Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Vera Woodward

Elizabeth Vera Woodward 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: 9361714
    Abstract: A method includes a computer creating scene description templates; the computer creating people profiles; analyzing video frames of a video to identify visual elements containing scenes and people; generating timelines for the identified visual elements; matching the identified visual elements with the scene description templates and the people profiles; and combining the matched identified visual elements and the timelines into the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Fay, Richard Scott Schwerdtfeger, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Patent number: 9195440
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for amorphous data preparation for intelligent data source selection in application development are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of keywords is selected from a code portion of a source code. Using a subset of the set of keywords, an expected circumstance is determined, the expected circumstance being a circumstance relevant to a purpose of the source code. From a set of data sources, a data source is identified, wherein the data source provides information usable in the expected circumstance. A manner of accessing the information from the data source is identified. Pseudo-code is constructed to implement the manner of accessing the information from the data source. A weight is assigned to the data source based upon a type of input used for selecting the pseudo-code, wherein the selecting uses the pseudo-code in the source code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Samuel Scott Adams, Rosalind Toy Allen Radcliffe, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20150149981
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for amorphous data preparation for intelligent data source selection in application development are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of keywords is selected from a code portion of a source code. Using a subset of the set of keywords, an expected circumstance is determined, the expected circumstance being a circumstance relevant to a purpose of the source code. From a set of data sources, a data source is identified, wherein the data source provides information usable in the expected circumstance. A manner of accessing the information from the data source is identified. Pseudo-code is constructed to implement the manner of accessing the information from the data source. A weight is assigned to the data source based upon a type of input used for selecting the pseudo-code, wherein the selecting uses the pseudo-code in the source code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Scott Adams, Rosalind Toy Allen Radcliffe, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Patent number: 8954481
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for managing the products of a sub-community operating within a community are provided in the illustrative embodiments. The sub-community is defined in an application executing on a data processing system using a processor and a memory. The community comprises a set of members working for a common objective. The sub-community comprises a subset of the set of members working for a part of the common objective. The defining of the sub-community also configures a closing condition for the sub-community. A plurality of members is added to the sub-community. The sub-community is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Fay, Barry Alan Feigenbaum, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20150035835
    Abstract: A method includes a computer creating scene description templates; the computer creating people profiles; analyzing video frames of a video to identify visual elements containing scenes and people; generating timelines for the identified visual elements; matching the identified visual elements with the scene description templates and the people profiles; and combining the matched identified visual elements and the timelines into the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Fay, Richard Scott Schwerdtfeger, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Patent number: 8700623
    Abstract: A method for activity based dynamic data prioritization is provided in the illustrative embodiments. A user activity corresponding to a user is selected. A query is constructed corresponding to the user activity. The query is executed on a data source to obtain a result set of data. A prioritization rule is constructed using a feature of the query and a policy. Data items in the result set of data are prioritized according to the prioritization rule to form prioritized data. The prioritized data is presented relative to the user activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Fay, Barry Alan Feigenbaum, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Patent number: 8700622
    Abstract: A system, and computer program product for activity based dynamic data prioritization are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A user activity corresponding to a user is selected. A query is constructed corresponding to the user activity. The query is executed on a data source to obtain a result set of data. A prioritization rule is constructed using a feature of the query and a policy. Data items in the result set of data are prioritized according to the prioritization rule to form prioritized data. The prioritized data is presented relative to the user activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Fay, Barry Alan Feigenbaum, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20140075298
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for document analysis and presentation to a user, the user having a special need, are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A document is received for presentation to the user, the document including a plurality of parts, the plurality of parts including a preferred part, and wherein the user has to reach the preferred part in the document by sequentially processing a subset of parts preceding the preferred part in the document. The document is analyzed according to a set of attributes. The document is restructured to form a restructured document such that user can directly access the preferred part of the restructured document without having to sequentially process the restructured document. The restructured document is presented to the user having special needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: MAUREEN ELIZABETH KRAFT, Michael A. Squillace, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20140074857
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for weighted ranking of video data are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A weight is assigned to an aspect of the video data. A weight is assigned to a person expected to feature in the video data. A weight of the video data is computed, the weight of the video data being a factor of the weight assigned the aspect and the weight assigned the person. A ranking of the video data is computed using the weight computed for the video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: SU LIU, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20130304772
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for managing the products of a sub-community operating within a community are provided in the illustrative embodiments. The sub-community is defined in an application executing on a data processing system using a processor and a memory. The community comprises a set of members working for a common objective. The sub-community comprises a subset of the set of members working for a part of the common objective. The defining of the sub-community also configures a closing condition for the sub-community. A plurality of members is added to the sub-community. The sub-community is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Fay, Barry Alan Feigenbaum, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20130251264
    Abstract: A method for analyzing groups of hand-drawn inputs receives from a set of computing devices a corresponding set of hand-drawn inputs. A user in a group of users interacts with a device in the set of devices to provide a hand-drawn input in the set of hand-drawn inputs corresponding to the device. The method analyzes a subset of the set of hand-drawn inputs to determine an accuracy of the hand-drawn inputs in the subset. The method generating a result responsive to the analyzing and presents the result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kember Anne-Rivers Forcke, Susann Marie Keohane, Elizabeth Vera Woodward
  • Publication number: 20130159296
    Abstract: A system, and computer program product for activity based dynamic data prioritization are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A user activity corresponding to a user is selected. A query is constructed corresponding to the user activity. The query is executed on a data source to obtain a result set of data. A prioritization rule is constructed using a feature of the query and a policy. Data items in the result set of data are prioritized according to the prioritization rule to form prioritized data. The prioritized data is presented relative to the user activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Fay, Barry Alan Feigenbaum, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20130159297
    Abstract: A method for activity based dynamic data prioritization is provided in the illustrative embodiments. A user activity corresponding to a user is selected. A query is constructed corresponding to the user activity. The query is executed on a data source to obtain a result set of data. A prioritization rule is constructed using a feature of the query and a policy. Data items in the result set of data are prioritized according to the prioritization rule to form prioritized data. The prioritized data is presented relative to the user activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Fay, Barry Alan Feigenbaum, Elizabeth Vera Woodward, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20120310942
    Abstract: A method for queuing conference participants by category includes, with a physical computing system, receiving requests from a number of conference registrants to attend a conference, with the physical computing system, placing each of the registrants into a number of queues based on a category assigned to the registrants, and with the physical computing system, allowing a number of the registrants from the queues to attend the conference such that the conference comprises a number of participants from each of the queues so as to meet predefined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Haynes, Elizabeth Vera Woodward
  • Patent number: 8081082
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and apparatus for monitoring patterns of motion are provided. A signal is received from a sensor on a user, wherein movement of the user causes the sensor to generate power to emit a signal indicative of the movement of the user. The signal is analyzed to form a current pattern of motion. The current pattern of motion is compared to a baseline pattern of motion associated with the user. A difference between the current pattern of motion and the baseline pattern of motion associated with the user is determined to form a difference. The difference is compared to a predetermined threshold. Responsive to the difference exceeding the predetermined threshold, an alert is sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nadeem Malik, Katherine June Pearsall, Adrian Rutledge, Elizabeth Vera Woodward
  • Publication number: 20100302041
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and apparatus for monitoring patterns of motion are provided. A signal is received from a sensor on a user, wherein movement of the user causes the sensor to generate power to emit a signal indicative of the movement of the user. The signal is analyzed to form a current pattern of motion. The current pattern of motion is compared to a baseline pattern of motion associated with the user. A difference between the current pattern of motion and the baseline pattern of motion associated with the user is determined to form a difference. The difference is compared to a predetermined threshold. Responsive to the difference exceeding the predetermined threshold, an alert is sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nadeem Malik, Katherine June Pearsall, Adrian Rutledge, Elizabeth Vera Woodward