Patents by Inventor Patrick A. Wagstrom
Patrick A. Wagstrom 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: 11227022Abstract: In an approach to personalizing a news feed, a computing device monitors a user accessing content. The computing device determines a personal knowledge graph for the user based on the accessed content. Responsive to receiving a new piece of content that the user has not accessed, the computing device determines a novelty score for the new piece of content based on the personal knowledge graph. The computing device filters the new piece of content based on the novelty score.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John P. Bufe, III, Donna K. Byron, Patrick A. Wagstrom, Timothy P. Winkler
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Patent number: 11175935Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for a path-sensitive contextual help system. In some embodiments, user actions are obtained from a user session of a user. A concrete user action trace is captured using the obtained user actions, wherein the concrete user action trace is a subset of user actions from the user session. An abstract user action trace is generated using the concrete user action trace. A help action corresponding to the abstract user action trace is identified and, in some embodiments, is presented to the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Evelyn Duesterwald, John C. Thomas, Patrick A. Wagstrom
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Publication number: 20200150986Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for a path-sensitive contextual help system. In some embodiments, user actions are obtained from a user session of a user. A concrete user action trace is captured using the obtained user actions, wherein the concrete user action trace is a subset of user actions from the user session. An abstract user action trace is generated using the concrete user action trace. A help action corresponding to the abstract user action trace is identified and, in some embodiments, is presented to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Evelyn Duesterwald, John C. Thomas, Patrick A. Wagstrom
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Publication number: 20200125614Abstract: In an approach to personalizing a news feed, a computing device monitors a user accessing content. The computing device determines a personal knowledge graph for the user based on the accessed content. Responsive to receiving a new piece of content that the user has not accessed, the computing device determines a novelty score for the new piece of content based on the personal knowledge graph. The computing device filters the new piece of content based on the novelty score.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: John P. Bufe, III, Donna K. Byron, Patrick A. Wagstrom, Timothy P. Winkler
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Patent number: 10579400Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for a path-sensitive contextual help system. In some embodiments, user actions are obtained from a user session of a user. A concrete user action trace is captured using the obtained user actions, wherein the concrete user action trace is a subset of user actions from the user session. An abstract user action trace is generated using the concrete user action trace. A help action corresponding to the abstract user action trace is identified and, in some embodiments, is presented to the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Evelyn Duesterwald, John C. Thomas, Patrick A. Wagstrom
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Patent number: 10546028Abstract: In an approach to personalizing a news feed, a computing device monitors a user accessing content. The computing device determines a personal knowledge graph for the user based on the accessed content. Responsive to receiving a new piece of content that the user has not accessed, the computing device determines a novelty score for the new piece of content based on the personal knowledge graph. The computing device filters the new piece of content based on the novelty score.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John P. Bufe, III, Donna K. Byron, Patrick A. Wagstrom, Timothy P. Winkler
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Publication number: 20180136949Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for a path-sensitive contextual help system. In some embodiments, user actions are obtained from a user session of a user. A concrete user action trace is captured using the obtained user actions, wherein the concrete user action trace is a subset of user actions from the user session. An abstract user action trace is generated using the concrete user action trace. A help action corresponding to the abstract user action trace is identified and, in some embodiments, is presented to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Evelyn Duesterwald, John C. Thomas, Patrick A. Wagstrom
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Publication number: 20170221105Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes identifying an electronically accessible article. A prospective access profile includes context information. The computer-implemented method further includes identifying, based on the context information, a target headline score range. The computer-implemented method further includes extracting an entity relationship graph from the article, identifying core entities, defining a subgraph, and expanding the subgraph by adding related entities, and selecting a headline template based on the subgraph. The computer-implemented method further includes filling the headline template to yield a headline, based on transforming at least one entity of the subgraph to place the headline within the target headline score range. The computer-implemented method further includes presenting the headline to the prospective access profile, monitoring access to the article to yield an access result, and feeding back information to the said prospective access profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2016Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: John P. Bufe, III, Donna K. Byron, Patrick A. Wagstrom, Timothy P. Winkler
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Publication number: 20170140052Abstract: In an approach to personalizing a news feed, a computing device monitors a user accessing content. The computing device determines a personal knowledge graph for the user based on the accessed content. Responsive to receiving a new piece of content that the user has not accessed, the computing device determines a novelty score for the new piece of content based on the personal knowledge graph. The computing device filters the new piece of content based on the novelty score.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: John P. Bufe, III, Donna K. Byron, Patrick A. Wagstrom, Timothy P. Winkler
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Publication number: 20150363722Abstract: Scheduling a given event, in one aspect, may include obtaining a set of one or more business rules, obtaining analytics, and obtaining an event specification. The event specification may include at least one content specification and two or more transmission modes. The event may be scheduled based on the event specification, the analytics and the business rules. The scheduling may be indicated by a tuple comprising event content, one or more communication modes selected from the two or more transmission modes, and timing of the scheduled event.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Peter K. Malkin, Jacquelyn A. Martino, Paul M. Matchen, Patrick A. Wagstrom
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Patent number: 9141942Abstract: Scheduling a given event, in one aspect, may include obtaining a set of one or more business rules, obtaining analytics, and obtaining an event specification. The event specification may include at least one content specification and two or more transmission modes. The event may be scheduled based on the event specification, the analytics and the business rules. The scheduling may be indicated by a tuple comprising event content, one or more communication modes selected from the two or more transmission modes, and timing of the scheduled event.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Peter K. Malkin, Jacquelyn A. Martino, Paul M. Matchen, Patrick Wagstrom
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Patent number: 8881028Abstract: Reverse metadata viewing by multiple parties, in one aspect, determines one or more second users that share one or more concerns of the first user, enable the first user to select said one or more second users. One or more concerns of said selected one or more second users are determined based on metadata information in electronic artifacts associated with said selected one or more second users. The first user is enabled to explore said one or more concerns of said selected one or more second users.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tamir Klinger, Jacquelyn A. Martino, Paul M. Matchen, Peri L. Tarr, Patrick Wagstrom, Clay E. Williams
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Patent number: 8826166Abstract: A method for evaluating the requirements of a task with the capabilities of an entity includes generating a first visual representation, creating a mask based on the first visual representation, applying the mask to a second visual representation, and generating a third visual representation conveying which task requirements the entity is capable of satisfying. The first visual representation includes the requirements of the task, the second visual representation includes the capabilities of the entity, and the third visual representation is generated based on the application of the mask to the second visual representation.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jacquelyn A. Martino, Juerg Von Kaenel, Patrick A. Wagstrom
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Publication number: 20140067450Abstract: Scheduling a given event, in one aspect, may include obtaining a set of one or more business rules, obtaining analytics, and obtaining an event specification. The event specification may include at least one content specification and two or more transmission modes. The event may be scheduled based on the event specification, the analytics and the business rules. The scheduling may be indicated by a tuple comprising event content, one or more communication modes selected from the two or more transmission modes, and timing of the scheduled event.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Peter K. Malkin, Jacquelyn A. Martino, Paul M. Matchen, Patrick A. Wagstrom
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Publication number: 20140067449Abstract: Scheduling a given event, in one aspect, may include obtaining a set of one or more business rules, obtaining analytics, and obtaining an event specification. The event specification may include at least one content specification and two or more transmission modes. The event may be scheduled based on the event specification, the analytics and the business rules. The scheduling may be indicated by a tuple comprising event content, one or more communication modes selected from the two or more transmission modes, and timing of the scheduled event.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Peter K. Malkin, Jacquelyn A. Martino, Paul M. Matchen, Patrick A. Wagstrom
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Publication number: 20130145285Abstract: Reverse metadata viewing by multiple parties, in one aspect, determines one or more second users that share one or more concerns of the first user, enable the first user to select said one or more second users. One or more concerns of said selected one or more second users are determined based on metadata information in electronic artifacts associated with said selected one or more second users. The first user is enabled to explore said one or more concerns of said selected one or more second users.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Tamir Klinger, Jacquelyn A. Martino, Paul M. Matchen, Peri L. Tarr, Patrick Wagstrom, Clay E. Williams
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Publication number: 20120131489Abstract: A method for evaluating the requirements of a task with the capabilities of an entity includes generating a first visual representation, creating a mask based on the first visual representation, applying the mask to a second visual representation, and generating a third visual representation conveying which task requirements the entity is capable of satisfying. The first visual representation includes the requirements of the task, the second visual representation includes the capabilities of the entity, and the third visual representation is generated based on the application of the mask to the second visual representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jacquelyn A. Martino, Juerg Von Kaenel, Patrick A. Wagstrom