Patents by Inventor Benjamin J. Flora

Benjamin J. Flora 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: 10073839
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to language enhancement. Source text can be automatically gathered from a plurality of text sources, the plurality of text sources including at least one social media website, and storing the source text to a thesaurus data infrastructure. Subject text being exposed to thesaurus processing can be received, a context of the subject text can be identified, and the thesaurus data infrastructure can be accessed while the thesaurus queries previously acquired source texts or documents having similar context to identify source text having context similar to the context of the subject text. The identified source text can be analyzed to identify at least one candidate word or phrase contained in the source text to recommend as a replacement for at least one word or phrase contained in the subject text. The identified at least one candidate word or phrase can be recommended as the replacement for the at least one word or phrase contained in the subject text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rachel M. Bonas, Edwin J. Bruce, Benjamin J. Flora, Romelia H. Flores
  • Publication number: 20150006149
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to language enhancement. Source text can be automatically gathered from a plurality of text sources, the plurality of text sources including at least one social media website, and storing the source text to a thesaurus data infrastructure. Subject text being exposed to thesaurus processing can be received, a context of the subject text can be identified, and the thesaurus data infrastructure can be accessed to identify source text having context similar to the context of the subject text. The identified source text can be analyzed to identify at least one candidate word or phrase contained in the source text to recommend as a replacement for at least one word or phrase contained in the subject text. The identified at least one candidate word or phrase can be recommended as the replacement for the at least one word or phrase contained in the subject text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rachel M. Bonas, Edwin J. Bruce, Benjamin J. Flora, Romelia H. Flores