Patents by Inventor Beng Kong Yap

Beng Kong Yap 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: 8392511
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a solution for tracking email dispersion through content substitution. In the solution, a set of entities to receive an email can be identified, where the email can contains textual content. A subset of words contained within the textual content can be programmatically selected. A set of replacement words for each of the determined words can be determined. For each email receiving entity, at least one replacement word can be programmatically substituted for it's equivalent to generate an entity specific message. Each entity specific message can contain a unique combination of substitutions so that no two entity specific message are identical. A record of which email receiving entities are associated with which entity specific message can be maintained. The entity specific messages can be sent to the associated set of email receiving entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Simon P. O'Doherty, John Rice, Beng Kong Yap
  • Publication number: 20090319926
    Abstract: A time period can be detected for which a user associated with calendar system entries is to be absent. A set of the calendar system entries associated with the user and occurring during the time period can be detected. At least a portion of the identified calendar entries can be reassigned to at least one delegate. For each reassigned calendar entry, a corresponding calendar entry can be added to a calendar of the associated delegate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: AL CHAKRA, SIMON P. O'DOHERTY, JOHN RICE, BENG KONG YAP
  • Publication number: 20090187629
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a solution for tracking email dispersion through content substitution. In the solution, a set of entities to receive an email can be identified, where the email can contains textual content. A subset of words contained within the textual content can be programmatically selected. A set of replacement words for each of the determined words can be determined. For each email receiving entity, at least one replacement word can be programmatically substituted for it's equivalent to generate an entity specific message. Each entity specific message can contain a unique combination of substitutions so that no two entity specific message are identical. A record of which email receiving entities are associated with which entity specific message can be maintained. The entity specific messages can be sent to the associated set of email receiving entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: AL CHAKRA, SIMON P. O'DOHERTY, JOHN RICE, BENG KONG YAP