Patents by Inventor John A. Lyon

John A. Lyon 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: 12242560
    Abstract: Interest of a user in a website is determined. One or more concepts associated with the website are determined. A version of the website is archived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, John A. Lyons, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Jana H. Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20240426629
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to vehicle route guidance management. A first navigation route of a first vehicle can be received. A second navigation route of a second vehicle can be received. The first navigation route can be compared to the second navigation route to determine a currently overlapping section between the first navigation route and the second navigation route. Guidance data guiding a user of the first vehicle to follow the second vehicle can be displayed on a display of the first vehicle and/or instructions can be provided to the first vehicle to automatically follow the second vehicle during the overlapping section between the first navigation route and second navigation route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: IIse Breedvelt, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Jana H. Jenkins, John A. Lyons
  • Patent number: 12061660
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for recovering a hyperlink. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining an invoked hyperlink from a user. The hyperlink is received by the user to highlight a content. A browser is used to invoke the hyperlink so as to collect associated metadata and other information required to retrieve and open the originating application at any time. This associated metadata and other information is then stored and obtained at a later time by invoking the browser. In addition, responsive to the user searching for the hyperlink, the content can then be opened by the browser using the stored associated metadata and other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Jana H. Jenkins, John A. Lyons
  • Patent number: 11943276
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for optimizing web conferencing is provided. The present invention may include receiving data for an organization, the organization being comprised of a plurality of participants. The present invention may include receiving a scheduled web conference. The present invention may include determining a network bandwidth threshold for each of the plurality of participants of the scheduled web conference based on at least the data received for the organization and data associated with the scheduled web conference. The present invention may include monitoring a network bandwidth of the scheduled web conference. The present invention may include determining whether to transmit a line art drawing for one or more participants based on the network bandwidth of the scheduled web conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, Jana H. Jenkins, John A. Lyons, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz
  • Publication number: 20240086482
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for recovering a hyperlink. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining an invoked hyperlink from a user. The hyperlink is received by the user to highlight a content. A browser is used to invoke the hyperlink so as to collect associated metadata and other information required to retrieve and open the originating application at any time. This associated metadata and other information is then stored and obtained at a later time by invoking the browser. In addition, responsive to the user searching for the hyperlink, the content can then be opened by the browser using the stored associated metadata and other information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Jana H. Jenkins, John A. Lyons
  • Publication number: 20230308500
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for optimizing web conferencing is provided. The present invention may include receiving data for an organization, the organization being comprised of a plurality of participants. The present invention may include receiving a scheduled web conference. The present invention may include determining a network bandwidth threshold for each of the plurality of participants of the scheduled web conference based on at least the data received for the organization and data associated with the scheduled web conference. The present invention may include monitoring a network bandwidth of the scheduled web conference. The present invention may include determining whether to transmit a line art drawing for one or more participants based on the network bandwidth of the scheduled web conference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, Jana H. Jenkins, John A. Lyons, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz
  • Publication number: 20230101076
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for computer assistance in a transaction with a foreign currency. The computer system receives from a user a picture of a foreign currency taken by the user using a mobile device, identifies the foreign currency, receives from the user a notification that a transaction is to be proceeded with the foreign currency, displays on the mobile device one or more ways of combining bills and coins for payment in the transaction, displays on the mobile device an amount of a domestic currency equivalent to an amount of the foreign currency needed for the payment in the transaction, receives from the user a user selected way of combining the bills and coins for the payment in the transaction, and displays on the mobile device one or more ways of change given to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jana H. Jenkins, John A. Lyons, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz
  • Patent number: 11575527
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for topic monitoring in web conferencing is provided. The present invention may include determining a topic profile for each of the plurality of virtual rooms. The present invention may include displaying, in a web conference user interface, the determined topic profile for each of the plurality of virtual rooms to a user. The present invention may include identifying one or more topics of interest of the user. The present invention may include recommending one or more virtual rooms to the user based on a commonality score between the one or more topics of interest of the user and the topic profile for each of the plurality of rooms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jana H. Jenkins, John A. Lyons, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten
  • Publication number: 20220407731
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for topic monitoring in web conferencing is provided. The present invention may include determining a topic profile for each of the plurality of virtual rooms. The present invention may include displaying, in a web conference user interface, the determined topic profile for each of the plurality of virtual rooms to a user. The present invention may include identifying one or more topics of interest of the user. The present invention may include recommending one or more virtual rooms to the user based on a commonality score between the one or more topics of interest of the user and the topic profile for each of the plurality of rooms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jana H. Jenkins, John A. Lyons, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten
  • Publication number: 20220405333
    Abstract: Interest of a user in a website is determined. One or more concepts associated with the website are determined. A version of the website is archived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, John A. Lyons, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Jana H. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 11222429
    Abstract: An object that moves, which is depicted in a video, can be identified. Radial lines emanating from the object can be rendered in an enhanced video. Responsive to detecting a first movement of the object indicating a size of the object is increasing in the video, a length of each of the radial lines can be increased. Responsive to detecting a second movement of the object indicating the size of the object is decreasing in the video, the length of each of the radial lines can be decreased. Responsive to detecting a third movement of the object, in a two-dimensional plane, the length of a first portion of the radial lines emanating from a leading surface of the object can be decreased while the length of a second portion of the radial lines emanating from a trailing surface of the object can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, John A. Lyons, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Jana H. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 11188718
    Abstract: A collective emotional engagement detection arrangement is provided for determining emotions of users in group conversations. A computer-implemented method includes determining a first conversation velocity of communications through conversation channels over a first time period for a group discussion between user computers; determining that a conversation velocity of the communications has increased to a second conversation velocity of communications which exceeds a predetermined threshold, and has remained above the predetermined threshold for at least a second time period; determining, aggregated emotions of the users during the second time period; and providing an output to a moderator of the group discussion indicating that the second conversation velocity of the communications has exceeded the predetermined threshold for at least the second time period, and indicating the aggregated emotions of the users during the second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, John A. Lyons, Jana H. Jenkins, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz
  • Patent number: 11176753
    Abstract: User-specific augmentation of a real word field of view viewable through an augmented reality (AR) device is facilitated by a processor(s) receiving image data representative of a real world field of view viewable by a user through the AR device, and receiving sensor data indicative of the user's stress level, which is related, at least in part, to the user's real world field of view viewable through the AR device. The processor(s) processes the image data, based on the user's stress level, to identify one or more stress-inducing elements to be hidden in the real world field of view viewable through the AR device. Further, the processor(s) provides an augmented real world field of view for display to the user through the AR device, where the one or more stress-inducing elements are hidden from the user in the augmented real world field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Divya Kannan Chakravarthi, Kriteshwar Kaur Kohli, Vinod A. Valecha, John A. Lyons
  • Patent number: 11163822
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for enhancing images with emotion information, comprising capturing a plurality of images; identifying an individual in the plurality of images; analyzing the plurality of images for emotional content; converting the emotional content into emotion metadata; correlating the emotional content with the individual to produce associated emotion metadata; and storing the associated emotion metadata in conjunction with the captured image in a computer-readable storage medium. The disclosed techniques may also include capturing physiological data corresponding to an individual that captures the image; analyzing the physiological data for a second emotional content; converting the second emotional content into a second emotion metadata; storing the second emotion metadata in conjunction with the captured image in the computer-readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, Jana H. Jenkins, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, John A. Lyons
  • Patent number: 11157549
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for enhancing images with emotion information, comprising capturing a plurality of images; identifying an individual in the plurality of images; analyzing the plurality of images for emotional content; converting the emotional content into emotion metadata; correlating the emotional content with the individual to produce associated emotion metadata; and storing the associated emotion metadata in conjunction with the captured image in a computer-readable storage medium. The disclosed techniques may also include capturing physiological data corresponding to an individual that captures the image; analyzing the physiological data for a second emotional content; converting the second emotional content into a second emotion metadata; storing the second emotion metadata in conjunction with the captured image in the computer-readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, Jana H. Jenkins, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, John A. Lyons
  • Patent number: 11138870
    Abstract: In response to receiving a request from a user device for an on-demand crossing of a roadway at a geo-location, a method determines whether connected vehicles on the roadway are approaching the geo-location. A wait-to-cross-the-roadway message is sent to the user's device. In response to determining connected vehicles are approaching the geo-location, a direction, distance, and speed of connected vehicles relative to the geo-location are determined. Instructions are sent to the connected vehicles to reduce speed and allow the user to cross the roadway, including a message to the user device explaining a purpose of the instructions. In response to determining the one or more connected vehicles comply with the instructions, the one or more processors send a safe-to-cross message to the user, and upon detecting successful roadway crossing of the user device, instructing the connected vehicles to resume travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Lyons, Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, Jana H. Jenkins, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz
  • Publication number: 20210209768
    Abstract: An object that moves, which is depicted in a video, can be identified. Radial lines emanating from the object can be rendered in an enhanced video. Responsive to detecting a first movement of the object indicating a size of the object is increasing in the video, a length of each of the radial lines can be increased. Responsive to detecting a second movement of the object indicating the size of the object is decreasing in the video, the length of each of the radial lines can be decreased. Responsive to detecting a third movement of the object, in a two-dimensional plane, the length of a first portion of the radial lines emanating from a leading surface of the object can be decreased while the length of a second portion of the radial lines emanating from a trailing surface of the object can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, John A. Lyons, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Jana H. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 11047705
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for providing a personalized anxiety-reducing navigation system for a user utilizing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) is provided. The present invention may include detecting a current location of the user. The present invention may then include, in response to detecting the current location of the user is beyond a comfort boundary threshold, determining a stress state of the user. The present invention may also activate an AR system. The present invention may further, in response to determining the determined stress state of the user is high, activate a VR system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Divya Kannan Chakravarthi, Kriteshwar K. Kohli, Vinod A. Valecha, John A. Lyons
  • Publication number: 20210010821
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for providing a personalized anxiety-reducing navigation system for a user utilizing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) is provided. The present invention may include detecting a current location of the user. The present invention may then include, in response to detecting the current location of the user is beyond a comfort boundary threshold, determining a stress state of the user. The present invention may also activate an AR system. The present invention may further, in response to determining the determined stress state of the user is high, activate a VR system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: DIVYA KANNAN CHAKRAVARTHI, Kriteshwar K. Kohli, Vinod A. Valecha, John A. Lyons
  • Patent number: 10834466
    Abstract: A voice-controlled device monitors content delivered to a user through a non-interactive or unidirectional medium, such as broadcast television or radio. Each time the device recognizes delivered content that includes an advertisement or solicitation, the device records information identifying the content and the time at which the content is delivered. The device also listens for environmental audio cues suggesting that a user has performed a desired action in response to viewing or hearing the recognized content. If the device determines that a user response has occurred within a predetermined duration of time after a corresponding advertisement or solicitation, the device correlates the response with the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten, John A. Lyons, Jeffrey A. Kusnitz, Jana H. Jenkins