Patents by Inventor Ann Marie Grizzaffi Maynard

Ann Marie Grizzaffi Maynard 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: 8473555
    Abstract: One or more illustrative embodiments provide a method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing a session of electronic communications. In one illustrative embodiment, a language is identified using a processor for an incoming electronic communication received from a sender computer in the session. It is determined whether the language differs from a desired display language. The incoming electronic communication is translated into the desired display language using a translation service to form a translated incoming electronic communication responsive to a determination that the language differs from the desired display language. The translated incoming electronic communication is displayed in the session on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Qing Zhang Lai, Ann Marie Grizzaffi Maynard
  • Patent number: 8423352
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer usable program product for enhancing language detection in short communications are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A short communication is stored in an element of a line cache. The line cache is accessible to an application executing in a data processing system. The element is an element in a set of elements in the line cache. A compound text is assembled from contents of a subset of the elements of the line cache. A language identifier (language ID) is received for the compound text from a language detection algorithm. The language ID is stored in a language cache element of a language ID cache. The language ID cache is accessible to the application and includes a set of language cache elements. A language of the short communication is determined using the contents of a subset of language cache elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: QingZhang Lai, Ann Marie Grizzaffi Maynard
  • Publication number: 20110246180
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer usable program product for enhancing language detection in short communications are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A short communication is stored in an element of a line cache. The line cache is accessible to an application executing in a data processing system. The element is an element in a set of elements in the line cache. A compound text is assembled from contents of a subset of the elements of the line cache. A language identifier (language ID) is received for the compound text from a language detection algorithm. The language ID is stored in a language cache element of a language ID cache. The language ID cache is accessible to the application and includes a set of language cache elements. A language of the short communication is determined using the contents of a subset of language cache elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: QingZhang Lai, Ann Marie Grizzaffi Maynard
  • Publication number: 20100293230
    Abstract: One or more illustrative embodiments provide a method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing a session of electronic communications. In one illustrative embodiment, a language is identified using a processor for an incoming electronic communication received from a sender computer in the session. It is determined whether the language differs from a desired display language. The incoming electronic communication is translated into the desired display language using a translation service to form a translated incoming electronic communication responsive to a determination that the language differs from the desired display language. The translated incoming electronic communication is displayed in the session on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qing Zhang Lai, Ann Marie Grizzaffi Maynard