Patents by Inventor Thomas Reynolds

Thomas Reynolds 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: 20220308973
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises obtaining a physical location of a sensor on a device; determining that quality of data captured by the sensor physically located on the device is degraded based on a comparison of the captured data to a quality threshold; and, in response to determining that the quality of the data captured by the sensor is degraded, displaying a visual indicator on a display of the device. The visual indicator includes at least one non-textual component that directs a user to the physical location of the sensor on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Clement Decrop, Zachary A. Silverstein, Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Jacob Ryan Jepperson, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Publication number: 20220284634
    Abstract: A method for assessing a surrounding area for heat map generation includes determining a location of a user and receiving historical information for the location of the user. The method also includes identifying a plurality of items in a surrounding area of the user, where the surrounding area includes at least a line of sight of the user as captured by an augmented reality device associated with the user. Analyzing the surrounding area of the user based on the plurality of items and the historical information to produce a plurality of risk levels for the plurality of items, where each risk level from the plurality of risk levels is associated with each item. Responsive to receiving sensory data for the user, the method also includes generating a heat map for the surrounding area of the user and display the heat map to the user in the augmented reality device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Adam Lee Griffin, Shikhar Kwatra, Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11437038
    Abstract: Information recognition and restructuring includes analyzing electronic media content embedded in an electronic presentment structure presented to a user, and based on the analyzing, detecting portions of the electronic media content previously consumed by the user. The method includes modifying the electronic presentment structure, based on the detecting, to distinguish the electronic media content previously consumed by the user from other portions of the electronic media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jacob Ryan Jepperson, Zachary A. Silverstein, Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11431766
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for setting timers based on processing of communications using natural language processing. A communication is detected from a communicating participant transmitted within a group communication session implemented in a computer network in which the communicating participant is communicating with an additional participant through the group communication session. A natural language processor (NLP) module processes the detected communication to determine words comprising an expressed temporal commitment of the communicating participant. The expressed temporal commitment does not express a computer implemented command verb to perform an operation related to setting a time variable. A timer is set, in a computer user interface of the additional participant, to a time value based on the expressed temporal commitment in the detected communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jacob Ryan Jepperson, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11423583
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for mitigating the risks associated with handling items. The exemplary embodiments may include collecting data relating to one or more items, extracting one or more features from the collected data, determining one or more hazards based on the extracted one or more features and one or more models, and displaying the one or more hazards within an augmented reality device worn by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Adam Lee Griffin, Spencer Thomas Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20220241208
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in part, pharmaceutical compositions that comprise a spray dried dispersion which contains the disclosed compound, and optionally, pharmaceutical excipients. The pharmaceutical compositions of the disclosure may be used in the treatment of Hepatitis B (HBV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Lee D. ARNOLD, George Koan WONG, Kirk HENNE, James Francis HULVAT, Sanjay KONAGURTHU, Ian Scott MCINTOSH, Matthew David WESSEL, Thomas REYNOLDS, Richard J. COLONNO, Uri A. LOPATIN
  • Publication number: 20220217187
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for setting timers based on processing of communications using natural language processing. A communication is detected from a communicating participant transmitted within a group communication session implemented in a computer network in which the communicating participant is communicating with an additional participant through the group communication session. A natural language processor (NLP) module processes the detected communication to determine words comprising an expressed temporal commitment of the communicating participant. The expressed temporal commitment does not express a computer implemented command verb to perform an operation related to setting a time variable. A timer is set, in a computer user interface of the additional participant, to a time value based on the expressed temporal commitment in the detected communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jacob Ryan Jepperson, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11374986
    Abstract: An embodiment for analyzing user interest in presented content based on capture attempts during a meeting is provided. The embodiment may include receiving presentation content from a meeting host. The embodiment may also include analyzing one or more capture applications on a device of one or more users for a capture event in response to receiving the presentation content from the meeting host. The embodiment may further include in response to determining the capture event has occurred, identifying information relating to the capture event and the one or more users who initiated the capture event. The embodiment may also include presenting the meeting host with the information relating to the capture event and the one or more users who initiated the capture event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Rama Krishna Vedula, Shikhar Kwatra
  • Patent number: 11366826
    Abstract: A method can include obtaining user interaction data by monitoring a set of user interactions between a user and one or more data elements of a data table. The method can further include determining a set of data element scores based, at least in part, on the user interaction data. The method can further include generating a customized data visualization based, at least in part, on the set of data element scores and the data elements of the data table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen William Webster, Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Hanna Oh, John Lynch
  • Publication number: 20220189472
    Abstract: Information recognition and restructuring includes analyzing electronic media content embedded in an electronic presentment structure presented to a user, and based on the analyzing, detecting portions of the electronic media content previously consumed by the user. The method includes modifying the electronic presentment structure, based on the detecting, to distinguish the electronic media content previously consumed by the user from other portions of the electronic media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob Ryan Jepperson, Zachary A. Silverstein, Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11356794
    Abstract: Upon an attempt to communicate through an audio input source in a voice session, a determination can be made whether an audio quality received from a user through the audio input source is below an audio quality threshold. In response to determining that the audio quality through the audio input source is below the audio quality threshold, a first voice input can be received from the user from a first position. A second voice input can be received from the user from a second position. A first volume of the first voice input from the first position can be compared to a second volume of the second voice input from the second position. Feedback can be provided to the user indicating whether the user is closer or farther from the audio input source based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clement Decrop, Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Jeremy R. Fox, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jacob Ryan Jepperson
  • Patent number: 11340865
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method can include obtaining activity data corresponding to an environment where a communication device is located. The activity data can include audio data. The communication device can be configured to transmit the audio data. The method can further include identifying, based at least in part on the activity data, a potential audio disruption. The method can further include determining, based at least in part on the audio data, an activity status of a user of the communication device. The method can further include determining that the activity status is an inactive status. The method can further include modifying, in response to both the identifying the potential audio disruption and the determining that the activity status is the inactive status, a transmission of the audio data from the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Jeremy R. Fox, Jacob Ryan Jepperson
  • Patent number: 11340864
    Abstract: A method can include obtaining audio data corresponding to a user of a communication device. The communication device can be configured to transmit the audio data. The method can further include obtaining proximity data indicating a user distance between the user and the communication device. The method can further include determining that the user distance exceeds a threshold distance. The method can further include determining, based at least in part on the audio data, an activity status of the user. The method can further include determining that the activity status is an inactive status. The method can further include modifying, in response to the determining that the threshold distance is exceeded and that the activity status is the inactive status, a transmission of the audio data from the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Jeremy R. Fox, Jacob Ryan Jepperson
  • Publication number: 20220128121
    Abstract: A securing device (10) for securing an elongate article (12) comprises a rotatable clamping member (22), and a support arrangement for supporting the clamping member (22). The clamping member (22) is rotatably mounted on the support arrangement. The securing device (10) defines a pathway (30) for the elongate article (12). The clamping member (22) is rotatably movable into the pathway (30). The support arrangement further includes an urging formation (20) for urging the clamping member (22) into a clamping position in said pathway (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20220067815
    Abstract: In an approach to modifying the essentialness of an ecommerce order, one or more computer processors receive an order for a product from a customer. One or more computer processors determine the product is deemed non-essential. One or more computer processors notify the customer that the product is non-essential. One or more computer processors receive a justification of an essentialness of the product from the customer. One or more computer processors analyze a sentiment of the justification. Based on the analysis of the sentiment, one or more computer processors determine the product is essential. One or more computer processors process the order as essential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jacob Ryan Jepperson, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Publication number: 20220050657
    Abstract: A method can include obtaining audio data corresponding to a user of a communication device. The communication device can be configured to transmit the audio data. The method can further include obtaining proximity data indicating a user distance between the user and the communication device. The method can further include determining that the user distance exceeds a threshold distance. The method can further include determining, based at least in part on the audio data, an activity status of the user. The method can further include determining that the activity status is an inactive status. The method can further include modifying, in response to the determining that the threshold distance is exceeded and that the activity status is the inactive status, a transmission of the audio data from the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Jeremy R. Fox, Jacob Ryan Jepperson
  • Publication number: 20220050658
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method can include obtaining activity data corresponding to an environment where a communication device is located. The activity data can include audio data. The communication device can be configured to transmit the audio data. The method can further include identifying, based at least in part on the activity data, a potential audio disruption. The method can further include determining, based at least in part on the audio data, an activity status of a user of the communication device. The method can further include determining that the activity status is an inactive status. The method can further include modifying, in response to both the identifying the potential audio disruption and the determining that the activity status is the inactive status, a transmission of the audio data from the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Jeremy R. Fox, Jacob Ryan Jepperson
  • Patent number: 11250096
    Abstract: Provided is a method, computer program product, and system for navigating a webpage with a screen reader using a prioritization model. A processor may collect analytics information for a webpage. The processor may generate, based on the analytics information, a prioritization model for sorting a plurality of elements of the webpage. In response to a user accessing the webpage with a screen reader, the processor may navigate the plurality of elements of the webpage using the prioritization model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Raden Tonev, Adam Thomas Lankford, Ty Tyner, Randall Horwitz
  • Publication number: 20220044510
    Abstract: A method for utilizing IoT information to generate queue related augmented reality (AR) information associated with a transportation system. In an embodiment, the method includes at least one computer processor identifying a plurality of users within a staging area of a transportation system. The method further includes determining groups of users from among the plurality of users, based on a transportation route respectively associated with transportation information corresponding to respective users. The method further includes identifying a first vehicle that a first user is scheduled to board, based on an indication of the first vehicle in the transportation information associated with the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Raden Tonev, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jeremy R. Fox, Jacob Ryan Jepperson
  • Publication number: 20220005234
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for mitigating the risks associated with handling items. The exemplary embodiments may include collecting data relating to one or more items, extracting one or more features from the collected data, determining one or more hazards based on the extracted one or more features and one or more models, and displaying the one or more hazards within an augmented reality device worn by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Adam Lee Griffin, Spencer Thomas Reynolds