Patents by Inventor Christine A. Banke

Christine A. Banke 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: 10498841
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to determining the health of a network community. Aspects include defining, via a computer processor, measurable aspects associated with the network community. The measurable aspects include metrics for one or more of: quantified interactions among users in the network community, quantified activities among the users that are associated with a topic, and quantified activities indicative of network community accessibility. Aspects also include monitoring activities conducted via the network community, collecting data from monitored activities that correspond to the measurable aspects, and analyzing collected data from the monitored activities. The analyzing is performed as a function of the metrics. Aspects further include determining, via the computer processor, a health status of the network community from results of the analyzing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christine A. Banke, Peter J. Fay, Barry A. Feigenbaum, Mary Jo Mueller, Ali Sobhi, Elizabeth V. Woodward
  • Publication number: 20150006708
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to determining the health of a network community. Aspects include defining, via a computer processor, measurable aspects associated with the network community. The measurable aspects include metrics for one or more of: quantified interactions among users in the network community, quantified activities among the users that are associated with a topic, and quantified activities indicative of network community accessibility. Aspects also include monitoring activities conducted via the network community, collecting data from monitored activities that correspond to the measurable aspects, and analyzing collected data from the monitored activities. The analyzing is performed as a function of the metrics. Aspects further include determining, via the computer processor, a health status of the network community from results of the analyzing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christine A. Banke, Peter J. Fay, Barry A. Feigenbaum, Mary Jo Mueller, Ali Sobhi, Elizabeth V. Woodward
  • Patent number: 8738364
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for adapting vocabulary levels in a collaborative session. A vocabulary level indicator is received for a first user in the collaborative session. During generation of an electronic communication by a second user in the collaborative session, text entered in the electronic communication is scanned in order to identify a vocabulary level associated with text. The vocabulary level associated with the text is compared to the vocabulary level indicator for the first user. Responsive to the text exceeding the vocabulary level indicator for the first user thereby indicating violating text, an indication is provided to the second user that the violating text is above a vocabulary level of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christine A. Banke, William S. Carter, Pawan Khera, James R. Kraemer, Elizabeth V. Woodward
  • Publication number: 20130159848
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for utilizing a dynamic personal dictionary in enhanced collaboration. A comparison is performed for each portion of entered text of the electronic communication with text identified in the dynamic personal dictionary. Responsive to a portion of the entered text matching an entry in the dynamic personal dictionary, the portion of the entered text is marked with an identifier, the identifier indicating that the portion of the entered text has an associated context definition. The electronic communication is then sent to a set of client devices with a set of marked text portions and associated identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christine A. Banke, William S. Carter, Pawan Khera, James R. Kraemer, Elizabeth V. Woodward
  • Publication number: 20130158978
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for adapting vocabulary levels in a collaborative session. A vocabulary level indicator is received for a first user in the collaborative session. During generation of an electronic communication by a second user in the collaborative session, text entered in the electronic communication is scanned in order to identify a vocabulary level associated with text. The vocabulary level associated with the text is compared to the vocabulary level indicator for the first user. Responsive to the text exceeding the vocabulary level indicator for the first user thereby indicating violating text, an indication is provided to the second user that the violating text is above a vocabulary level of the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christine A. Banke, William S. Carter, Pawan Khera, James R. Kraemer, Elizabeth V. Woodward
  • Publication number: 20130159847
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for utilizing a dynamic personal dictionary in enhanced collaboration. A comparison is performed for each portion of entered text of the electronic communication with text identified in the dynamic personal dictionary. Responsive to a portion of the entered text matching an entry in the dynamic personal dictionary, the portion of the entered text is marked with an identifier, the identifier indicating that the portion of the entered text has an associated context definition. The electronic communication is then sent to a set of client devices with a set of marked text portions and associated identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christine A. Banke, William S. Carter, Pawan Khera, James R. Kraemer, Elizabeth V. Woodward