terms displayed by accessed products or services.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Amy Travis, Laura Janet Rodriguez, Sara Beth Weber, Brittany Bogle, Smriti Talwar, Brent Alan Miller
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Publication number: 20230169734Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product enhance user interaction with a virtual or augmented environment. The method includes obtaining a user profile. The user profile includes a constraint of a user. The method also includes identifying a plurality of objects in the augmented reality environment. In addition, the method includes determining an intent of the user with respect to navigating the augmented reality environment. The method further includes calculating a probability of interaction between the user and an identified object based on the intent. Lastly, the method includes generating an enhancement threshold for each of the identified objects based on the probability of interaction and the constraint of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Lincoln A Alexander, Laura Janet Rodriguez, Robert E. Loredo, Jaclyn Wakin, Hemant Kumar Sivaswamy
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Patent number: 11663781Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product enhance user interaction with a virtual or augmented environment. The method includes obtaining a user profile. The user profile includes a constraint of a user. The method also includes identifying a plurality of objects in the augmented reality environment. In addition, the method includes determining an intent of the user with respect to navigating the augmented reality environment. The method further includes calculating a probability of interaction between the user and an identified object based on the intent. Lastly, the method includes generating an enhancement threshold for each of the identified objects based on the probability of interaction and the constraint of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Lincoln A Alexander, Laura Janet Rodriguez, Robert E. Loredo, Jaclyn Wakin, Hemant Kumar Sivaswamy
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Publication number: 20220318510Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programming products for alleviating ambiguity amongst the terms and language displayed by the user interface of software products and services. The disclosed solutions catalog terms displayed by the UI of software and services and identify where overlapping terms with the same or substantially similar term names are presented by the UI but have different meanings than the software most familiar to the user. Natural language processing is leveraged to derive meanings of software terms using the context of the surrounding words and text elements within the UI, as well as product documentation, error messages, sentiment and other textual clues. Ambiguity among overlapping terms is alleviated by modifying the UI, highlighting differences in term definitions from the software or services a user is most familiar with using, and updating the UI in a manner that differentiates the overlapping terms displayed by accessed products or services.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Amy Travis, Laura Janet Rodriguez, Sara Beth Weber, Brittany Bogle, Smriti Talwar, Brent Alan Miller
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Patent number: 11366818Abstract: Techniques for content augmentation and assist are provided. A textual conversation between a first user and a plurality of recipients is analyzed to determine a first intent of the first user. A set of relationships is determined between the first user and the plurality of recipients, and a set of historical intents corresponding to each of the plurality of recipients is evaluated to identify similar intents to the first intent. A plurality of predefined messages is identified based on one or more similar intents that overlap between two or more of the plurality of recipients. A first predefined message is selected, from the plurality of predefined messages, based on the first intent and the determined set of relationships, and suggested content is provided based on the first predefined message.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O Allen, Laura Janet Rodriguez, Stephanie Huston
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Publication number: 20210157817Abstract: Techniques for content augmentation and assist are provided. A textual conversation between a first user and a plurality of recipients is analyzed to determine a first intent of the first user. A set of relationships is determined between the first user and the plurality of recipients, and a set of historical intents corresponding to each of the plurality of recipients is evaluated to identify similar intents to the first intent. A plurality of predefined messages is identified based on one or more similar intents that overlap between two or more of the plurality of recipients. A first predefined message is selected, from the plurality of predefined messages, based on the first intent and the determined set of relationships, and suggested content is provided based on the first predefined message.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Corville O ALLEN, Laura Janet RODRIGUEZ, Stephanie HUSTON
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Patent number: 10841116Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for storing and retrieving meeting and presentation effectiveness data. The effectiveness data for material associated with the meeting or presentation is collected, and the effectiveness data is stored as feedback metadata in a file with the material. The feedback metadata comprises an updateable and searchable record of the effectiveness data for the material, thereby allowing a user to search the material based on the effectiveness data as well as its content.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jennifer Heins, Marshall Lamb, Laura Janet Rodriguez
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Patent number: 10834029Abstract: In automatically modifying message signatures, a system extract message content from the message text from a sender to a recipient. Using at least the message content, the system determines: a relationship context capturing a nature of the relationship between the sender and the recipient, a temporal context capturing temporal features of the message content, a historical context capturing a nature of electronic interactions between the sender and the recipient over time, and a tone category capturing a primary tone and strength of the primary tone of the message content. The system selects a signature template associated with contextual data that includes the relationship, temporal, and historical contexts and the tone category. The signature template includes a set of sections where a signature is modified by inserting section values associated with the contextual data into the set of sections. The modified signature is inserted into the message text.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Laura Janet Rodriguez, Stephanie Huston, Corville O. Allen
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Publication number: 20200244606Abstract: In automatically modifying message signatures, a system extract message content from the message text from a sender to a recipient. Using at least the message content, the system determines: a relationship context capturing a nature of the relationship between the sender and the recipient, a temporal context capturing temporal features of the message content, a historical context capturing a nature of electronic interactions between the sender and the recipient over time, and a tone category capturing a primary tone and strength of the primary tone of the message content. The system selects a signature template associated with contextual data that includes the relationship, temporal, and historical contexts and the tone category. The signature template includes a set of sections where a signature is modified by inserting section values associated with the contextual data into the set of sections. The modified signature is inserted into the message text.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Laura Janet RODRIGUEZ, Stephanie HUSTON, Corville O. ALLEN
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Publication number: 20200036547Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for storing and retrieving meeting and presentation effectiveness data. The effectiveness data for material associated with the meeting or presentation is collected, and the effectiveness data is stored as feedback metadata in a file with the material. The feedback metadata comprises an updateable and searchable record of the effectiveness data for the material, thereby allowing a user to search the material based on the effectiveness data as well as its content.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Jennifer Heins, Marshall Lamb, Laura Janet Rodriguez