Patents by Inventor Trudy L. Hewitt

Trudy L. Hewitt 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: 20240161603
    Abstract: A method for endpoint detection and response utilizing vehicle based observations includes instructing a participating vehicle to perform a plurality of observations of a surrounding environment utilizing a plurality of devices on the participating vehicle. The method also includes receiving a first initial characterization of a first observation of the surrounding environment by a first device out of the plurality of devices on the participating vehicle. The method also includes analyzing the first initial characterization of the first observation of the surrounding environment by the first device out of the plurality of devices on the participating vehicle to confirm an action to remediate an event associated with the first observation. The method also includes performing the action to remediate an event associated with the first observation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Mauro Marzorati, Carolina Garcia Delgado, Jeremy R. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20230409831
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for optimizing social collaboration is provided. The present invention may include identifying content within a social collaboration history with a high level of engagement. The present invention may include generating one or more groups of unique topic keywords based on the identified content. The present invention may include receiving a potential post from a user. The present invention may include identifying an overlap between the potential post and at least one of the one or more groups of unique topic keywords. The present invention may include providing one or more recommendations to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Christian Compton, Jeremy R. Fox, Fang Lu, Uri Kartoun
  • Patent number: 11789665
    Abstract: Ink saturation for a print job varies according to prioritized elements identified within a given document or print job. Elements are prioritized according to pre-defined values according to document type and identified elements within the document type. High priority elements of a document are assigned greater ink saturation than lower priority elements of the same document. Automated prioritization is made possible by a crowd-sourced knowledge corpus including pre-defined document types and corresponding elements of the documents. Historic configurations accepted by a user drive a learning process using a feedback loop for refined decision-making as print jobs are submitted for printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Tushar Agrawal, Trudy L Hewitt, Alan Chung, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11763089
    Abstract: A sentiment analysis of a chat session in which a plurality of chat messages are posted is performed. Based on the sentiment analysis, at least one emotive model is derived for the chat session. A sentiment of users in the chat session can be determined using the emotive model. A user composing a new chat message for the chat session can be monitored. Based on the monitoring, an impact on the sentiment of the users in the chat session by the new chat message can be determined. A client device can be initiated to display the impact on the sentiment of the users in the chat session by the new chat message before the new chat message is posted in the chat session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Fox, Jonathan Dunne, Jana H. Jenkins, Trudy L. Hewitt
  • Patent number: 11734586
    Abstract: A method, a computer system, and a computer program product for managing content relevancy is provided. Embodiments of the present invention may include collecting and analyzing a plurality of data, wherein the plurality of data includes document data, document access data and user data. Embodiments of the present invention may include retrieving topic model content based on the plurality of data. Embodiments of the present invention may include building a machine learning (ML) model to determine one or more topics contained in the topic model content. Embodiments of the present invention may include generating a heatmap based on the user data. Embodiments of the present invention may include building a content relevancy model (CRM) based on the ML model and the heatmap. Embodiments of the present invention may include determining an action state for the document data. Embodiments of the present invention may include storing the CRM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Kelley Anders, Steven Edward Atkin, Jonathan D. Dunne
  • Publication number: 20230244376
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving, by a computing device, user input defining a first location of a touchscreen of the computing device, the touchscreen displaying a user interface (UI) of an application; receiving, by the computing device, user input defining a second location of the touchscreen of the computing device; identifying, by the computing device, an interactive object of the UI at the first location; creating, by the computing device, an overlay including a copy of the interactive object and a masking object, the copy of the interactive object being at the second location and the masking object being at the first location; and causing, by the computing device, the touchscreen to display an output including the overlay superimposed over the UI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mauro Marzorati, Jeremy R. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt, Christian Compton
  • Publication number: 20230229365
    Abstract: Ink saturation for a print job varies according to prioritized elements identified within a given document or print job. Elements are prioritized according to pre-defined values according to document type and identified elements within the document type. High priority elements of a document are assigned greater ink saturation than lower priority elements of the same document. Automated prioritization is made possible by a crowd-sourced knowledge corpus including pre-defined document types and corresponding elements of the documents. Historic configurations accepted by a user drive a learning process using a feedback loop for refined decision-making as print jobs are submitted for printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Tushar Agrawal, Trudy L. Hewitt, Alan Chung, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11688106
    Abstract: Audio of a user speaking is gathered while spatial data of the face of the user is gathered. Positions of elements of the face of are identified, wherein relative positions of the elements cause a plurality of qualities of the user voice. A subset of positions of the elements are identified to have caused a detected first quality of the user voice during the period of time. Alternate positions of the one or more elements are identified that are determined to cause the user voice to have a second quality rather than the first quality. A graphical representation of the face that depicts one or more adjustments from the subset of the positions to the alternate positions is provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Christian Compton, Merrilee Freeburg Tomlinson, Christina Lynn Wetli, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11687056
    Abstract: In an approach for identifying machinery conversion pivot opportunities utilizing a crowdsourced database, a processor receives machinery information for machinery of a user. A processor identifies a plurality of alternative uses for the machinery from a public cloud database based on the machinery information. A processor ranks the plurality of alternative uses for the machinery based on a set of factors. A processor sends the ranked plurality of alternative uses for the machinery to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Zachary A. Silverstein, Alan Chung, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11665125
    Abstract: In response to determining that an original message from a sender has been viewed by one or recipients of the original message, a determination is made whether the original message has been edited by the sender. In response to determining that the original message has been edited, another determination is made whether the edits are critical based, at least in part, on a change of context of the original message. In response to determining that the edits are critical, re-notifying the one or more recipients that the original message has been edited by the sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Zachary A. Silverstein, Fang Lu, Melissa Restrepo Conde
  • Patent number: 11620353
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for indicating a hyperlink record is provided. The present invention may include receiving a hyperlink. The present invention may also include searching a data structure including a repository of a plurality of hyperlinks stored in at least one user system, where each hyperlink in the repository of the plurality of hyperlinks includes a hyperlink record having at least one reference to the at least one user system. The present invention may then include identifying a record of the received hyperlink in the searched data structure. The present invention may further include, in response to identifying the record of the received hyperlink within the searched data structure, modifying the received hyperlink to indicate the at least one reference to the at least one user system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kelley L. Anders, Christian B. Compton, Jeremy R. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt
  • Patent number: 11620456
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the invention determine evasiveness of postings and manage chat sessions accordingly. In embodiments, a method includes accessing a real-time text-based discourse session comprised of multiple text-based posts published by participants, the posts including a question from an author and responses from at least one respondent; determining relationships between words in the text-based discourse session utilizing corpus linguistics analysis; determining a frequency of the responses of the at least one respondent over time; determining an evasiveness score for each of the responses based on natural language processing of the responses, wherein each of the evasiveness scores indicate a level of relevance of a response with respect to the question; determining rankings for each of the responses based on the determined relationships of words, the frequency of the responses, and the evasiveness scores; and determining a display order for the responses based on the rankings of the responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Trudy L. Hewitt, Jonathan D. Dunne, Liam S. Harpur
  • Patent number: 11556781
    Abstract: In an approach to determining the effectiveness of a proposed solution, one or more computer processors monitor real-time communications. The one or more computer processors identify or more topics associated with the monitored real-time communications. The one or more computer processors feed the identified one or more topics and associated real-time communications into a solution efficacy model. The one or more computer processors generate based on one or more calculations by the solution efficacy model, an efficacy rating for the identified real-time communications. The one or more computer processors generate a prioritization of the identified real-time communications based on the generated efficacy rating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Kelley Anders, Jonathan D. Dunne, Lisa Ann Cassidy, Jeremy R. Fox, Pauric Grant
  • Patent number: 11514113
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for generating hashtags. The method comprises receiving content to be posted on a social media service and analyzing the content to identify at least one item included in the content. Generating a first hashtag tree, wherein the content of the first hashtag tree contains information that indirectly relates to the identified at least one item, wherein the first hierarchical hashtag tree is comprised of multiple levels, wherein the first hierarchical hashtag tree includes words or phrases indirectly relates to the identified at least one item. Generating at least one hashtag from the first hierarchical hashtag tree and adding the at least one hashtag to the content and posting the content and the added at least one hashtag to the social media service, wherein the at least one hashtag is automatically added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Fox, Michael Bender, Trudy L. Hewitt, Robert Huntington Grant, Mark Delaney
  • Patent number: 11489796
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for arranging, in an ordered hierarchy, attached files as transferred during a discourse history. The computer implemented method includes accessing discourse data associated with a history of discourse communications. In embodiments, the discourse data includes a plurality of discourse attachments transferred in accordance with the history, and the discourse attachments include multiple versions of at least one discourse attachment within the plurality. The method further includes deriving a discourse attachment arrangement (DAA) component based at least in part on the discourse data. The method includes outputting, based at least in part on the DAA component, the multiple versions of the at least one discourse attachment arranged in a hierarchical order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jonathan D. Dunne, Liam S. Harpur, Qi Li
  • Patent number: 11465611
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for autonomous vehicle (AV) behavior synchronization. The AV driving pattern is adjusted to facilitate an occupant's satisfaction by receiving information as to person to form a driving history. The driving history is analyzed to identify preferences and patterns. Based on the driving history a driving preference model is formed for the person. AV driving algorithm(s) are adjusted based on the driving preference model for the person when the person is an occupant of the AV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Jeremy R. Fox, Shikhar Kwatra, Zachary A. Silverstein, Christian Compton
  • Publication number: 20220309716
    Abstract: Audio of a user speaking is gathered while spatial data of the face of the user is gathered. Positions of elements of the face of are identified, wherein relative positions of the elements cause a plurality of qualities of the user voice. A subset of positions of the elements are identified to have caused a detected first quality of the user voice during the period of time. Alternate positions of the one or more elements are identified that are determined to cause the user voice to have a second quality rather than the first quality. A graphical representation of the face that depicts one or more adjustments from the subset of the positions to the alternate positions is provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Christian Compton, Merrilee Freeburg Tomlinson, Christina Lynn Wetli, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11409808
    Abstract: A method, system and computer readable program storage device for facilitating a collaboration experience. In embodiments, the method comprises identifying a group of people for a specified collaboration experience; identifying specified conditions and preferences for the group of people; using the identified specified conditions and preferences for the group of people for determining an environment for the specified collaboration experience and one or more factors for improving the specified collaboration experience; and sending a specified set of information to one or more prospective collaboration entities to determine if any one of the prospective collaboration entities has the determined environment for the specified collaboration experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Jeremy R. Fox, Gregory J. Boss, Liam S. Harpur
  • Publication number: 20220230639
    Abstract: An embodiment of a summarization application divides collected conversation data into media and text components. The application implements respective machine learning mechanisms to enhance modeling operations of the text and media components to identify key elements from the conversation. The application generates a headline banner from a group of key elements based on an analysis involving first predetermined criteria. The application also combines additional key elements to the group of key elements to form a second group of key elements. The application generates a summary from the second group of key elements based on a second analysis involving second predetermined criteria. The application presents, via a display, the headline banner according to a first output of the first key element analysis and the summary according to a second output of the second key element analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Liam S. Harpur, Jonathan D. Dunne, Kelley Anders
  • Patent number: 11388021
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention provide intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) notification rerouting including receiving a message at an electronic IVA and determining a recipient of the message by analyzing content of the message. A current location of the recipient is identified. A device and a delivery method are selected based at least in part on the current location of the recipient and a location of the device. The selected device is instructed to output the message to the recipient using the delivery method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Melissa Restrepo Conde, Trudy L. Hewitt, Jeremy R. Fox, Jonathan M. Smith