Patents by Inventor Jerald Thomas Schoudt

Jerald Thomas Schoudt 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: 8914368
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for cross-service tagging is provided. The method includes creating connections to multiple applications, each application having multiple entities. Relationships are determined between the entities within a single application and between entities across multiple applications. A tag is associated with a selected one of the entities in a first one of the multiple applications. Entities in other applications besides the first application are identified that are related to the selected entity, based on the determined relationships. The tag is propagated across multiple applications by associating the tag with the identified entities in the other applications. According to a second embodiment of the present invention, a method for inferring tags suggestions is provided. This method includes analyzing email messages to create keywords from text analysis, from bringing content and tags from other email messages or directory applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hernan Badenes, Julian Ariel Cerruti, Stephen Michael Dill, Julia Haven Grace, Nicolas Lanaro, Jerald Thomas Schoudt, John C Tang, Eric Wilcox
  • Patent number: 8353017
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for protecting a password assigned to a user, the method comprising: providing a password entry screen having a virtual keyboard, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of character keys arranged in a non-QWERTY format; authenticating the user if a password submitted by the user accessing the password entry screen matches a user password retrieved from a password database; and denying access to the user if the submitted password does not match the retrieved user password. The system comprises a storage module and a computer program for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julian A. Cerruti, Stefan Nusser, Jerald Thomas Schoudt, Gustavo Stefani, Eric Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20110246482
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for cross-service tagging is provided. The method includes creating connections to multiple applications, each application having multiple entities. Relationships are determined between the entities within a single application and between entities across multiple applications. A tag is associated with a selected one of the entities in a first one of the multiple applications. Entities in other applications besides the first application are identified that are related to the selected entity, based on the determined relationships. The tag is propagated across multiple applications by associating the tag with the identified entities in the other applications. According to a second embodiment of the present invention, a method for inferring tags suggestions is provided. This method includes analyzing email messages to create keywords from text analysis, from bringing content and tags from other email messages or directory applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: IBM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hernan Badenes, Julian Ariel Cerruti, Stephen Michael Dill, Julia Haven Grace, Nicolas Lanaro, Jerald Thomas Schoudt, John C. Tang, Eric Wilcox
  • Patent number: 7921454
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for protecting a password assigned to a user, the method comprising: providing a password entry screen having a virtual keyboard, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of character keys arranged in a non-QWERTY format; authenticating the user if a password submitted by the user accessing the password entry screen matches a user password retrieved from a password database; and denying access to the user if the submitted password does not match the retrieved user password. The system comprises a storage module and a computer program for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julian A. Cerruti, Stefan Nusser, Jerald Thomas Schoudt, Gustavo Stefani, Eric Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20090106825
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for protecting a password assigned to a user, the method comprising: providing a password entry screen having a virtual keyboard, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of character keys arranged in a non-QWERTY format; authenticating the user if a password submitted by the user accessing the password entry screen matches a user password retrieved from a password database; and denying access to the user if the submitted password does not match the retrieved user password. The system comprises a storage module and a computer program for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Julian A. Cerruti, Stefan Nusser, Jerald Thomas Schoudt, Gustavo Stefani, Eric Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20090106827
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for protecting a password assigned to a user, the method comprising: providing a password entry screen having a virtual keyboard, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of character keys arranged in a non-QWERTY format; authenticating the user if a password submitted by the user accessing the password entry screen matches a user password retrieved from a password database; and denying access to the user if the submitted password does not match the retrieved user password. The system comprises a storage module and a computer program for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Julian A. Cerruti, Stefan Nusser, Jerald Thomas Schoudt, Gustavo Stefani, Eric Wilcox
  • Patent number: 6978417
    Abstract: A method and system for sending rich media. In a preferred embodiment, a document containing rich media is parsed using preset filtering options to determine a subset of the document containing rich media that is intended to be sent to a recipient. The document containing rich media and filtering instructions are then sent to a document server. The filtering instructions instruct the document server as to the identity of the subset of the document containing rich media. The entire document containing rich media is stored on the document server, but only the subset of the rich media is copied and sent to an intended recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Shen Jane Kohn, Shiau-Shiau Pei, Jay William Warfield, Lawrence S. Hsiung, Jerald Thomas Schoudt, Jai Prakash Menon