Patents by Inventor Aaron M. Cohen

Aaron M. Cohen 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: 10832254
    Abstract: A first signature log generated by a first processing system is received, the first signature log including a first listing of at least a recorded series of user inputs received by a computer program. The first listing of the recorded series of user inputs can be compared to at least one historical log indicating at least one historical path, each historical path including at least second listing of a series of historical user inputs that corresponds to a historical endpoint in the computer program. The at least one historical path to which the recorded series of user inputs at least partially corresponds and a deviation between the signature log and the historical log can be identified. Based on a predicted endpoint, a predicted path corresponding to the predicted endpoint can be selected, and the predicted path and the deviation between the signature log and the historical log can be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron M. Cohen, Paul Komar, Shaun Ruske, Brian C. Schimpf
  • Patent number: 10447646
    Abstract: A method for modeling and analyzing online communications is provided. The method may include detecting at least one online conversation. The method may also include extracting a plurality of conversation elements associated with the at least one online conversation. The method may further include generating at least one conversation graph based on the extracted plurality of conversation elements. Additionally, the method may include analyzing the at least one generated conversation graph. The method may also include extracting a plurality of data associated with the at least one analyzed conversation graph. The method may further include sending the extracted plurality of data and the at least one analyzed conversation graph to one or more processing systems to present to at least one user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Aaron M. Cohen, Robert E. Loredo
  • Patent number: 10289279
    Abstract: A computer program product including a computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program for communicating serviceability information according to accessibility information. The computer readable program, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations including displaying an image on a computer display. The image includes a screen shot of display content from a remote computer display. The operations further include identifying a selection indicator relative to the image of the display content from the remote computer display. The operations further include communicating accessibility context information to a user based on the location of the selection indicator relative to the image of the display content from the remote computer display. The accessibility context information includes an accessibility parameter associated with an application window depicted within the image of the display content from the remote computer display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Aaron M Cohen
  • Patent number: 10152534
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for identifying changes, within a corpus of information, to answers to questions provided within the corpus of information. A mapping of a question and a previously provided answer to the question in a question/answer data structure is generated. A transaction referencing the previously provided answer, and having an update to the previously provided answer, is received and correlated with the question/answer data structure, which is updated based on the transaction. A determination is made as to whether the strength of the mapping of the first question to the previously provided answer based on the update to the question/answer data structure has fallen equal to or below a predetermined threshold. In response to this being the case, a change to the previously provided answer is propagated throughout the corpus of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Aaron M. Cohen
  • Patent number: 10031952
    Abstract: An approach is provided for automatically ingesting additional corpus based on an interaction history that is mined to identify a question that meets specified answer deficiency criteria, and then generate a second question which is correlated to the first question by requesting additional answer information for answering the first question, where the second question is posted to a forum using a selected persona so that forum responses can be monitored and ingested as additional content in the knowledge base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Aaron M. Cohen, Christopher W. Desforges, Carl J. Kraenzel, Robert E. Loredo
  • Publication number: 20180174155
    Abstract: A first signature log generated by a first processing system is received, the first signature log including a first listing of at least a recorded series of user inputs received by a computer program. The first listing of the recorded series of user inputs can be compared to at least one historical log indicating at least one historical path, each historical path including at least second listing of a series of historical user inputs that corresponds to a historical endpoint in the computer program. The at least one historical path to which the recorded series of user inputs at least partially corresponds and a deviation between the signature log and the historical log can be identified. Based on a predicted endpoint, a predicted path corresponding to the predicted endpoint can be selected, and the predicted path and the deviation between the signature log and the historical log can be output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron M. Cohen, Paul Komar, Shaun Ruske, Brian C. Schimpf
  • Publication number: 20180150747
    Abstract: An approach is provided that identifies stale questions in an online discussion site, such as a forum. A stale question is a question where an answer to the stale question is not detected as being posted to the online discussion site. The identified stale question is analyzed to determine a trigger post, with the trigger post being designed to instigate an answer to the question that is to be posted to the online discussion site by a community member. The trigger post is automatically generating and posted to the online discussion site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Aaron M. Cohen, Peter C. Yim
  • Publication number: 20180150748
    Abstract: An approach is provided that ingests question-answer pairs from an online discussion site into a question answering (QA) system by preprocessing the online discussion site prior to ingesting the data. The preprocessing of the online discussion site is performed by identifying stale questions posted to the online discussion site, analyzing the stale question to determine an appropriate trigger post, with the trigger post is designed to instigate an answer to the stale question, with the system automatically generating and posting the trigger post to the online discussion site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Aaron M. Cohen, Peter C. Yim
  • Publication number: 20180115872
    Abstract: A power service receives, from battery enabled devices, battery charging information for multiple locations, wherein the battery charging information specifies the type of power source a device is being charged from and an amount of time charged. The power service analyzes the battery charging information for the locations to identify moving charging locations that change location. The power service filters the locations to identify locations where the type of power source is a power outlet. The power service filters the locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization. The power service generates a base map of the selection of locations. The power service specifies the base map for each user based on a schedule of the user identifying predicted locations and whether each particular user has a required security authorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: DAVID J. BACARELLA, LAWRENCE CANDES, YING CHEN, AARON M. COHEN, RAVI MANI
  • Publication number: 20180115871
    Abstract: A power service receives one or more types of individual current usage from one or more battery enabled devices. The power service receives a user schedule of predicted usage for the one or more battery enabled devices. The power service analyzes the one or more types of current usage and the predicted usage to identify a separate recommended charging time and charging location for each of the one or more battery enabled devices. The power service updates the user schedule to specify at least one event for scheduling each separate recommended charging time and charging location for each of the one or more battery enabled devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: DAVID J. BACARELLA, LAWRENCE CANDES, YING CHEN, AARON M. COHEN, RAVI MANI
  • Publication number: 20180115170
    Abstract: A power service receiving, from multiple battery enabled devices for multiple users in a group, types of individual usage data from each of the battery enabled devices. The power service identifying, in schedules for the one or more users in the group, a predicted usage of the battery enabled devices. The power service determining, based on the individual usage data and the predicted usage, a priority level for charging each of the battery enabled devices at power sources available to the group. The power service generating a separate recommended charging time for each of the battery enabled devices at the power sources according to each separate priority level and the predicted usage. The power service updating the schedules to specify a separate event for each separate recommended charging time for each of the battery enabled devices at the power sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: DAVID J. BACARELLA, LAWRENCE CANDES, YING CHEN, AARON M. COHEN, RAVI MANI
  • Publication number: 20180115955
    Abstract: A power service receives, from one or more battery enabled mobile devices, battery usage information for one or more locations within an area. A power service identifies, from the battery usage information, one or more battery usage impact factors that are location based that consume additional battery power for the area. A power service predicts, based on the one or more battery usage impact factors for the area a predicted battery consumption factor in the area. A power service updates one or more user schedules of users with one or more events scheduled in the area with an alert identifying the predicted battery consumption factor in the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: DAVID J. BACARELLA, LAWRENCE CANDES, YING CHEN, AARON M. COHEN, RAVI MANI
  • Patent number: 9955428
    Abstract: A power service receives, from one or more battery enabled mobile devices, battery usage information for one or more locations within an area. A power service identifies, from the battery usage information, one or more battery usage impact factors that are location based that consume additional battery power for the area. A power service predicts, based on the one or more battery usage impact factors for the area a predicted battery consumption factor in the area. A power service updates one or more user schedules of users with one or more events scheduled in the area with an alert identifying the predicted battery consumption factor in the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Bacarella, Lawrence Candes, Ying Chen, Aaron M. Cohen, Ravi Mani
  • Patent number: 9955314
    Abstract: A power service receives, from battery enabled devices, battery charging information for multiple locations, wherein the battery charging information specifies the type of power source a device is being charged from and an amount of time charged. The power service analyzes the battery charging information for the locations to identify moving charging locations that change location. The power service filters the locations to identify locations where the type of power source is a power outlet. The power service filters the locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization. The power service generates a base map of the selection of locations. The power service specifies the base map for each user based on a schedule of the user identifying predicted locations and whether each particular user has a required security authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Bacarella, Lawrence Candes, Ying Chen, Aaron M. Cohen, Ravi Mani
  • Patent number: 9955313
    Abstract: A power service receives one or more types of individual current usage from one or more battery enabled devices. The power service receives a user schedule of predicted usage for the one or more battery enabled devices. The power service analyzes the one or more types of current usage and the predicted usage to identify a separate recommended charging time and charging location for each of the one or more battery enabled devices. The power service updates the user schedule to specify at least one event for scheduling each separate recommended charging time and charging location for each of the one or more battery enabled devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Bacarella, Lawrence Candes, Ying Chen, Aaron M. Cohen, Ravi Mani
  • Patent number: 9940370
    Abstract: An approach is provided for automatically ingesting additional corpus based on an interaction history that is mined to identify a question that meets specified answer deficiency criteria, and then generate a second question which is correlated to the first question by requesting additional answer information for answering the first question, where the second question is posted to a forum using a selected persona so that forum responses can be monitored and ingested as additional content in the knowledge base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Aaron M. Cohen, Christopher W. Desforges, Carl J. Kraenzel, Robert E. Loredo
  • Patent number: 9934507
    Abstract: A first signature log generated by a first processing system is received. A first listing of the recorded series of user inputs included in the signature log is compared to at least one historical log indicating at least one historical path, each historical path including at least second listing of a series of historical user inputs that corresponds to a historical endpoint in the computer program. Responsive to comparing the first listing of the recorded series of user inputs to the at least one historical log, the historical path to which the recorded series of user inputs at least partially corresponds is identified and the at least one historical endpoint is identified as a predicted endpoint in the computer program. Based on the predicted endpoint, a predicted path corresponding to the predicted endpoint in the computer program is selected and output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron M. Cohen, Paul Komar, Shaun Ruske, Brian C. Schimpf
  • Patent number: 9867017
    Abstract: A power service receives a user schedule of one or more events each specifying predicted usage and predicted location for one or more battery enabled mobile devices. The power service accesses one or more battery usage impact factors for each predicted location. The power service analyzes the predicted usage and predicted location for each of the one or more events and the one or more battery usage impact factors to predict at least one recommended charging time and charging location for each of the one or more battery enabled mobile devices. The power service updates the user schedule to specify at least one charging event for each at least one recommended charging time and charging location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Bacarella, Lawrence Candes, Ying Chen, Aaron M. Cohen, Ravi Mani
  • Publication number: 20170004204
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for identifying changes, within a corpus of information, to answers to questions provided within the corpus of information. A mapping of a question and a previously provided answer to the question in a question/answer data structure is generated. A transaction referencing the previously provided answer, and having an update to the previously provided answer, is received and correlated with the question/answer data structure, which is updated based on the transaction. A determination is made as to whether the strength of the mapping of the first question to the previously provided answer based on the update to the question/answer data structure has fallen equal to or below a predetermined threshold. In response to this being the case, a change to the previously provided answer is propagated throughout the corpus of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Aaron M. Cohen
  • Publication number: 20160366074
    Abstract: A method for modeling and analyzing online communications is provided. The method may include detecting at least one online conversation. The method may also include extracting a plurality of conversation elements associated with the at least one online conversation. The method may further include generating at least one conversation graph based on the extracted plurality of conversation elements. Additionally, the method may include analyzing the at least one generated conversation graph. The method may also include extracting a plurality of data associated with the at least one analyzed conversation graph. The method may further include sending the extracted plurality of data and the at least one analyzed conversation graph to one or more processing systems to present to at least one user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Aaron M. Cohen, Robert E. Loredo