Patents by Inventor Edith Helen Stern

Edith Helen Stern 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).

  • Publication number: 20230099708
    Abstract: The automated third-party facilitation in a community chat includes monitoring an exchange of an inquisitor post in a community chat and an expected response to the inquisitor post. The expected response is then processed in order to compute a sufficiency score measuring a sufficiency of the expected response to a question present in the inquisitor post. Thereafter, on the condition that the sufficiency score falls short of a pre-determined threshold value, supplemental content can be posted in the community chat in supplement to the expected response. In this way, despite an occurrence of an errant condition in the answering of a posted question in a community forum, a remedial measure can be undertaken so as to mitigate the consequence of the errant condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Chitra Dorai, Edith Helen Stern
  • Patent number: 10078667
    Abstract: Embodiments include method, computer program products and apparatuses for normalizing non-numeric features of files and corresponding apparatus. Aspects include segmenting at least one pair of positive instances of a non-numeric feature of a file into a number of tokens and -comparing the tokens in the at least one pair of positive instances to obtain matching tokens. Aspects also include calculating weights of their matching the file, for the matching tokens, and storing the tokens and their weights in a token base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang Sheng Li, Fan Jing Meng, Edith Helen Stern, Han Wang, Jing Min Xu, Lin Yang, Xuejun Zhuo
  • Patent number: 10078666
    Abstract: Embodiments include method, computer program products and apparatuses for normalizing non-numeric features of files and corresponding apparatus. Aspects include segmenting at least one pair of positive instances of a non-numeric feature of a file into a number of tokens and comparing the tokens in the at least one pair of positive instances to obtain matching tokens. Aspects also include calculating weights of their matching the file, for the matching tokens, and storing the tokens and their weights in a token base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang Sheng Li, Fan Jing Meng, Edith Helen Stern, Han Wang, Jing Min Xu, Lin Yang, Xuejun Zhuo
  • Publication number: 20180005245
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer usable program product to determine a first mood of the user, where the first mood is based on a characteristic of the user at a first time during the providing of an online service and to determine a second mood of the user, where the second mood is based on a characteristic of the user at a second time during the providing of the online service. The first mood of the user and the second mood of the user are compared to determine a delta or change in mood of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Basil French, Fred Raguillat, Edith Helen Stern
  • Patent number: 9819635
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for processing a status request received from a requester concerning an electronic message addressed from a sender to a recipient. A probable route between the sender and the recipient for the electronic message is predicted. A message status for the electronic message is determined from one or more status indicators based at least in part upon the probable route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner
  • Patent number: 9799037
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer usable program product to determine a first mood of the user, where the first mood is based on a characteristic of the user at a first time during the providing of an online service and to determine a second mood of the user, where the second mood is based on a characteristic of the user at a second time during the providing of the online service. The first mood of the user and the second mood of the user are compared to determine a delta or change in mood of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Basil French, Fred Raguillat, Edith Helen Stern
  • Patent number: 9721215
    Abstract: A method for enhanced management of a web conference server includes evaluation a web conference server to ascertain resources of the web conference server. The resources of the web conferencing server are partitioned into rooms, each room having an allocated portion of the resources of the web conferencing server and at least one room providing different capabilities from other rooms hosted on the web conferencing server. Access to the rooms is provided based on at least one user criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner
  • Patent number: 9582597
    Abstract: A system and method for generating user-centric directories including analyzing a plurality of relationships of a user. A contact directory for the user is defined based upon the plurality of relationships of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Cameron Weir, Barry E. Willner, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern
  • Patent number: 9576276
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for context-informed summarization is described. A method may comprise determining, via a computing device, a context of a communication. The method may further comprise determining, via the computing device, a summarization attribute for the communication based upon, at least in part, the context of the communication. The method may also comprise creating a summary of the communication based upon, at least in part, the summarization attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edith Helen Stern, Liam Harpur, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Barry E. Willner
  • Patent number: 9479895
    Abstract: A location of a first mobile device associated with a first user is determined, and a location of a second mobile device associated with a second user is determined. A relationship between the first user and the second user is determined, and a proximity of the first mobile device relative to the second mobile device is determined. A location-oriented data service is provided to at least one of the first mobile device and the second mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edith Helen Stern, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Robert Cameron Weir, Barry E. Willner
  • Patent number: 9424559
    Abstract: A calendar event that is addressed to a plurality of recipients is generated. At least one of the plurality of recipients is designated as a first annotation recipient. A first annotation is associated with the calendar event, the first annotation addressed to the first annotation recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner, Robert Cameron Weir, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Publication number: 20160154793
    Abstract: Embodiments include method, computer program products and apparatuses for normalizing non-numeric features of files and corresponding apparatus Aspects include segmenting at least one pair of positive instances of a non-numeric feature of a file into a number of tokens and comparing the tokens in the at least one pair of positive instances to obtain matching tokens. Aspects also include calculating weights of their matching the file, for the matching tokens, and storing the tokens and their weights in a token base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: CHANG SHENG LI, FAN JING MENG, EDITH HELEN STERN, HAN WANG, JING MIN XU, LIN YANG, XUEJUN ZHUO
  • Publication number: 20160154801
    Abstract: Embodiments include method, computer program products and apparatuses for normalizing non-numeric features of files and corresponding apparatus Aspects include segmenting at least one pair of positive instances of a non-numeric feature of a file into a number of tokens and comparing the tokens in the at least one pair of positive instances to obtain matching tokens. Aspects also include calculating weights of their matching the file, for the matching tokens, and storing the tokens and their weights in a token base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: CHANG SHENG LI, FAN JING MENG, EDITH HELEN STERN, HAN WANG, JING MIN XU, LIN YANG, XUEJUN ZHUO
  • Patent number: 9350733
    Abstract: A method and system for emergency server access to offline users may include one or more computing devices receiving a request for offline access of data. The request for offline access of data may contain information to identify the offline user and specific data. An action to provide the specific data may be determined responsive to the identification of the offline user. The action may be executed responsive to the determination. The specific data may be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner
  • Patent number: 9230546
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for voice content transcription during collaboration sessions is described. A method may comprise receiving an indication to provide one or more real-time voice content-to-text content transcriptions to a first collaboration session participant. The one or more real-time voice content-to-text content transcriptions may correspond to voice content of a second collaboration session participant in one or more collaboration sessions including the first collaboration session participant and the second collaboration session participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner, Hong Bing Zhang
  • Patent number: 9159068
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer usable program product to determine a first mood of the user, where the first mood is based on a characteristic of the user at a first time during the providing of an online service and to determine a second mood of the user, where the second mood is based on a characteristic of the user at a second time during the providing of the online service. The first mood of the user and the second mood of the user are compared to determine a delta or change in mood of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Basil French, Fred Raguillat, Edith Helen Stern
  • Patent number: 9152950
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for receiving notification of a first user response message concerning an email message received from a sender; receiving notification of a second user response message concerning the email message received from the sender; and providing the first and second users with one or more statistics concerning the email message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Cameron Weir, Barry E. Willner, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern
  • Publication number: 20150269597
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer usable program product to determine a first mood of the user, where the first mood is based on a characteristic of the user at a first time during the providing of an online service and to determine a second mood of the user, where the second mood is based on a characteristic of the user at a second time during the providing of the online service. The first mood of the user and the second mood of the user are compared to determine a delta or change in mood of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: PAUL BASIL FRENCH, Fred Raguillat, Edith Helen Stern
  • Patent number: 9143355
    Abstract: A request for a first dynamic bridge end is received at a first device. A capability for a second dynamic bridge end is transmitted to a second device. At least one of the first dynamic bridge end and the second dynamic bridge end have a movable end point location. The first dynamic bridge end and the second dynamic bridge end create a path for transmission of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Barry E. Willner, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern
  • Patent number: 9055089
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for associating communications in collaboration sessions is described. A method may comprise displaying, via one or more computing devices, a document accessible to one or more collaborators of a first collaboration session. The method may further comprise associating, via the one or more computing devices, a first communication session of the first collaboration session with a first portion of the document. The method may additionally comprise indicating, via the one or more computing devices, the association between the first communication session of the first collaboration session and the first portion of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Barry E. Willner, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern