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).

  • Patent number: 11272238
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Friedlander, Erik H. Katzen, James R. Kraemer
  • Patent number: 11151618
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen
  • Patent number: 11016728
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen, Paulo Henrique Leal, Sumit Patel
  • Patent number: 10699595
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christina I. Flores, Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel
  • Patent number: 10659524
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liam S. Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel, Pascal Wagner
  • Patent number: 10650417
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel
  • Patent number: 10585970
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liam S. Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel, Gregor Schikorski
  • Publication number: 20190287143
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen
  • Patent number: 10417022
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liam S. Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel, Pascal Wagner
  • Publication number: 20190236340
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Liam Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel, John Rice
  • Patent number: 10341813
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Liam Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, John Rice
  • Patent number: 10332161
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen
  • Patent number: 10282599
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liam Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel, John Rice
  • Patent number: 10225741
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin J. Gale, Erik H. Katzen
  • Patent number: 10168795
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Creamer, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel
  • Patent number: 10157169
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christina I. Flores, Romelia H. Flores, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel
  • Patent number: 10142272
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Liam Harpur, Erik H. Katzen, John Rice
  • Patent number: 10101820
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Creamer, Erik H. Katzen, Sumit Patel
  • Publication number: 20180167818
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Martin J. Gale, Erik H. Katzen
  • Publication number: 20180167817
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Martin J. Gale, Erik H. Katzen