Patents by Inventor Debra A Loussedes
Debra A Loussedes 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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Patent number: 11349790Abstract: A method includes storing as communications data at least a portion of received electronic communications, such as emails, that are of interest to user; processing the stored communications data to identify at least one action item that pertains to the user; storing results of the processing including text descriptive of the at least one identified action item in a results repository; and outputting stored results in the results repository to a user device for review by the user. Also disclosed is a computer program product and a system that are configured to implement the method.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven Cordes, Debra Leach Riell, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick Varekamp
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Patent number: 10324994Abstract: Resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven A. Cordes, Debra C. Leach, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick R. Varekamp
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Publication number: 20180189411Abstract: Resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Steven A. Cordes, Debra C. Leach, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick R. Varekamp
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Patent number: 9953090Abstract: Resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven A. Cordes, Debra C. Leach, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick R. Varekamp
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Publication number: 20170235843Abstract: Resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Steven A. Cordes, Debra C. Leach, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick R. Varekamp
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Patent number: 9679023Abstract: Resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven A. Cordes, Debra C. Leach, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick R. Varekamp
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Publication number: 20160182417Abstract: A method includes storing as communications data at least a portion of received electronic communications, such as emails, that are of interest to user; processing the stored communications data to identify at least one action item that pertains to the user; storing results of the processing including text descriptive of the at least one identified action item in a results repository; and outputting stored results in the results repository to a user device for review by the user. Also disclosed is a computer program product and a system that are configured to implement the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Steven Cordes, Debra Leach Riell, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick Varekamp
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Publication number: 20160110430Abstract: Resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Steven A. Cordes, Debra C. Leach, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick R. Varekamp
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Patent number: 9270739Abstract: Resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven A. Cordes, Debra C. Leach, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick R. Varekamp
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Patent number: 9258356Abstract: A method for resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven A. Cordes, Debra C. Leach, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick R. Varekamp
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Publication number: 20140280449Abstract: A method for resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven A. Cordes, Debra C. Leach, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick R. Varekamp
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Publication number: 20140280027Abstract: Resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven A. Cordes, Debra C. Leach, Debra A. Loussedes, Patrick R. Varekamp
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Patent number: 7810033Abstract: An exemplary method for determining emotive tone in text, the method comprising, matching text in a text file with text entries in a control file database, wherein the formatting attributes include textual and non-textual indicators, receiving a first set of emotive values associated with the matching text entries from the control file database, calculating an emotive score with the first set of emotive values, assigning the emotive score to the text file, and displaying the emotive score of the text file.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven A Cordes, Debra A Loussedes, Christopher E Obszarny, Patrick R Varekamp
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Publication number: 20090112834Abstract: An exemplary method for determining emotive tone in text, the method comprising, matching text in a text file with text entries in a control file database, wherein the formatting attributes include textual and non-textual indicators, receiving a first set of emotive values associated with the matching text entries from the control file database, calculating an emotive score with the first set of emotive values, assigning the emotive score to the text file, and displaying the emotive score of the text file.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Steven A. Cordes, Debra A. Loussedes, Christopher E. Obszarny, Patrick R. Varekamp