Patents by Inventor Lisa Seacat DeLuca

Lisa Seacat DeLuca 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).

  • Publication number: 20220198363
    Abstract: A set of standards to be used in a compatibility verification of one or more digital twin resources is received. A first digital twin resource added to a digital twin marketplace is analyzed. In response to determining that the first digital twin resource is not compatible with at least one standard in the set of standards based on the analysis, a non-compatibility badge associated with the first digital twin resource is displayed in a generated user interface associated with the digital twin marketplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Filipe Avelino Correa
  • Publication number: 20220197319
    Abstract: A method can include obtaining a set of images of a set of occupants located in an interior environment. The interior environment can have a first temperature. The method can include identifying, based on the set of images, a set of occupant characteristics corresponding to the set of occupants. The method can include obtaining a second temperature of an external environment. The method can include generating, by comparing the set of occupant characteristics to the second temperature, a discrepancy factor. The method can include determining that the discrepancy factor exceeds a threshold. The method can include initiating, in response to the determining that the discrepancy factor exceeds the threshold, a modification of the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Lisa Seacat DeLuca
  • Publication number: 20220188440
    Abstract: A computer system controls access to data. A request is received from an entity to access data comprising a primary data object corresponding to a physical item. One or more secondary data objects included in the primary data object are identified, wherein the one or more secondary data objects correspond to physical components of the physical item. Access requirements for the primary data object and the one or more secondary data objects are determined. In response to determining that the access requirements are satisfied by the entity, the entity is granted access to the data comprising the primary data object and the one or more secondary data objects. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for controlling access to data in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Joseph G. Berti
  • Publication number: 20220189646
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and system for managing a sensor area network. An embodiment may include, in response to receiving a geofence trigger event from an Internet of Things device, determining whether to add the Internet of Things device to a sensor area network of Internet of Things devices within a geofence area based on a validation technique. An embodiment may include, in response to determining to add the Internet of Things device, updating the sensor area network with information associated with the Internet of Things device. An embodiment may include enabling sharing of information within the sensor area network between member devices of the sensor area network and the Internet of Things device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, David Jaramillo
  • Patent number: 11354615
    Abstract: Managing digital workflows based on events involving digital representations of physical assets in enterprise asset management (EAM) systems. Events are detected and workflows are generated based on information in the digital representations and one or more digital libraries having resources for the digital representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph G. Berti, Lisa Seacat DeLuca
  • Patent number: 11348120
    Abstract: Managing digital asset representation of physical assets upon transfer of ownership of the physical asset and its digital representation, for example a digital twin. Detecting a change-of-ownership event prompts a new owner to cause generation of a new digital agreement based on the original digital agreement subject to any desired modifications. A new digital twin and a new digital agreement are generated. Data may be written to a blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph G. Berti, Lisa Seacat DeLuca
  • Patent number: 11348062
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing delivery recommendation options for an E-commerce transaction. The method includes obtaining delivery data of previous orders purchased by a user from a plurality of E-commerce retailers. The method updates a user delivery profile of the user based on the delivery data of the previous orders purchased by the user from the plurality of E-commerce retailers. The method provides delivery recommendation options to the user during a checkout process of an order associated with the plurality of E-commerce retailers based on the user delivery profile and an estimated scheduled delivery. The delivery recommendation options include one or more trusted contacts of the user. The method receives a selection of a trusted contact from the delivery recommendation options. The method generates a shipping label addressed to the trusted contact. The shipping label includes an indication that the package is intended for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Hemant Kumar Sivaswamy
  • Patent number: 11341463
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for triggering a writing of a new block on a blockchain structure based on a completion of a work order using one or more Internet of Things (IoT) sensor readings is provided. The present invention may include addressing, by a service technician, an IoT event associated with a physical asset. The present invention may then include updating a digital twin associated with the physical asset based on the addressed IoT event. The present invention may further include automatically writing the new block associated with the addressed IoT event on the blockchain structure based on the updated digital twin associated with the physical asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Joseph G. Berti
  • Publication number: 20220156691
    Abstract: An intent to return a product from a recipient that includes information about the product is received. An optimal social media influencer is selected from a plurality of social media influencers, based on the product information and the location of the product recipient, and information and location associated with respective influencers of the plurality of social media influencers. An agreement document is sent to the selected optimal social media influencer, and the agreement includes terms for the influencer to provide a posting of an activity associated with the product on a social media platform. In response to receiving a response accepting the agreement document, delivery information that includes a destination associated with the selected social media influencer is generated, and the delivery information associated with the selected optimal social media influencer is sent to the recipient of the product from which a shipping label can be printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Jeremy R. Fox, Zachary A. Silverstein
  • Patent number: 11335335
    Abstract: A computer system performs an action on an object identified from a command. A command is analyzed to perform an action on a target object, wherein the command includes a term for the target object that refers to a plurality of different candidate objects. The target object is identified from the plurality of different candidate objects based on historical associations of the term with specific ones of the candidate objects, recent interactions with the different candidate objects, and a state of the candidate objects provided by network devices. The action is performed on the identified target object. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for performing an action on an object identified from a command in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Zachary A. Silverstein, Kelley Anders, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11334853
    Abstract: By analyzing a set of actions of a meeting attendee, a set of accommodation rules for the meeting attendee is determined. Responsive to determining, using a set of facility data, that a meeting request for the meeting attendee violates an accommodation rule in the set of accommodation rules, the meeting request is modified, the modified meeting request conforming to the set of accommodation rules. A meeting location and a meeting time are assigned according to the modified meeting request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Nadiya Kochura, Fang Lu
  • Patent number: 11334864
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for cognitive rewards recognition in a mobile wallet of a user. A cognitive rewards recognition software application installed in the mobile wallet for each purchase opportunity: determines payment options and associated rewards; determines cognitive factors linking and relating the user, the payment options, and the rewards to purchases; and generates a ranked list of the payment options in response to the cognitive factors, wherein the rewards are distributed between purchases to maximize benefits to the user in response to the related cognitive factors. The ranked list is presented for each purchase opportunity to the user on his mobile wallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Bloys, Michael J. Bordash, Lisa Seacat DeLuca
  • Publication number: 20220138634
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system, program product, and method for reserving one or more meeting rooms, and, more specifically, for reserving one or more meeting rooms based on a determination of meeting confidentiality levels and determined Internet of things (IoT) privacy levels associated with the one or more meeting rooms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob Thomas Covell, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Robert Huntington Grant, Zachary A. Silverstein
  • Patent number: 11321641
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing seat occupancy details of one or more passengers. The method includes receiving seat occupancy details of the one or more passengers associated with one or more seats, wherein the received seat occupancy details of the one or more passengers includes destination information of the one or more passengers. The method further includes retrieving a seating chart for a transit venue from a database, updating the seating chart for the transit venue based on the seat occupancy details of the one or more passengers, and displaying the seating chart, together with the seat occupancy details of the one or more passengers, on a computing device. The received seat occupancy details of the one or more passengers may be depicted on the seating chart by use of one or more distinct visualizations associated with the one or more seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Lisa Seacat DeLuca
  • Patent number: 11308454
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided. Details of a calendar item may be extracted. A conflict involving the calendar item and a second calendar item may be detected. Plural votes related to an importance of the calendar item may be received on behalf of a trusted crowd. When a vote is not received on behalf of a member of the trusted crowd within a certain time period, a prediction may be made regarding how the member of the trusted crowd would vote based on using machine learning to analyze a voting history of the member of the trusted crowd with respect to calendar items related to a subject of the calendar item. The predicted vote may be submitted on behalf of the member. One of the calendar item and the second calendar item may be altered based on a tally of the plural votes to resolve the conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Lisa Seacat DeLuca
  • Patent number: 11308949
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for voice assistant responses is provided. The present invention may include configuring a behavioral rule. The present invention may include receiving a verbal request from a user and comparing the received verbal request to the behavioral rule. The present invention may then include determining that the received verbal request does not comply with the behavioral rule. The present invention may lastly include providing a response to the user based on determining that the received verbal request does not comply with the behavioral rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Jeremy R. Fox, Kelley Anders
  • Patent number: 11308530
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated personalized customer service are disclosed. In embodiments, a method comprises: determining, by a computing device, at least one object from a plurality of objects within a venue matches a search query received from a user; assigning to the user, by the computing device, a select lighting type from a plurality of available lighting types, wherein the select lighting type is not available for the computing device to assign to other users while assigned to the user; providing, by the computing device, a notification to the user regarding the select lighting type; selecting, by the computing device, a target lighting device from a plurality of lighting devices within the venue, the target lighting device being associated with the at least one object; initiating, by the computing device, a first illumination event of the target lighting device based on the select lighting type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Clifford A. Pickover
  • Publication number: 20220114310
    Abstract: Technology for setting a policy for handling a computer-tracked physical asset (for example, a physical asset with a corresponding digital twin) based on policy(ies) for other computer-tracked physical assets that are subject to similar relevant environmental condition(s). Some embodiments use machine learning to refine the relationship between relevant environmental condition(s) and the choice of policy for the physical asset. Some possible types of policies are maintenance action policies and/or spare parts inventory policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph G. Berti, Lisa Seacat DeLuca
  • Patent number: 11301245
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for determining bias in an artificial intelligence/machine learning system. A plurality of users contributing to content of the source code base are identified. A plurality of user contributions are generated by determining each user contribution to the source code base by analyzing attributes of the content. The plurality of user contributions are mapped to respective profiles of the users. A determination is made as to whether categories of contribution defined for the source code base are met, based upon the mapping of the plurality of user contributions to respective profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Kelley Anders, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Publication number: 20220099534
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for generating test case requirements for testing an asset at a location using actual upcoming weather information. The method includes one or more processors receiving a set of usage parameters for an asset. The method further includes one or more processors a location from the received set of usage parameters. The method further includes one or more processors determining weather information that is associated with the identified location. The method further includes one or more processors generating a test case for the asset that includes one or more testing variables that test data in the determined weather information that is associated with the identified location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Schuyler Bruce Matthews