Patents by Inventor Erik H. Katzen
Erik H. Katzen 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: 11272238Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product optimize a display of messages on a public electronic video display. A video camera captures images of multiple mobile vehicles that are traversing a vehicular pathway, which is physically proximate to a public electronic video display. The multiple mobile vehicles are categorized into a specific vehicle category based on captured images of the multiple mobile vehicles. The specific vehicle category is matched to a particular set of multiple video display messages. A video display message is displayed on the public electronic video display based on the specific vehicle category.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert R. Friedlander, Erik H. Katzen, James R. Kraemer
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Patent number: 11151618Abstract: In an approach to retrieving reviews for a user based on user profile information, a computer receives user profile information for a first user. The computer receives a search term from the first user and determines review information corresponding to the search term and the user profile information. Responsive to determining review information corresponding to the search term and the user profile information, the computer retrieves the review information and transmits the review information to the first user.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen
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Patent number: 11016728Abstract: A presenter and an audience associated with a presentation event can be detected. The presentation event can be a real world occurrence and/or a computing session occurrence. The presenter can convey a presentation content to the audience. Presentation data associated with the presentation event can be identified. The presentation data can include the presentation content. The presentation content can include a text and/or a media. A real-time metrics associated with the presenter and the audience can be captured from one or more computing devices associated with the presenter and the audience during the presentation event. The real-time metrics can be analyzed to determine a presenter and an audience recommendation. The presenter recommendation can be presented to the presenter and the audience recommendation to an audience member.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen, Paulo Henrique Leal, Sumit Patel
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Patent number: 10699595Abstract: Monitoring oral intake of consumable items may include aggregating, using a processor, oral intake information for a user from a plurality of devices belonging to a same device domain of the user in real time and comparing, using the processor, the oral intake information with a user profile of the user. An instruction for a selected device of the plurality of devices may be generated, using the processor, according to the comparing. The instruction may be sent to the selected device, using the processor. The selected device may execute the instruction.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christina I. Flores, Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel
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Patent number: 10659524Abstract: In an approach for determining a preferred communication channel, the computer receives a query that includes a unique client identifier. The computer retrieves one or more communication channels from an entry within a data repository, wherein the entry is associated with the received query. The computer determines one or more communication channel results based, at least in part, on one or more success rates respectively associated with the retrieved one or more communication channels within the data repository. The computer creates a first ordered list of communication channel results in which the determined one or more communication channel results are ordered based, at least in part, on the one or more success rates of the determined one or more communication channels. The computer selects a preferred communication channel from the created first ordered list of communication channel results. The computer initiates a communication via the selected preferred communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Liam S. Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel, Pascal Wagner
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Patent number: 10650417Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for social media messaging management for brand integrity. The method includes retrieving content from different Web sites from over a computer communications network into a social media messaging manager executing in memory of a host computing system. The method further includes parsing text of the retrieved content to identify information pertaining to a contemporaneous news event. Thereafter, the parsed text is matched to an advertising message disposed in a table stored in a data store coupled to the host computing system. Consequently, at least a portion of a social media message is generated incorporating the predetermined advertising message and the social media message is displayed in a user interface of the manager. Finally, the social media message is posted onto a social media messaging system by the manager over the computer communications network.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel
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Patent number: 10585970Abstract: In an approach for managing webpage content access across a group of users, a computer receives a group comprising one or more users. The computer receives a webpage associated with the group. The computer stores at least one snapshot of the received webpage. The computer receives a request to access the received webpage from a user wherein the user is a member of the received group. The computer selects a snapshot from the stored at least one snapshot based on the received request to access the received webpage. The computer provides the selected snapshot from the stored at least one snapshot to the user associated with the received request.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Liam S. Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel, Gregor Schikorski
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Publication number: 20190287143Abstract: In an approach to retrieving reviews for a user based on user profile information, a computer receives user profile information for a first user. The computer receives a search term from the first user and determines review information corresponding to the search term and the user profile information. Responsive to determining review information corresponding to the search term and the user profile information, the computer retrieves the review information and transmits the review information to the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen
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Patent number: 10417022Abstract: In an approach for providing assistance to a user viewing an online video, the computer receives an online video. The computer determines that an uncommon action occurs with the online video. The computer receives an issue based on the uncommon action. The computer receives one or more responses associated with the received issue. The computer identifies an at least one response from the received one or more responses associated with the received issue. The computer provides the identified at least one response.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Liam S. Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel, Pascal Wagner
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Publication number: 20190236340Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for video sentiment analysis in video messaging. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for video sentiment analysis in video messaging includes receiving different video contributions to a thread in a social system executing in memory of a computer and sensing from a plurality of the video contributions a contributor sentiment. Thereafter, a sentiment value for the different video contributions is computed and a sentiment value for a selected one of the video contributions is displayed in a user interface to the thread for an end user contributing a new video contribution to the thread.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Liam Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel, John Rice
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Patent number: 10341813Abstract: Approaches presented herein enable servicing a location request for a user device by providing anonymized location data. Specifically, a location request for a user device is received from an application server associated with a location-based/location-tracking application. Based on an application setting option associated with the location-based/location-tracking application, a geographic cell is defined. A set of available participating devices within the geographic cell is identified. A participating device is selected from the set of available participating devices. The location request is routed to the selected participating device, wherein the selected participating device forwards a location of the selected participating device to the application server.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Al Chakra, Liam Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, John Rice
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Patent number: 10332161Abstract: In an approach to retrieving reviews for a user based on user profile information, a computer receives user profile information for a first user. The computer receives a search term from the first user and determines review information corresponding to the search term and the user profile information. Responsive to determining review information corresponding to the search term and the user profile information, the computer retrieves the review information and transmits the review information to the first user.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen
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Patent number: 10282599Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for video sentiment analysis in video messaging. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for video sentiment analysis in video messaging includes receiving different video contributions to a thread in a social system executing in memory of a computer and sensing from a plurality of the video contributions a contributor sentiment. Thereafter, a sentiment value for the different video contributions is computed and a sentiment value for a selected one of the video contributions is displayed in a user interface to the thread for an end user contributing a new video contribution to the thread.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Liam Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel, John Rice
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Patent number: 10225741Abstract: An approach to preemptive mobile data caching is provided, the approach involves retrieving user data associated with a user of a mobile computing device, retrieving external data associated with network service availability, predicting a location the user is travelling to based on the user data retrieved, determining a data security risk profile associated with the location predicted, based on the user data and the external data retrieved, determining data to be prefetched in advance of a user request for the data, wherein the data is determined based on an analysis of the user data retrieved, the location predicted and the data security risk profile and prefetching the data determined in advance of the user request for the data.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Martin J. Gale, Erik H. Katzen
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Patent number: 10168795Abstract: A system, method and program product for processing user interests. A system is provided that includes: a gesture management system that receives gesture data from a collection device for an inputted interest of a user; a pattern detection system that receives and analyzes behavior data associated with the inputted interest; an interest affinity scoring system that calculates an affinity score for the inputted interest based on the gesture data and an analysis of the behavior data; a dynamic classification system that assigns a dynamically generated tag to the inputted interest based on an inputted context associated with the inputted interest; and a user interest database that stores structured interest information for the user, including a unique record for the inputted interest that includes the affinity score and dynamically generated tag.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas E. Creamer, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel
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Patent number: 10157169Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems for enriching and customizing one or more portions of textual content. Embodiments of the present invention analyze one or more portions of the textual content and customize the textual content based on preferences of a user interacting with the textual content. Embodiments of the present invention can present customized or original textual content to users requesting textual content.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Christina I. Flores, Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel
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Patent number: 10142272Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide approaches for presenting browser content to a user. Specifically, a way for customizing content having an informational topic provided in a web browsing experience is provided. Content having the informational topic to be displayed to a user in a web browsing experience is analyzed, with the user being a member of the online community. The web browsing experience is customized based on extracted browsing behaviors of an online community. Content is displayed to the user at a level of detail and technological depth that is commensurate with a knowledge level of one or more members of the online community while hiding other content.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Al Chakra, Liam Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, John Rice
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Patent number: 10101820Abstract: A system, method and program product for processing user interests. A system is provided that includes: a gesture management system that receives gesture data from a collection device for an inputted interest of a user; a pattern detection system that receives and analyzes behavior data associated with the inputted interest; an interest affinity scoring system that calculates an affinity score for the inputted interest based on the gesture data and an analysis of the behavior data; a dynamic classification system that assigns a dynamically generated tag to the inputted interest based on an inputted context associated with the inputted interest; and a user interest database that stores structured interest information for the user, including a unique record for the inputted interest that includes the affinity score and dynamically generated tag.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas E. Creamer, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel
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Publication number: 20180167818Abstract: An approach to preemptive mobile data caching is provided, the approach involves retrieving personal user data associated with a user of a mobile computing device, retrieving external data associated with network service availability, predicting a location the user is travelling to based on the personal user data retrieved, determining a data security risk profile associated with the location predicted, based on the personal user data and the external data retrieved, determining data to be prefetched in advance of a user request for the data, wherein the data is determined based on an analysis of the personal user data retrieved, the location predicted and the data security risk profile and prefetching the data determined in advance of the user request for the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Martin J. Gale, Erik H. Katzen
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Publication number: 20180167817Abstract: An approach to preemptive mobile data caching is provided, the approach involves retrieving personal user data associated with a user of a mobile computing device, retrieving external data associated with network service availability, predicting a location the user is travelling to based on the personal user data retrieved, determining a data security risk profile associated with the location predicted, based on the personal user data and the external data retrieved, determining data to be prefetched in advance of a user request for the data, wherein the data is determined based on an analysis of the personal user data retrieved, the location predicted and the data security risk profile and prefetching the data determined in advance of the user request for the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Martin J. Gale, Erik H. Katzen