Patents by Inventor ZACHARY W. ABRAMS

ZACHARY W. ABRAMS 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).

  • Patent number: 10838918
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products and a computer system, implement and use techniques for preserving referential integrity. A first input receiving component receives a first input selecting a target file within a first directory. A second input receiving component receives a second input selecting all files referenced by the target file. A transfer component automatically performs a moving or copying operation of all referenced files from a first directory to a second directory when a moving or copying operation of the target file is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary W. Abrams, Paula Besterman, Pamela S. Ross, Eric Woods
  • Publication number: 20140068480
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products and a computer system, implement and use techniques for preserving referential integrity. A first input receiving component receives a first input selecting a target file within a first directory. A second input receiving component receives a second input selecting all files referenced by the target file. A transfer component automatically performs a moving or copying operation of all referenced files from a first directory to a second directory when a moving or copying operation of the target file is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary W. Abrams, Paula Besterman, Pamela S. Ross, Eric Woods
  • Publication number: 20140019126
    Abstract: Speech-to-text recognition of non-dictionary words by an electronic device having a speech-to-text recognizer and a global positing system (GPS) includes receiving a user's speech and attempting to convert the speech to text using at least a word dictionary; in response to a portion of the speech being unrecognizable, determining if the speech contains a location-based phrase that contains a term relating to any combination of a geographic origin or destination, a current location, and a route; retrieving from a global positioning system location data that are within geographical proximity to the location-based phrase, wherein the location data include any combination of street names, business names, places of interest, and municipality names; updating the word dictionary by temporarily adding words from the location data to the word dictionary; and using the updated word dictionary to convert the previously unrecognized portion of the speech to text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary W. Abrams, Paula Besterman, Pamela S. Ross, Eric Woods
  • Patent number: 8566319
    Abstract: An ungrouped list associated with a communication artifact can be identified. The information can be associated with a recipient, which can be a user registered within a computing system. Group data information associated with an external source can be received. The source can be a data source not associated with the artifact. The group data can include a group and/or a contact identifier. Recipient information from the recipient list can be associated with a group identifier if the recipient identifier is equivalent to the contact identifier within the group data. A grouped list can be generated from the associated data. A grouped list can be presented within an interface. The presenting can present recipient information within a logical grouping for at least a portion of the recipients of the ungrouped list. The grouping can be an organization of recipient information associated with the group identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary W. Abrams, Matthew G. Marum, Pamela S. Ross, Steven K. Speicher
  • Publication number: 20130154947
    Abstract: Determining a display orientation on a screen of a portable device includes detecting a current hand position of a user on a touch sensitive surface that is applied to an entire body of the portable device; comparing the current hand position to pre-stored hand position templates that are each associated with a preferred display orientation; determining a matching hand position template; configuring the display orientation of the screen to match the preferred display orientation associated with the matching hand position template; learning hand position patterns of the user by monitoring whether the user changes the display orientation of the screen within a predetermined amount of time after the configuring of the display orientation; and modifying the preferred display orientation associated with the matching hand position template based on the learned hand position patterns of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary W. Abrams, Paula Besterman, Pamela S. Ross, Eric Woods
  • Publication number: 20120323806
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to product and associate product materials, and maintaining compliance with rules and regulations to support interstate and international commerce. As rules and regulations change associated with products and/or raw materials that comprise the product, those changes or messages are monitored and communicated in real-time in order to support continued compliance in the stream of commerce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary W. Abrams, Jacklin A. Adams, Louis R. Ferritti, JR., Prasad L. Imandi, Angela Richards Jones, Kenneth S. Lyjak, Sheau Li Ng, Fabio D. White
  • Publication number: 20120173526
    Abstract: An ungrouped list associated with a communication artifact can be identified. The information can be associated with a recipient, which can be a user registered within a computing system. Group data information associated with an external source can be received. The source can be a data source not associated with the artifact. The group data can include a group and/or a contact identifier. Recipient information from the recipient list can be associated with a group identifier if the recipient identifier is equivalent to the contact identifier within the group data. A grouped list can be generated from the associated data. A grouped list can be presented within an interface. The presenting can present recipient information within a logical grouping for at least a portion of the recipients of the ungrouped list. The grouping can be an organization of recipient information associated with the group identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: ZACHARY W. ABRAMS, MATTHEW G. MARUM, PAMELA S. ROSS, STEVEN K. SPEICHER