Patents by Inventor Catalina M. Danis

Catalina M. Danis 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: 8959097
    Abstract: A method and system for harvesting collaboration data in accordance with a privacy policy is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises defining a privacy policy for collaboration data, said privacy policy including a list of fields associated with the collaboration data to be harvested; harvesting the collaboration data associated with the fields specified as allowable under the privacy policy; transforming the collaboration data associated with the fields specified as allowable if said collaboration data can be transformed in accordance with a set of rules defined in the privacy policy; and storing the harvested collaboration data in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Catalina M. Danis, Thomas D. Erickson, Mary E. Helander, Wendy A. Kellogg, Rhonda Rosenbaum, David S. Singer, Calvin B. Swart
  • Publication number: 20150031002
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program for recommending reestablishment of discontinued productive habits. An example method includes recording behaviors over time in pursuit of an identified goal, measuring progress towards an identified goal over time, identifying one or more periods of time where positive progress toward the identified goal resulted, identifying one or more periods of time where negative progress toward an identified goal resulted, identifying, by an electronic computer processor, differences in the behaviors between the periods of time where the positive progress resulted and the periods of time where the negative progress resulted, and recommending behavior changes based on the identified differences of the behaviors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Catalina M. Danis, Robert G. Farrell, Wendy A. Kellogg, Sreeram Ramakrishnan
  • Patent number: 8903847
    Abstract: A voice tagging system includes a client computing device that includes a media object capture device and a voice capture device and runs a client application that associates media objects to voice samples. The system also includes a communications network coupled to the client computing device, a voice tagging system coupled to the communications network and receiving at least one association between a first media object and a first voice sample, and a database coupled to the voice tagging system, the database including one or more voice tags, each voice tag being coupled to one or more voice samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Bailey, James E. Christensen, Catalina M. Danis, Jason B. Ellis, Thomas D. Erickson, Robert G. Farrell, Wendy A. Kellogg
  • Publication number: 20110225200
    Abstract: A method and system for harvesting collaboration data in accordance with a privacy policy is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises defining a privacy policy for collaboration data, said privacy policy including a list of fields associated with the collaboration data to be harvested; harvesting the collaboration data associated with the fields specified as allowable under the privacy policy; transforming the collaboration data associated with the fields specified as allowable if said collaboration data can be transformed in accordance with a set of rules defined in the privacy policy; and storing the harvested collaboration data in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Catalina M. Danis, Thomas D. Erickson, Mary E. Helander, Wendy A. Kellogg, Rhonda Rosenbaum, David S. Singer, Calvin B. Swart
  • Publication number: 20110219018
    Abstract: A voice tagging system includes a client computing device that includes a media object capture device and a voice capture device and runs a client application that associates media objects to voice samples. The system also includes a communications network coupled to the client computing device, a voice tagging system coupled to the communications network and receiving at least one association between a first media object and a first voice sample, and a database coupled to the voice tagging system, the database including one or more voice tags, each voice tag being coupled to one or more voice samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Bailey, James E. Christensen, Catalina M. Danis, Jason B. Ellis, Thomas D. Erickson, Robert G. Farrell, Wendy A. Kellogg
  • Patent number: 6215480
    Abstract: A computer dynamic cylindrical display provides a natural scrolling capability, giving the appearance of a much larger display in a very small size. The display encloses the electronics of the device and contains a simple weighted cam that senses roll (using rotation sensor much like in a mouse). When the cylinder is placed on a flat surface and rolled up and down, the pixel display scrolls in correspondence with the rolling movement, giving the visual feel of rolling a cylindrical magnifying glass across a finely printed document. A “snap-to” scrolling algorithm makes it easier for the user to stop right on the center of a line of text. Parallax algorithms compensate for the cylindrically wrapped text making it appear flatter. Twisting the cap adjusts the angle of presentation for when the user is not looking straight down onto the display. A touch sensitive overlay allows the user to select menu items or hypertext links as the display “rolls over” that line of text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Catalina M. Danis, John F. Kelley, William A. Nagy