Patents by Inventor Tania Ezra

Tania Ezra 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).

  • Haptic notification system with rules for notification that can be altered to increase effectiveness
    Patent number: 9947187
    Abstract: A system, method and program product for delivering haptic notifications to a user. A system is disclosed having: a plurality of wearable devices adapted to be worn on different parts of a user, wherein each wearable device is adapted to output a configurable haptic notification to the user; a host device that coordinates with at least two wearable devices to output a scheme of haptic notifications based on an associated rule in response to a detected event; and a learning system that analyzes feedback from the user to determine an efficacy of the scheme and causes the associated rule to be altered in response to the scheme being deemed ineffective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Sean Brown, Tania Ezra, Stefan Harrer, Christopher J. Pavlovski, Laurence J. Plant
  • ENHANCED HAPTIC NOTIFICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170200353
    Abstract: A system, method and program product for delivering haptic notifications to a user. A system is disclosed having: a plurality of wearable devices adapted to be worn on different parts of a user, wherein each wearable device is adapted to output a configurable haptic notification to the user; a host device that coordinates with at least two wearable devices to output a scheme of haptic notifications based on an associated rule in response to a detected event; and a learning system that analyzes feedback from the user to determine an efficacy of the scheme and causes the associated rule to be altered in response to the scheme being deemed ineffective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Sean Brown, Tania Ezra, Stefan Harrer, Christopher J. Pavlovski, Laurence J. Plant