Patents by Inventor Enda Sexton

Enda Sexton 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: 10929773
    Abstract: An automated dynamic message categorization system is provided and includes first, second and third processing units. The first processing unit is configured to generate a user interface (UI) and to present the UI to a user. The second processing unit is configured to pull information from a first textual element which has been entered into the UI, to identify second textual elements that are relevant to the first textual element based on the pulled information and to extract textual element identifiers from the second textual elements. The third processing unit is configured to generate, for each extracted textual element identifier, a confidence score describing a degree of correlation between each extracted textual element identifier and the first textual element. The first processing unit is further configured to present to the user each extracted textual element identifier with a corresponding confidence score as a selectable option via the UI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Liam Harpur, Sumit Patel, Enda Sexton
  • Patent number: 10922622
    Abstract: An automated dynamic message categorization system is provided and includes first, second and third processing units. The first processing unit is configured to generate a user interface (UI) and to present the UI to a user. The second processing unit is configured to pull information from a first textual element which has been entered into the UI, to identify second textual elements that are relevant to the first textual element based on the pulled information and to extract textual element identifiers from the second textual elements. The third processing unit is configured to generate, for each extracted textual element identifier, a confidence score describing a degree of correlation between each extracted textual element identifier and the first textual element. The first processing unit is further configured to present to the user each extracted textual element identifier with a corresponding confidence score as a selectable option via the UI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Liam Harpur, Sumit Patel, Enda Sexton
  • Patent number: 10097364
    Abstract: A method, a processing device, and a computer program product are provided. Discussions in threads are analyzed to learn patterns that occur before at least one respective additional party joins the discussions in the threads. A model of conversation states is created based on the analyzing. Thread updates and new threads are periodically analyzed, based on the model, to determine if a corresponding triggering condition occurred with respect to any new respective discussions of the threads or the new threads. The at least one respective additional party is notified to participate in a respective new discussion when the periodically analyzing determines that the corresponding triggering condition occurred with respect to the respective new discussion in a corresponding thread or a corresponding new thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liam Harpur, Brian O'Donovan, Enda Sexton
  • Patent number: 10091011
    Abstract: A method, a processing device, and a computer program product are provided. Discussions in threads are analyzed to learn patterns that occur before at least one respective additional party joins the discussions in the threads. A model of conversation states is created based on the analyzing. Thread updates and new threads are periodically analyzed, based on the model, to determine if a corresponding triggering condition occurred with respect to any new respective discussions of the threads or the new threads. The at least one respective additional party is notified to participate in a respective new discussion when the periodically analyzing determines that the corresponding triggering condition occurred with respect to the respective new discussion in a corresponding thread or a corresponding new thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liam Harpur, Brian O'Donovan, Enda Sexton
  • Publication number: 20180165600
    Abstract: An automated dynamic message categorization system is provided and includes first, second and third processing units. The first processing unit is configured to generate a user interface (UI) and to present the UI to a user. The second processing unit is configured to pull information from a first textual element which has been entered into the UI, to identify second textual elements that are relevant to the first textual element based on the pulled information and to extract textual element identifiers from the second textual elements. The third processing unit is configured to generate, for each extracted textual element identifier, a confidence score describing a degree of correlation between each extracted textual element identifier and the first textual element. The first processing unit is further configured to present to the user each extracted textual element identifier with a corresponding confidence score as a selectable option via the UI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Liam Harpur, Sumit Patel, Enda Sexton
  • Publication number: 20180165357
    Abstract: An automated dynamic message categorization system is provided and includes first, second and third processing units. The first processing unit is configured to generate a user interface (UI) and to present the UI to a user. The second processing unit is configured to pull information from a first textual element which has been entered into the UI, to identify second textual elements that are relevant to the first textual element based on the pulled information and to extract textual element identifiers from the second textual elements. The third processing unit is configured to generate, for each extracted textual element identifier, a confidence score describing a degree of correlation between each extracted textual element identifier and the first textual element. The first processing unit is further configured to present to the user each extracted textual element identifier with a corresponding confidence score as a selectable option via the UI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Liam Harpur, Sumit Patel, Enda Sexton
  • Publication number: 20180097649
    Abstract: A method, a processing device, and a computer program product are provided. Discussions in threads are analyzed to learn patterns that occur before at least one respective additional party joins the discussions in the threads. A model of conversation states is created based on the analyzing. Thread updates and new threads are periodically analyzed, based on the model, to determine if a corresponding triggering condition occurred with respect to any new respective discussions of the threads or the new threads. The at least one respective additional party is notified to participate in a respective new discussion when the periodically analyzing determines that the corresponding triggering condition occurred with respect to the respective new discussion in a corresponding thread or a corresponding new thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Liam Harpur, Brian O'Donovan, Enda Sexton
  • Publication number: 20180054320
    Abstract: A method, a processing device, and a computer program product are provided. Discussions in threads are analyzed to learn patterns that occur before at least one respective additional party joins the discussions in the threads. A model of conversation states is created based on the analyzing. Thread updates and new threads are periodically analyzed, based on the model, to determine if a corresponding triggering condition occurred with respect to any new respective discussions of the threads or the new threads. The at least one respective additional party is notified to participate in a respective new discussion when the periodically analyzing determines that the corresponding triggering condition occurred with respect to the respective new discussion in a corresponding thread or a corresponding new thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Liam Harpur, Brian O'Donovan, Enda Sexton