Patents by Inventor Bernadette A. Carter
Bernadette A. Carter 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).
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Publication number: 20190332613Abstract: Identifying content in an incoming message on a social network includes categorizing a sender-recipient relationship between a sender and a recipient of an incoming message in an activity stream in a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, Bernadette A. Carter, Jeffrey R. Hoy, Stephanie L. Trunzo
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Publication number: 20190334964Abstract: A method of personalizing a social networking profile page within a computer network, the method comprising receiving user preferences from an owner of a social network profile, receiving data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile, and differentiating artifacts available on the owner's social networking profile based on the user preferences and data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Bernadette A. Carter, Arthur R. Francis
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Patent number: 10452687Abstract: Identifying content in an incoming message on a social network includes categorizing a sender-recipient relationship between a sender and a recipient of an incoming message in an activity stream in a display.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, Bernadette A. Carter, Jeffrey R. Hoy, Stephanie L. Trunzo
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Patent number: 10452754Abstract: User input including a social network notification symbol followed by a social network tag is detected in association with a social network user interface. The social network tag includes a text keyword that identifies a social network topic within the social network. A referential third-party social network user notification subset within the social network is defined as a subset of social network users within the social network that follow the social network topic. A referential third-party social network notification is published to the defined referential third-party social network user notification subset within the social network. The referential third-party social network notification includes the detected user input that includes the social network notification symbol followed by the social network tag.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Piyush K. Agarwal, James J. Antill, Vincent P. Burckhardt, Bernadette A. Carter
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Patent number: 10454865Abstract: A social network activity mode that is implemented using social network activity rules is identified. The social network activity rules allow only social network posts of relevance to a particular activity of a user to be presented to the user. The social network activity mode is applied to a group of social network posts. Based upon applying the social network activity mode to the group of social network posts, social network posts that comply with the social network activity rules of the social network activity mode are provided to the user and social network posts that do not comply with the social network activity rules of the social network activity mode are blocked.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, Bernadette A. Carter, Jeffrey R. Hoy, Stephanie L. Trunzo
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Patent number: 10445342Abstract: Identifying content in an incoming message on a social network includes categorizing a sender-recipient relationship between a sender and a recipient of an incoming message in an activity stream in a display.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, Bernadette A. Carter, Jeffrey R. Hoy, Stephanie L. Trunzo
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Patent number: 10432677Abstract: A computer network comprising a number of user devices and a preferences control module, in which the preferences control module receives user preferences from an owner of a social network profile, receives data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile, and distinguishes a number of artifacts on the owner's social networking profile from other artifacts on the profile based on the user preferences and data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile. A method of personalizing a social networking profile page within a computer network, the method comprising receiving user preferences from an owner of a social network profile, receiving data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile, and differentiating artifacts available on the owner's social networking profile based on the user preferences and data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Bernadette A. Carter, Arthur R. Francis
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Patent number: 10425493Abstract: An approach is described for adjusting prominence of a participant profile in a social networking interface. An associated method may include receiving an activity stream update of the participant and calculating a relevancy score based on content in the activity stream update. The method further may include adjusting a visibility level of the participant profile in the social networking interface based upon the calculated relevancy score. Adjusting the visibility level may include increasing the visibility level of the participant profile upon determining that the calculated relevancy score is greater than or equal to a first predefined threshold value. Adjusting the visibility level further may include decreasing the visibility level of the participant profile upon determining that the calculated relevancy score is less than a second predefined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Corville O. Allen, Bernadette A. Carter
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Patent number: 10419500Abstract: A method of personalizing a social networking profile page within a computer network, the method comprising receiving user preferences from an owner of a social network profile, receiving data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile, and differentiating artifacts available on the owner's social networking profile based on the user preferences and data describing a viewer of the owner's social networking profile.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Bernadette A. Carter, Arthur R. Francis
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Patent number: 10326851Abstract: An approach is described for adjusting prominence of a participant profile in a social networking interface. An associated system may include a processor and a memory storing an application program, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation that may include receiving an activity stream update of the participant and calculating a relevancy score based on content in the activity stream update. The operation further may include adjusting a visibility level of the participant profile in the social networking interface based upon the calculated relevancy score. Adjusting the visibility level may include increasing the visibility level of the participant profile upon determining that the calculated relevancy score is greater than or equal to a first predefined threshold value. Adjusting the visibility level further may include decreasing the visibility level of the participant profile upon determining that the calculated relevancy score is less than a second predefined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Corville O. Allen, Bernadette A. Carter
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Patent number: 10237228Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to initiating social interaction based on e-mail content. Information associated with an e-mail being composed by a user can be analyzed to determine whether content of the e-mail is appropriate for incorporation into at least one social system. Responsive to determining that the content of the e-mail is appropriate for incorporation into at least one social system, a first option to enter the content of the e-mail in a first social system and a second option to enter the content of the e-mail in a second social system can be presented to the user. Responsive to the user selecting to enter the content of the e-mail in the first social system, a first entry in the first social system can be automatically created. The first entry can include the content of the e-mail composed by the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Bernadette A. Carter, Kathryn Lemanski-Mercer, Cesar A. Wong
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Patent number: 10216735Abstract: A system and method for managing electronic social networking includes defining content from a first user for communication to other users on an electronic social networking system. Natural language processing (NLP) and analytic analysis are applied to the content to identify a workflow for accessing and responding to the content. The access and the response to the content are based on the workflow.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, Bernadette A. Carter, Jeffrey R. Hoy
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Patent number: 10216736Abstract: A system and method for managing electronic social networking includes defining content from a first user for communication to other users on an electronic social networking system. Natural language processing (NLP) and analytic analysis are applied to the content to identify a workflow for accessing and responding to the content. The access and the response to the content are based on the workflow.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, Bernadette A. Carter, Jeffrey R. Hoy
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Patent number: 10169074Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for scheduling execution of pre-execution operations of an annotator of a question and answer (QA) system pipeline. A model is used to represent a system of annotators of the QA system pipeline, where the model represents each annotator as a node having one or more performance parameters indicating a performance of an execution of an annotator corresponding to the node. For each annotator in a set of annotators of the system of annotators, an effective response time for the annotator is calculated based on the performance parameters. A pre-execution start interval for a first annotator based on an effective response time of a second annotator is calculated where execution of the first annotator is sequentially after execution of the second annotator. Execution of pre-execution operations associated with the first annotator is scheduled based on the calculated pre-execution start interval for the first annotator.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, Bernadette A. Carter, Rahul Ghosh
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Patent number: 10140298Abstract: A system and method for managing electronic social networking includes defining content from a first user for communication to other users on an electronic social networking system. Natural language processing (NLP) and analytic analysis are applied to the content to identify a workflow for accessing and responding to the content. The access and the response to the content are based on the workflow.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, Bernadette A. Carter, Jeffrey R. Hoy
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Patent number: 10127075Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for scheduling execution of pre-execution operations of an annotator of a question and answer (QA) system pipeline. A model is used to represent a system of annotators of the QA system pipeline, where the model represents each annotator as a node having one or more performance parameters indicating a performance of an execution of an annotator corresponding to the node. For each annotator in a set of annotators of the system of annotators, an effective response time for the annotator is calculated based on the performance parameters. A pre-execution start interval for a first annotator based on an effective response time of a second annotator is calculated where execution of the first annotator is sequentially after execution of the second annotator. Execution of pre-execution operations associated with the first annotator is scheduled based on the calculated pre-execution start interval for the first annotator.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, Bernadette A. Carter, Rahul Ghosh
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Publication number: 20180276736Abstract: A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product sorts and displays product reviews of ecommerce products. One or more processor(s) receive product reviews for different types of ecommerce products from product reviewers. Reviewer profiles of the product reviewers, a biometric reading for a user from a biometric sensor, and a geophysical location reading for the user from a geophysical sensor are received. The biometric reading and the geophysical location reading are utilized to define a user profile of the user. The user profile is matched to a specific reviewer profile of a specific product reviewer from the product reviewers. The product reviews are sorted according to the different types of ecommerce products and the specific reviewer profile, visually modified based on the defined user profile, then displayed on an ecommerce webpage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Bernadette A. Carter, Rahul Ghosh, Joseph N. Kozhaya, Dana L. Price
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Patent number: 10083477Abstract: A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product sorts and displays product reviews of ecommerce products. A system receives product reviews for ecommerce products. The product reviews are displayed on an ecommerce webpage, are generated by product reviewers, and are for different types of products. Reviewer profiles of the product reviewers are received. The reviewer profiles include characteristics of the product reviewers that affect usage of one or more of the different types of products. A user profile for a user is received. The user profile includes characteristics of the user that affect usage of one or more of the different types of products. The user profile is matched to a specific reviewer profile from the reviewer profiles. The product reviews are sorted according to the different types of products and the specific reviewer profile. The sorted product reviews are then displayed on the ecommerce webpage.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, Bernadette A. Carter, Rahul Ghosh, Joseph N. Kozhaya, Dana L. Price
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Patent number: 10073823Abstract: An approach is described for generating a form response interface in an online application. An associated method may include identifying a content post in an online application interface and facilitating evaluation of the content post. Upon determining that the content post is form-addressable based on the evaluation, the method may include generating a form response interface element including multiple alternatives and updating the online application interface to display the form response interface element with the content post. In an embodiment, facilitating evaluation according to the method may include parsing language in the content post to determine the presence of a form-addressable interrogatory element. In a further embodiment, facilitating evaluation according to the method may include analyzing comments posted in response to the content post to determine the presence of form-addressable common language elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Bernadette A. Carter, Kathryn L. Mercer, Cesar A. Wong
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Patent number: 10073692Abstract: A method for updating an application on a computing device includes receiving, at the computing device, a notification that an update is available for the application, then responsive to the notification, obtaining, over a first time period having a predetermined length, one or more stability indicators for the application from one or more sources, the one or more stability indicators being generated after the notification is received, and automatically executing the update for the application after the expiration of the first time period when the one or more stability indicators satisfy one or more predetermined vetting rules.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Bernadette Carter