Patents by Inventor James Henry Roberts

James Henry Roberts 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: 11275803
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for contextually related sharing of commentary for different portions of an information base. A method of the invention includes receiving a query for a portion of content in an information base and identifying a portion of different content in the information base that is related to the queried portion. The method also includes retrieving both commentary posted to the information base in respect to the queried portion, and also commentary posted to the information base in respect to the identified portion. Finally, the method includes transmitting the queried portion and the retrieved portion, but annotating the retrieved commentary in respect to the identified portion so as to direct a display of the commentary posted to the information base in respect to the different portion in a manner visually distinguishable from a display of commentary posted to the information base in respect to the queried portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dorian Birsan, Michael J. Harris, Jana Jenkins, James Henry Roberts
  • Patent number: 10459991
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for content contribution validation. A content contribution validation method includes receiving in memory of a host computing system, from over a computer communications network, a content contribution to existing content stored in data storage coupled to the host computing system. The method also includes selecting a portion of textual terms the contribution and generating a search query utilizing the selected portion. The method yet further includes querying the existing content by a processor of the host computing system using the search query and receiving a result set from the search query. Finally, the method includes determining by the processor whether or not the result set exceeds a threshold match and applying the content contribution to the existing content in response to a determination that the result set exceeds the threshold match, but otherwise rejecting the content contribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dorian Birsan, Michael J. Harris, Jana Jenkins, James Henry Roberts
  • Publication number: 20190220491
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for contextually related sharing of commentary for different portions of an information base. A method of the invention includes receiving a query for a portion of content in an information base and identifying a portion of different content in the information base that is related to the queried portion. The method also includes retrieving both commentary posted to the information base in respect to the queried portion, and also commentary posted to the information base in respect to the identified portion. Finally, the method includes transmitting the queried portion and the retrieved portion, but annotating the retrieved commentary in respect to the identified portion so as to direct a display of the commentary posted to the information base in respect to the different portion in a manner visually distinguishable from a display of commentary posted to the information base in respect to the queried portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Dorian Birsan, Michael J. Harris, Jana Jenkins, James Henry Roberts
  • Patent number: 10242108
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for contextually related sharing of commentary for different portions of an information base. A method of the invention includes receiving a query for a portion of content in an information base and identifying a portion of different content in the information base that is related to the queried portion. The method also includes retrieving both commentary posted to the information base in respect to the queried portion, and also commentary posted to the information base in respect to the identified portion. Finally, the method includes transmitting the queried portion and the retrieved portion, but annotating the retrieved commentary in respect to the identified portion so as to direct a display of the commentary posted to the information base in respect to the different portion in a manner visually distinguishable from a display of commentary posted to the information base in respect to the queried portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dorian Birsan, Michael J. Harris, Jana Jenkins, James Henry Roberts
  • Publication number: 20160314204
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for content contribution validation. A content contribution validation method includes receiving in memory of a host computing system, from over a computer communications network, a content contribution to existing content stored in data storage coupled to the host computing system. The method also includes selecting a portion of textual terms the contribution and generating a search query utilizing the selected portion. The method yet further includes querying the existing content by a processor of the host computing system using the search query and receiving a result set from the search query. Finally, the method includes determining by the processor whether or not the result set exceeds a threshold match and applying the content contribution to the existing content in response to a determination that the result set exceeds the threshold match, but otherwise rejecting the content contribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Dorian Birsan, Michael J. Harris, Jana Jenkins, James Henry Roberts
  • Publication number: 20160299974
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for contextually related sharing of commentary for different portions of an information base. A method of the invention includes receiving a query for a portion of content in an information base and identifying a portion of different content in the information base that is related to the queried portion. The method also includes retrieving both commentary posted to the information base in respect to the queried portion, and also commentary posted to the information base in respect to the identified portion. Finally, the method includes transmitting the queried portion and the retrieved portion, but annotating the retrieved commentary in respect to the identified portion so as to direct a display of the commentary posted to the information base in respect to the different portion in a manner visually distinguishable from a display of commentary posted to the information base in respect to the queried portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Dorian Birsan, Michael J. Harris, Jana Jenkins, James Henry Roberts
  • Patent number: 6418583
    Abstract: A deck comprises a plurality of elongate members (11), such as aluminum extrusions, which each comprise a top flange (12) and a bottom flange (13) interconnected by a web (14) and which are laid side-by-side in abutment and intercoupled, either by integrally shaped parts of the webs or by separate components, such as bars (16), to produce a cellular body with a closed top surface formed by the top flanges (12), a closed bottom surface formed by the bottom flanges (13) and internal bracing. A plurality of tie rods (17) extend transversely of the members (11) by way of bores in the webs (14) and, in conjunction with nuts (18), clamp the members together to form the body into a rigid structure which is stressed in both longitudinal and transverse directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignees: Flint & Neill Partnership, Wilkinson Eyre Architects Limited
    Inventors: James Henry Robert Eyre, Ian Peter Thomas Firth