Patents by Inventor Asima Silva

Asima Silva 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: 10904188
    Abstract: A current sharing, in a system by a first user, of first content with at least one other user can be detected. A navigation path data structure indicating at least one navigation path from a second content to the first content within a network environment can be automatically determined. Responsive to determining the navigation path data structure indicating the at least one navigation path from the second content to the first content within the network environment, performance of at least one action can be automatically initiated based on the determined navigation path data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan F. Brunn, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10897436
    Abstract: Predicting and notifying availability status of a user may include determining, using a processor, an availability status of a user according to historical data for the user and automatically updating the availability status of the user using the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hernan A. Cunico, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10897446
    Abstract: A current sharing, in a system by a first user, of first content with at least one other user can be detected. A navigation path data structure indicating at least one navigation path from a second content to the first content within a network environment can be automatically determined. Responsive to determining the navigation path data structure indicating the at least one navigation path from the second content to the first content within the network environment, performance of at least one action can be automatically initiated based on the determined navigation path data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan F. Brunn, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10887272
    Abstract: Content of an electronic message can be presented to a recipient of the electronic messaging. At least one visible user gesture made by the recipient while reviewing the content can be identified using an image capture device. Based on the visible user gesture(s), at least one sentiment of the recipient while reviewing the content can be determined. At least one response indicator can be selected to represent the sentiment(s) of the recipient while reviewing the content. Each response indicator can include a predefined graphic. The response indicator(s) can be inserted into electronic message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hernan A. Cunico, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10878226
    Abstract: In an approach, a computer determines based, at least in part, on a video of an attendee of a video conference, a first sentiment of the attendee wherein the first sentiment includes at least a sentiment from a sentiment analysis of one or more facial expressions of the attendee and a sentiment from a sentiment analysis of a plurality of the attendee's spoken words. The approach includes a computer receiving an indication of an attendee activity in at least a first application in computing devices accessed by the attendee and determining whether the first sentiment of the attendee is related to the video conference based, in part, on the attendee activity in at least the first application. Responsive to determining that the first sentiment of the attendee is not related to the video conference, the computer discards the first sentiment that is unrelated to the video conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hernan A. Cunico, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10839465
    Abstract: Populating a new community for a social network includes receiving metadata associated with a new community for a social network, determining, based on the metadata, at least one similar community related to the new community, utilizing the at least one similar community as a template to populate the new community with content, tags, and membership, and maintaining the at least one similar community and the new community by creating, reading, updating, and deleting (CRUD) the content, the tags, and the membership.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Gorzela, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10839323
    Abstract: A method for productivity view management may include receiving, by a processor, a plurality of collaborative artifacts for a user and organizing the plurality of collaborative artifacts in a list based on a predetermined order. The method may also include analyzing, by the processor, the list of collaborative artifacts using a predetermined criterion and determining a view management fatigue factor threshold for the user. The method may further include automatically inserting, by the processor, a downtime artifact within the list of collaborative artifacts based on analyzing the list of collaborative artifacts to prevent the user from exceeding the view management fatigue factor threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Dale M. Schultz, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10832188
    Abstract: A method for productivity view management may include receiving, by a processor, a plurality of collaborative artifacts for a user and organizing the plurality of collaborative artifacts in a list based on a predetermined order. The method may also include analyzing, by the processor, the list of collaborative artifacts using a predetermined criterion and determining a view management fatigue factor threshold for the user. The method may further include automatically inserting, by the processor, a downtime artifact within the list of collaborative artifacts based on analyzing the list of collaborative artifacts to prevent the user from exceeding the view management fatigue factor threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Dale M. Schultz, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10833844
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of identifying one or more attributes of a blockchain, determining the blockchain should be closed based on the one or more attributes, closing the blockchain, creating a new blockchain, identifying one or more assets from the blockchain, and creating a carry-over transaction based on the one or more assets of the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hernan A. Cunico, Sean Dunne, Liam S. Harpur, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10831749
    Abstract: A computing device determines that a user submits a query. The computing device tracks proximate web activities to the query by the user, determines a topic of the query, and determines a navigation path of the user from the proximate web activities. The computing device calculates a semantic score for the navigation path and associates the semantic score with the user, the topic, and the navigation path. The computing device calculates a threshold score for the topic using a sampling of semantic scores associated with matching topics in an expertise dataset and determines whether the semantic score meets the threshold score. When the semantic score does not meet the threshold score, the computing device performs one or more predetermined actions. An efficient manner of automatically discovering navigation paths used by experts in specific topics is provided, thus requiring less computing time and resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Asima Silva, Hernan A. Cunico, Declan Joyce, Liam S. Harpur
  • Patent number: 10779131
    Abstract: Unstructured message escalation may include, responsive to detecting an unanswered message from a sending mobile device of a sender to a receiving mobile device of a recipient, determining a sender-recipient relationship and a last known location of the receiving mobile device, determining a first contact of the recipient from a contact data storage device according to the sender-recipient relationship, a relationship between the recipient and the first contact, proximity, and an escalation plan for the recipient, and sending a first escalation message to the first contact. Responsive to determining that the message is unanswered subsequent to sending the first escalation message, selecting a second contact of the recipient according to the sender-recipient relationship, a relationship between the second contact and the recipient, proximity, and the escalation plan and sending a second escalation message to the second contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hernan A. Cunico, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10742581
    Abstract: Summarization-based electronic message actions are described. A system includes a monitor to monitor an electronic communication stream, which electronic communication stream includes past electronic messages between various users. A summarizer of the system 1) determines, based on an output of the monitor, a desired summarization level for a current electronic message having certain characteristics and 2) determines a current summarization level for the current electronic message. When the current summarization level is different than the desired summarization level, an action engine takes an action against the current electronic message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Asima Silva, Liam S. Harpur
  • Publication number: 20200226533
    Abstract: Electronic communications of team members of a team are monitored over time. Individual repeating patterns of interactions between team members and associated repeating subject matter topics of the interactions are identified. The identified individual repeating patterns and the associated repeating subject matter topics of the interactions are aggregated into a set of group interaction patterns of the team. Routine availability of a team member for additional interactions is determined in accordance with the set of group interaction patterns of the team.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hernan A. Cunico, Asima Silva
  • Publication number: 20200226170
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to commentary management in a social networking environment. The social networking environment may include a set of media clips. The set of media clips may be analyzed in the social networking environment with respect to a set of commentary typology data. Based on the analyzing, a set of benchmark typology data which indicates a set of commentary norms of the set of media clips may be determined. A set of benchmark typology data may be established for utilization by the social networking environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Lisa M. Bradley, Jonathan Dunne, Liam Harpur, ASIMA SILVA
  • Patent number: 10708784
    Abstract: Systems and methods for securing access to a mobile device are disclosed. A method includes: synchronizing, by a first mobile computer device, with a remote mobile computer device; transmitting, by the first mobile computer device, a tone to a surface of an object; receiving, by the first mobile computer device, a compound resonance frequency from the object based on the transmitted tone; determining, by the first mobile computer device, the received compound resonance frequency conforms to a stored compound resonance frequency; unlocking, by the first mobile computer device, the first computer device based on the determining; and establishing, by the first mobile computer device, a group connection with the remote mobile computer device based on the unlocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lisa M. W. Bradley, Jonathan Dunne, Liam Harpur, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10701563
    Abstract: Systems and methods for securing access to a mobile device are disclosed. A method includes: synchronizing, by a first mobile computer device, with a remote mobile computer device; transmitting, by the first mobile computer device, a tone to a surface of an object; receiving, by the first mobile computer device, a compound resonance frequency from the object based on the transmitted tone; determining, by the first mobile computer device, the received compound resonance frequency conforms to a stored compound resonance frequency; unlocking, by the first mobile computer device, the first computer device based on the determining; and establishing, by the first mobile computer device, a group connection with the remote mobile computer device based on the unlocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lisa M. W. Bradley, Jonathan Dunne, Liam Harpur, Asima Silva
  • Patent number: 10693824
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to electronic meeting management. A first attentiveness factor may be detected for a first user at a first time by a meeting management engine with respect to an electronic meeting. A second attentiveness factor may be detected for the first user at a second time by the meeting management engine with respect to the electronic meeting. The second time may be subsequent to the first time, and the second attentiveness factor may differ from the first attentiveness factor. A set of meeting data for the electronic meeting may be captured between the first time and the second time. Based on the set of meeting data, the meeting management engine may determine a set of content summary data for the electronic meeting between the first time and the second time in an automated fashion. The set of content summary data may be provided to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Asima Silva, Darian C. S. Springer
  • Patent number: 10684761
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method generates a graphical user interface (GUI). A graphical user interface (GUI) development server receives a candidate GUI element. The candidate GUI element is in use by one or more current GUIs, and the candidate GUI element performs a computer-based function. The GUI development server receives a rating of the candidate GUI element from users of the one or more current GUIs, and determines whether the rating of the candidate GUI element exceeds a predefined value. In response to determining that the rating of the candidate GUI element exceeds the predefined value, the GUI development server identifies the candidate GUI element as a preferred GUI element to perform the computer-based function in future GUIs, and utilizes that preferred GUI element to generate a new GUI that needs the computer-based function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Jonathan Dunne, Liam S. Harpur, Asima Silva
  • Publication number: 20200177404
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for communications analysis and participation recommendation. The method, computer program product and computer system may include a computing device which may collect and analyze communications of a user. The computing device may identify a user contribution pattern for the user. The computing device may analyze one or more conversations and identify a conversation relevant to the user based on the identified user contribution pattern. The computing device may generate, in response to identifying a relevant conversation, a notification to the user of the relevant conversation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Asima Silva, Richard Gorzela, Jamie Mae Stockton
  • Patent number: 10671371
    Abstract: The method, computer program product and computer system may include a computing device which may receive a copy of a master digital, which may include metadata, file from a server. The computing device may analyze the metadata of the master digital file for a pattern of updates initiated by one or more users using one or more computing devices. The computing device may generate a file update prediction for discouraging use of an outdated version of the master digital file. The file update prediction may indicate an estimation for when the master digital file is likely to be updated based on the pattern of updates. The computing device may generate an alert for display offline on a user interface. The alert may indicate the estimation for when the master digital will be updated by the one or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liam S. Harpur, John Rice, Asima Silva