Patents by Inventor James Philip O'Connor

James Philip O'Connor 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: 11816311
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for automatic detection of the need for a breakout virtual meeting is provided. The present invention may include receiving a computerized version of a real-time conversation between a plurality of participants of a virtual meeting. The present invention may also include determining whether a breakout virtual meeting is necessary among a subset of the plurality of participants of the virtual meeting. The present invention may further include, in response to determining that the breakout virtual meeting is necessary, automatically transmitting an alert indicating that the breakout virtual meeting is necessary among the subset of the plurality of participants of the virtual meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rachel Ostrand, James Philip O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20220391849
    Abstract: In an approach to generating interview questions, a computer retrieves a description of a job. A computer extracts one or more job requirements from the description. A computer retrieves information associated with a candidate for the job. A computer extracts an experience from the information relevant to the job. A computer identifies a first set of one or more topics associated with the one or more job requirements and a second set of one or more topics associated with the experience resulting from a first semantic search of a corpus. A computer identifies a match between at least one topic of the first set of one or more topics associated with the one or more job requirements and at least one topic of the second set of one or more topics associated with the experience. A computer generates one or more interview questions based on the match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: James Philip O'Connor, Rachel Ostrand
  • Patent number: 11488585
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for discussion relevance feedback associated with an electronic meeting is provided. The method may include determining a meeting topic associated with the electronic meeting and receiving audio data recording the vocal interactions of one or more meeting attendees. The method may further include generating a textual representation of the received audio data and then identifying a current discussion topic based on the generated textual representation. The method may further include determining a semantic distance between the identified current discussion topic and the determined meeting topic and generating discussion relevance feedback based on the determined semantic distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Philip O'Connor, Rachel Ostrand
  • Publication number: 20220303321
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for automatic detection of the need for a breakout virtual meeting is provided. The present invention may include receiving a computerized version of a real-time conversation between a plurality of participants of a virtual meeting. The present invention may also include determining whether a breakout virtual meeting is necessary among a subset of the plurality of participants of the virtual meeting. The present invention may further include, in response to determining that the breakout virtual meeting is necessary, automatically transmitting an alert indicating that the breakout virtual meeting is necessary among the subset of the plurality of participants of the virtual meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Rachel Ostrand, James Philip O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20220157301
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for discussion relevance feedback associated with an electronic meeting is provided. The method may include determining a meeting topic associated with the electronic meeting and receiving audio data recording the vocal interactions of one or more meeting attendees. The method may further include generating a textual representation of the received audio data and then identifying a current discussion topic based on the generated textual representation. The method may further include determining a semantic distance between the identified current discussion topic and the determined meeting topic and generating discussion relevance feedback based on the determined semantic distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: James Philip O'Connor, Rachel Ostrand