Patents by Inventor Asako Ono

Asako Ono 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: 11829573
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for graphical user interface element accessibility is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes generating a graphical user interface element rendered on a web page as a virtual button displayed on a display screen of a device. The virtual button is not rendered on the webpage and includes an invocable function mapped to the graphical user interface element. The computer-implemented method further includes moving the virtual button along a periphery of the display screen of the device. A rate at which the virtual button moves along the periphery of the display screen of the device is dynamically modified based on a detected identity of a user of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Ono, Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Kenta Watanabe, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Issei Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11681714
    Abstract: A method for a multi-channel search includes receiving a specific post selection submitted in a first channel and query text associated with the specific post in the first channel, where the query text includes one or more words for performing a query evaluation. The method receives a query location which includes a plurality of channels for performing the query evaluation. Responsive to extracting one or more ranking factors from the specific post selection, the method performs the query evaluation at the query location to collect a plurality of potential matching posts based on the one or more ranking factors. The method reorders the plurality of potential matches according to a plurality of determined scores for the plurality of potential matches. The method displays two-dimensional search results based on a timeline and channel relevancy, where the plurality of channels is ordered according to channel relevancy compared to the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kikuchi, Tohru Hasegawa, Takuya Goto, Xiangning Liu, Asako Ono
  • Publication number: 20230071548
    Abstract: Described is a content mining system comprising a crawler configured to retrieve a plurality of files from a data storage system. The content mining system further comprises a plurality of converters configured to extract data from the plurality of files retrieved by the crawler from the data storage system, where each of the plurality of converters is configured to process a respective type of data. The content mining system further comprises a plurality of queues interposed between the crawler and the plurality of converters, where each queue is associated with a single converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Tohru Hasegawa, Takuya Goto, Asako Ono, Xiangning Liu
  • Patent number: 11568276
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a method, system, and program create a plurality of page clusters in feature space from a plurality of feature vectors corresponding to a plurality of unstructured pages. The method, system, and program product assign one of a plurality of machine learning models to each one of the plurality of page clusters based on a relationship in the feature space between the plurality of page clusters and a plurality of training clusters corresponding to the plurality of machine learning models. The method, system, and program product identify one of the plurality of page clusters that corresponds to a selected one of the plurality of unstructured pages, and transform the selected unstructured page into a structured page using a selected one of the plurality of machine learning models assigned to the identified page cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Goto, Tohru Hasegawa, Xiangning Liu, Asako Ono
  • Patent number: 11455329
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and computer system are provided to promote device usage compliance. A processor retrieves a current position for a device. A processor determines at least one nearby location based on the current position of the device. A processor retrieves search data regarding the at least one nearby location. A processor determines compliance information regarding the at least one location based, at least in part, on the search data. A processor configures the device based on the compliance information regarding the at least one location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Watanabe, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Asako Ono, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Tohru Hasegawa, Issei Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11431593
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for visualizing analysis results of contents. Contents collected from various kinds of communication tools are read into memory. The contents are analyzed to obtain analysis results, where the analysis results include information on user groups, information on topics and degrees of involvement of users with the topic. Furthermore, user objects assigned according to the degree of involvement are dynamically displayed for a designated period of time and for each topic using the analysis results, where the displaying of each of the user objects is modified according to the degree of involvement and the information on a user group. A communication volume object which represents a communication volume between users may be further displayed between the user objects associated with these users and displayed so as to be different depending on the communication volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mihoko Hasegawa, Kensuke Matsuoka, Asako Ono, Lianzi Wen
  • Patent number: 11409951
    Abstract: Facilitating annotation of document elements includes obtaining annotations indicating labels applied to document elements of a digital document to be presented in an annotation graphical user interface (GUI), the digital document including the document elements, the document elements being for visual presentation in the annotation GUI to a user, and presenting the annotation GUI on a display device for the user, the annotation GUI configured to facilitate user submission of a respective label for each document element of the document elements, where the presenting presents, as part of the annotation GUI, at least a portion of the digital document including the document elements, and, for each document element, a respective label indicator correlating to the document element and visually indicating a current label selected for that document element and a label submission status for that document element that reflects whether the user has confirmed a label for that document element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiangning Liu, Tohru Hasegawa, Takuya Goto, Asako Ono
  • Publication number: 20220229538
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for graphical user interface element accessibility is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes generating a graphical user interface element rendered on a web page as a virtual button displayed on a display screen of a device. The virtual button is not rendered on the webpage and includes an invocable function mapped to the graphical user interface element. The computer-implemented method further includes moving the virtual button along a periphery of the display screen of the device. A rate at which the virtual button moves along the periphery of the display screen of the device is dynamically modified based on a detected identity of a user of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Asako Ono, Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Kenta Watanabe, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Issei Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11354016
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for a user interface paging operation includes: generating a pagination design pattern rendered on a web page as a plurality of virtual buttons displayed on a display screen of a device, wherein each virtual button is mapped to actions related to graphical elements of the pagination design pattern; moving the series of virtual buttons about at least a portion of the periphery of the display screen of the device; locating the display of the plurality of virtual buttons to positions within a periphery of the display screen of the device; subsequent to locating the display of the plurality of virtual buttons to positions within the periphery of the display screen of the device, receiving user input specifying selection of a first virtual button of the plurality of virtual buttons; and responsive to receipt of the user input: performing the action mapped to the first virtual button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Ono, Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Kenta Watanabe, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Issei Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11354359
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a method for ordering search results. The method includes identifying a plurality of archived search results generated by a keyword search. The method also includes searching a plurality of indices of a plurality of corresponding tape libraries comprising a plurality of tapes storing the archived search results. The method additionally includes determining a plurality of estimated access times corresponding to the archived search results based on the indices. Further, the method includes sorting the archived search results based on the estimated access times to create a time-based order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Kenta Watanabe, Asako Ono
  • Patent number: 11334269
    Abstract: Storage pools having categorized archival storage tapes according to content of files stored on each tape. Archiving new files into the storage pools according to content of the new files for efficient retrieval of files from storage tapes organized by category of content. Recall of multiple files from archival storage tapes to primary storage of an hierarchical storage management system is efficiently performed such that tape mounting operations are minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Takuya Goto, Asako Ono, Xiangning Liu
  • Patent number: 11321409
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for performing a search based on position information. A search request that provides location information for a region of a screen image is received. A selection of a type indicator is received, where the type indicator indicates one of a text item and an image. In response to the type indicator indicating the text item, one or more of the text item and a date and time are received. A search is performed using the location information and the one or more of the text item and the date and time to identify one or more screen image identifiers of one or more corresponding screen images of a plurality of screen images. The one or more screen image identifiers are used to retrieve the one or more corresponding screen images. The one or more corresponding screen images are displayed as search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Watanabe, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Asako Ono, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Tohru Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20220107742
    Abstract: Storage pools having categorized archival storage tapes according to content of files stored on each tape. Archiving new files into the storage pools according to content of the new files for efficient retrieval of files from storage tapes organized by category of content. Recall of multiple files from archival storage tapes to primary storage of an hierarchical storage management system is efficiently performed such that tape mounting operations are minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Takuya Goto, Asako Ono, Xiangning Liu
  • Publication number: 20220067053
    Abstract: A method for a multi-channel search includes receiving a specific post selection submitted in a first channel and query text associated with the specific post in the first channel, where the query text includes one or more words for performing a query evaluation. The method receives a query location which includes a plurality of channels for performing the query evaluation. Responsive to extracting one or more ranking factors from the specific post selection, the method performs the query evaluation at the query location to collect a plurality of potential matching posts based on the one or more ranking factors. The method reorders the plurality of potential matches according to a plurality of determined scores for the plurality of potential matches. The method displays two-dimensional search results based on a timeline and channel relevancy, where the plurality of channels is ordered according to channel relevancy compared to the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kikuchi, Tohru Hasegawa, Takuya Goto, Xiangning Liu, Asako Ono
  • Patent number: 11176332
    Abstract: Time dependent media (TDM) content is received, and text features and non-text features are extracted from the TDM content. The TDM content is split into two or more documents. A document, which includes non-text features from the extracted non-text features, is selected. Non-text features in the document are compared to context patterns. When a context pattern matches a non-text feature in the document, a context element linked to the context pattern is linked to the non-text feature as well. The TDM content is modified based on the context element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Ishikawa, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Asako Ono, Tohru Hasegawa, Issei Yoshida, Kenta Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11151321
    Abstract: A method, a structure, and a computer system for resolving an anaphora. The exemplary embodiments may include extracting individual context data from an individual expression and determining whether the individual expression includes an anaphora representation based on the individual context data. The exemplary embodiments may further include, based on determining that the individual expression includes the anaphora representation, extracting anaphora context data and identifying an object of one or more objects to which the anaphora representation refers based on comparing the individual context data and the anaphora context data to data detailing the one or more objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shunsuke Ishikawa, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Asako Ono, Tohru Hasegawa, Kenta Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210224344
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for performing a search based on position information. A search request that provides location information for a region of a screen image is received. A selection of a type indicator is received, where the type indicator indicates one of a text item and an image. In response to the type indicator indicating the text item, one or more of the text item and a date and time are received. A search is performed using the location information and the one or more of the text item and the date and time to identify one or more screen image identifiers of one or more corresponding screen images of a plurality of screen images. The one or more screen image identifiers are used to retrieve the one or more corresponding screen images. The one or more corresponding screen images are displayed as search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kenta WATANABE, Shunsuke ISHIKAWA, Asako ONO, Hiroaki UETSUKI, Yasuyuki TOMINAGA, Tohru HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210216192
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for a user interface paging operation includes: generating a pagination design pattern rendered on a web page as a plurality of virtual buttons displayed on a display screen of a device, wherein each virtual button is mapped to actions related to graphical elements of the pagination design pattern; moving the series of virtual buttons about at least a portion of the periphery of the display screen of the device; locating the display of the plurality of virtual buttons to positions within a periphery of the display screen of the device; subsequent to locating the display of the plurality of virtual buttons to positions within the periphery of the display screen of the device, receiving user input specifying selection of a first virtual button of the plurality of virtual buttons; and responsive to receipt of the user input: performing the action mapped to the first virtual button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Asako Ono, Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Kenta Watanabe, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Issei Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210174022
    Abstract: A method, a structure, and a computer system for resolving an anaphora. The exemplary embodiments may include extracting individual context data from an individual expression and determining whether the individual expression includes an anaphora representation based on the individual context data. The exemplary embodiments may further include, based on determining that the individual expression includes the anaphora representation, extracting anaphora context data and identifying an object of one or more objects to which the anaphora representation refers based on comparing the individual context data and the anaphora context data to data detailing the one or more objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Shunsuke ISHIKAWA, Yasuyuki TOMINAGA, Hiroaki UETSUKI, Asako ONO, Tohru HASEGAWA, Kenta WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210165834
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a method for ordering search results. The method includes identifying a plurality of archived search results generated by a keyword search. The method also includes searching a plurality of indices of a plurality of corresponding tape libraries comprising a plurality of tapes storing the archived search results. The method additionally includes determining a plurality of estimated access times corresponding to the archived search results based on the indices. Further, the method includes sorting the archived search results based on the estimated access times to create a time-based order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Tohru Hasegawa, HIROAKI UETSUKI, SHUNSUKE ISHIKAWA, YASUYUKI TOMINAGA, KENTA WATANABE, Asako Ono