Patents by Inventor Doina Klinger

Doina Klinger 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).

  • Prioritization of choices based on context and user history
    Patent number: 8490018
    Abstract: A method comprises identifying, by a computing device, a current context of a computer program; identifying, by the computing device, any related contexts of the computer program that are related to the current context; determining, by the computing device, association relationships between the current context and the related contexts; determining, by the computing device, a user history of menu choice selection with respect to the current context; updating, by the computing device, the user history based on a user menu choice selection and the association relationships; determining, by the computing device, weighted menu choices for a second context of the computer program based on the user history; and presenting, by the graphic user interface, the weighted menu choices for selection by the user in the second context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Stanley Carter, David J. Clark, Doina Klinger, Lucas W. Partridge
  • PRIORITIZATION OF CHOICES BASED ON CONTEXT AND USER HISTORY
    Publication number: 20110119628
    Abstract: A method comprises identifying, by a computing device, a current context of a computer program; identifying, by the computing device, any related contexts of the computer program that are related to the current context; determining, by the computing device, association relationships between the current context and the related contexts; determining, by the computing device, a user history of menu choice selection with respect to the current context; updating, by the computing device, the user history based on a user menu choice selection and the association relationships; determining, by the computing device, weighted menu choices for a second context of the computer program based on the user history; and presenting, by the graphic user interface, the weighted menu choices for selection by the user in the second context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Carter, David J. Clark, Doina Klinger, Lucas Partridge