Patents by Inventor Sheena Lewis

Sheena Lewis 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).

  • System and method for handling telephone interruptions
    Patent number: 8537976
    Abstract: A system and method for handling telephone call interruptions from a common telephone number or common user that provides the user with intelligent options to efficiently manage the interruption. The system is particularly efficient in handling interruptions that involve voicemail messages. The system identifies matches of outgoing calls to and incoming calls from common numbers and/or users and presents various options to the user to handle the call. These options include allowing the user to cancel or delete voicemail messages that are in progress while simultaneously accepting the incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sheena Lewis, Kenya Freeman Oduor, Philippa Mignon Rhodes, Ellen J. Yoffa
  • Inappropriate content detection method for senders
    Patent number: 8473443
    Abstract: Content detection for senders reviews and compares content for sending to one or more profile parameters of a recipient. The one or more profile parameters describe the characteristics of the recipient. Portions of the content determined to be inappropriate or offensive to the recipient based on the recipient's profile parameters are tagged and the sender is alerted. Alternative suggestions to replace those portions in the content may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sheena Lewis, Peter K. Malkin, Kenya F. Oduor, Philippa M. Rhodes
  • Assistant for manually proofreading text documents
    Patent number: 8136037
    Abstract: A text document is parsed and re-ordered according to user-defined rules. The reordered text document is then presented to the user, thus requiring the user to read each section of the text document in a stand-alone manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Beth Marie Adams, Sheena Lewis, Kenya Freeman Oduor, Philippa Mignon Rhodes
  • System and Method for Handling Telephone Interruptions
    Publication number: 20110194678
    Abstract: A system and method for handling telephone call interruptions from a common telephone number or common user that provides the user with intelligent options to efficiently manage the interruption. The system is particularly efficient in handling interruptions that involve voicemail messages. The system identifies matches of outgoing calls to and incoming calls from common numbers and/or users and presents various options to the user to handle the call. These options include allowing the user to cancel or delete voicemail messages that are in progress while simultaneously accepting the incoming call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
    Inventors: Sheena Lewis, Kenya F. Oduor, Philippa M. Rhodes, Ellen J. Yoffa
  • INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT DETECTION METHOD FOR SENDERS
    Publication number: 20100268682
    Abstract: Content detection for senders reviews and compares content for sending to one or more profile parameters of a recipient. The one or more profile parameters describe the characteristics of the recipient. Portions of the content determined to be inappropriate or offensive to the recipient based on the recipient's profile parameters are tagged and the sender is alerted. Alternative suggestions to replace those portions in the content may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sheena Lewis, Peter K. Malkin, Kenya F. Oduor, Philippa M. Rhodes
  • ASSISTANT FOR MANUALLY PROOFREADING TEXT DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20100017707
    Abstract: A text document is parsed and re-ordered according to user-defined rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: BETH MARIE ADAMS, SHEENA LEWIS, KENYA FREEMAN ODUOR, PHILIPPA MIGNON RHODES