Patents by Inventor Jeffrey B. Sloyer

Jeffrey B. Sloyer 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).

  • Publication number: 20170180425
    Abstract: Implementing security in social applications includes inferring a closeness level of a connection to a user's profile of a social application based on a closeness policy and implementing a security level individualized to the connection based on the closeness level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan Dunne, Jason Flood, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Ian D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 9654512
    Abstract: Implementing security in social applications includes inferring a closeness level of a connection to a user's profile of a social application based on a closeness policy and implementing a security level individualized to the connection based on the closeness level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Dunne, Jason Flood, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Ian D. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20170116574
    Abstract: Historical content corresponding to activity of a user in at least one social networking service is aggregated. The historical content indicates a plurality of collaboration partners with whom the user collaborated via the at least one social networking service in an occupation context. Based on the aggregated historical content, at least one of the collaboration partners can be identified as at least one priority collaboration partner. Whether the user currently is not in a facility where the user works can be automatically determined. Responsive to determining that the user is not in the facility where the user works, a message indicating that the user is not in the facility where the user works can be automatically sent to the at least one priority collaboration partner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan Dunne, Jeremiah O'Connor, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Ian D. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20170083633
    Abstract: The method includes receiving, by one or more computer processors, data that includes at least one of audio data, video data, and optical data. The method further includes identifying, by one or more computer processors, keywords from the received data. The method further includes generating, by one or more computer processes, Internet search terms based upon the identified keywords. In some embodiments, the method further includes searching the Internet based upon the generated Internet search terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher M. Bosko, Bryan D. Osenbach, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
  • Patent number: 9596198
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for enabling and supporting a presence server cache are described herein. A presence server cache may receive a plurality of requests to poll a status of a contact from a plurality of clients. The presence server cache may determine the status of the contact. If the status of the contact is unavailable at the presence server cache, the presence server cache may transmit a request for the status of the contact to a presence server. The presence server cache may transmit the status of the contact of the user to the plurality of clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9596199
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for enabling and supporting a presence server cache are described herein. A presence server cache may receive a plurality of requests to poll a status of a contact from a plurality of clients. The presence server cache may determine the status of the contact. If the status of the contact is unavailable at the presence server cache, the presence server cache may transmit a request for the status of the contact to a presence server. The presence server cache may transmit the status of the contact of the user to the plurality of clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9584450
    Abstract: Historical content corresponding to activity of a user in at least one social networking service is aggregated. The historical content indicates a plurality of collaboration partners with whom the user collaborated via the at least one social networking service in an occupation context. Based on the aggregated historical content, at least one of the collaboration partners can be identified as at least one priority collaboration partner. Whether the user currently is not in a facility where the user works can be automatically determined. Responsive to determining that the user is not in the facility where the user works, a message indicating that the user is not in the facility where the user works can be automatically sent to the at least one priority collaboration partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Dunne, Jeremiah O'Connor, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Ian D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 9473486
    Abstract: Methods and computer program products relate to single sign on (SSO) availability including identifying a set of single sign on applications in a system in which a user authentication for a first application is used for other applications in the set of applications monitoring the set of applications to determine availability of single sign on for each application, and providing an indication of the availability of single sign on for each application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Dunne, Jeremiah O'Connor, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Ian D. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20160301636
    Abstract: Historical content corresponding to activity of a user in at least one social networking service is aggregated. The historical content indicates a plurality of collaboration partners with whom the user collaborated via the at least one social networking service in an occupation context. Based on the aggregated historical content, at least one of the collaboration partners can be identified as at least one priority collaboration partner. Whether the user currently is not in a facility where the user works can be automatically determined. Responsive to determining that the user is not in the facility where the user works, a message indicating that the user is not in the facility where the user works can be automatically sent to the at least one priority collaboration partner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Dunne, Jeremiah O'Connor, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Ian D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 9444706
    Abstract: An activity associated with a digital medium may be detected. An interest of a user may be identified responsive to detecting the activity. The interest may be stored, and one or more online communities monitored for the interest to find content associated with the interest. The user may be notified of the content in a scalable manner to keep the user up-to-date with the interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Edith H. Stern, Barry E. Willner
  • Patent number: 9444705
    Abstract: An activity associated with a digital medium may be detected. An interest of a user may be identified responsive to detecting the activity. The interest may be stored, and one or more on-line communities monitored for the interest to find content associated with the interest. The user may be notified of the content in a scalable manner to keep the user up-to-date with the interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Edith H. Stern, Barry E. Willner
  • Patent number: 9430802
    Abstract: A method and system for collaborative content filtering on a communications network includes monitoring social networking communications of a plurality of users on a communications network using a program. The method and system further include selecting a filter parameter by a user. The content of the social networking communications is filtered based on the filter parameter including parsing input from the users, using the program. The filtered content is identified to at least one user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chelsea C. Beerse, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Carol S. Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9401882
    Abstract: Historical content corresponding to activity of a user in at least one social networking service is aggregated. The historical content indicates a plurality of collaboration partners with whom the user collaborated via the at least one social networking service in an occupation context. Based on the aggregated historical content, at least one of the collaboration partners can be identified as at least one priority collaboration partner. Whether the user currently is not in a facility where the user works can be automatically determined. Responsive to determining that the user is not in the facility where the user works, a message indicating that the user is not in the facility where the user works can be automatically sent to the at least one priority collaboration partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Dunne, Jeremiah O'Connor, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Ian D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 9392233
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a recording of a meeting including receiving a respective recording of a meeting from each of a plurality of client devices. A preferred quality recording associated with each of a plurality of meeting portions is identified. The preferred quality recording associated with each of the plurality of meeting portions may be autonomically combined into a single recording representative of the meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Arno Denne, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
  • Patent number: 9392234
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a recording of a meeting including receiving a respective recording of a meeting from each of a plurality of client devices. A preferred quality recording associated with each of a plurality of meeting portions is identified. The preferred quality recording associated with each of the plurality of meeting portions may be autonomically combined into a single recording representative of the meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Arno Denne, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
  • Publication number: 20160164860
    Abstract: Methods and computer program products relate to single sign on (SSO) availability including identifying a set of single sign on applications in a system in which a user authentication for a first application is used for other applications in the set of applications monitoring the set of applications to determine availability of single sign on for each application, and providing an indication of the availability of single sign on for each application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Dunne, Jeremiah O'Connor, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Ian D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 9332032
    Abstract: Implementing security in social applications includes inferring a closeness level of a connection to a user's profile of a social application based on a closeness policy and implementing a security level individualized to the connection based on the closeness level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Dunne, Jason Flood, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Ian D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 9317882
    Abstract: An approach is provided for smart order management. Smart utensils measure consumption of a meal by a customer. The smart utensils include at least one processor to perform the measuring and a transmitter that transmits data corresponding to the measured consumption. The smart utensils transmit the measurement to a restaurant data collection device. The approach predicts, based on the measuring, a completion time of the meal by the customer and notifies restaurant staff members of the predicted completion time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher M. Bosko, Bryan D. Osenbach, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
  • Publication number: 20160080392
    Abstract: Implementing security in social applications includes inferring a closeness level of a connection to a user's profile of a social application based on a closeness policy and implementing a security level individualized to the connection based on the closeness level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Dunne, Jason Flood, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Ian D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 9251273
    Abstract: Delivering a filtered search result includes identifying a filtered search result in response to a search query from a user that is associated with at least one member of an augmented social group where the augmented social group including social network connections of the user and individuals other than the social network connections who share a common interest with the user and delivering the filtered search result to the user through a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Edith H. Stern, Barry E. Willner