Patents by Inventor Stacy M. Cannon
Stacy M. Cannon 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: 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: 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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Publication number: 20190258957Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Kelley L. Anders, Stacy M. Cannon, Trudy L. Hewitt, Meenakshi Nagarajan
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Patent number: 10373076Abstract: 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: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Stacy M. Cannon, Trudy L. Hewitt, Meenakshi Nagarajan
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Publication number: 20190042556Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Kelley L. Anders, Paul R. Bastide, Stacy M. Cannon, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Patent number: 10169548Abstract: A method to obfuscate images is provided. The method may include a monitoring engine determining which images and regions of images need to be obfuscated. The method may also include an obfuscation engine determining the proper obfuscation processes in order to optimally obfuscate an image. The method may further include obfuscating the regions of the image based on the determined proper obfuscation processes. The method may also include marking the regions with an identifier representing the obfuscation process used. The method may also include using the identifiers in order to then de-obfuscate the image without a loss of image quality.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kelley L. Anders, Paul R. Bastide, Stacy M. Cannon, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Publication number: 20180060542Abstract: A method to obfuscate images is provided. The method may include a monitoring engine determining which images and regions of images need to be obfuscated. The method may also include an obfuscation engine determining the proper obfuscation processes in order to optimally obfuscate an image. The method may further include obfuscating the regions of the image based on the determined proper obfuscation processes. The method may also include marking the regions with an identifier representing the obfuscation process used. The method may also include using the identifiers in order to then de-obfuscate the image without a loss of image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Kelley L. Anders, Paul R. Bastide, Stacy M. Cannon, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Publication number: 20180063198Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Kelley L. Anders, Stacy M. Cannon, Trudy L. Hewitt, Meenakshi Nagarajan
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Publication number: 20180060605Abstract: A method to obfuscate images is provided. The method may include a monitoring engine determining which images and regions of images need to be obfuscated. The method may also include an obfuscation engine determining the proper obfuscation processes in order to optimally obfuscate an image. The method may further include obfuscating the regions of the image based on the determined proper obfuscation processes. The method may also include marking the regions with an identifier representing the obfuscation process used. The method may also include using the identifiers in order to then de-obfuscate the image without a loss of image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Kelley L. Anders, Paul R. Bastide, Stacy M. Cannon, Trudy L. Hewitt